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El Sada El-Regal (The Misters) is a 1987 Egyptian suspense, drama-comedy film directed by Raafat el Mehy, produced by Adel el Mehy and starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Maali Zayed, Hala Fouad, and Ibrahim Yousry. The plot is set in Egypt and the film is available only in Arabic online and on digital platforms. The director in the movie approached the topic feminism and focused the feminist issues in the context of society’s problems. The movie revolves around two characters Ahmed (Mahmoud Abdel Aziz) and his wife Fawzia (Maali Zayed), where Ahmed doesn’t treat his wife in a good manner and disrespects her and throughout the movie, Fawzia suffers from the treatment of her husband and asks for a divorce which Ahmad refused to accept. As a result, Fawzia decided to undergo surgery to convert from a woman to a man, Fawzia then deals with many difficulties after her gender surgery because of her hormones and emotions.

Plot
El Sada El-Regal The movie revolves around the characters of Ahmed and his wife Fawzia. Fawzia suffers from her husband’s mistreatment and disinterest for her. This leads Fawzia to ask for a divorce from her husband but he declines the request. Fawzia then decides to undergo a transgender transition from female to male. In the process of transgender transformation; she encounters challenges in overcoming female characteristics. The movie depicts Fawzia complaining that she does all the house chores by herself yet she possesses a university degree and has a career. Fawzia’s employer promoted a man to a higher job position despite her working extra hard claiming that she had been absent from work during her maternity leave. She is constantly subjected to social pressure at her workplace, harassment and physical violence from her husband. The movie also depicts the theme of masculinity in the Middle East. She is slapped as her husband watches and thereafter, he embraces her in an attempt to show her affection. She asks him, "Are you a man?”. Ahmed then threatens her that he will prevent her from working so that she can concentrate on being a housewife and take good care of him and their son. At this point, Fawzia makes up her mind to change her status from female to male. Fawzia’s case elicits several concerns including, human rights issue, a medical breakthrough and a practice that is against Godly way of life. The movie does not address the issue of gender dysphoria and does not overexpose the issue of sexual transition. It depicts transgender operation as a potential solution to the societal problems of gender roles and masculinity in society. Fawzia was not compelled to undergo gender transition because of psychological or physical problems. Rather, she did it because she wanted to evade the pressures and burdens to which women are subjected and start enjoying the men’s privileges.

Cast

 * Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Ahmad
 * Maali Zayed as Fawzia
 * Hala Fouad as Fawzia's Mother
 * Ibrahim Yousry as Fawzia's Father

Production
The film was produced by the production company Adel El-Mihiwith, supported by the Video distributor in Egypt: Dokki Video Movie, which is distributed by Egyptian movies and printed and acidification by Cinema City Laboratories in Egypt. The film was shot on July 6, 1987, in Egypt and the duration of the movie is 116 minutes long.

The Crew Includes:
 * Director: Raafat el Mehy
 * Director of Photography: Samir Faraj
 * Cameraman Assistant: Reza El Sayed
 * Editor: Said Sheikh
 * Composite Film: Maha Roshdy
 * Sound Engineer: Jamel Aziz
 * Sound Recorder: Ahmed Abdul Khaleq
 * Sound Recorder Assistant: Khaled Ahmed
 * Producer: Adel El Mehy
 * Production Manager: Ayman Al Arab
 * Production Assistant: Faraj Saad Eddin
 * Distributor: Egyptian Movies
 * Video Distributor in Egypt: Dokki Video Movie
 * Makeup: Ismail Abdul Majeed
 * Hairdresser: Fatima Bakri
 * Hairdresser: Sayed Kanish
 * Soundtrack: Mohammed Hilal
 * Photographer: Wael Saber
 * Landscape Engineer: Salah Mari
 * Graphic Design: Nawal
 * Head of Factories Sector: Saad Abdul Rahman
 * Live effects: Hassan al Shaar

Criticism
Here the talk of sexual transgression begins from more than one point of view: a human right, and a medical breakthrough supported by future medicine and against nature as God wanted.

Regardless of what may show up at first look, the movie truth be told does not uncover the issue of sexual transit and does not address gender dysphoria, however, utilizes it as a dream answer to address the issues of masculinity and gender roles in Egyptian society. Fawzia did not experience the ill effects of physical or mental disorders and did not seek to be a man only to escape the burdens and pressures that women's face in society and wanted to experience and enjoy the privileges given to men. The movie isn't just exposed to the sexual voyage itself, yet in addition, offers an immediate and perfect outcome.

Film Festivals
El Sada El-Regal (The Misters) in the "Magraya" to pay tribute to Maale Zayed

The "Magraia" group screened El Sada El-Regal (The misters) at 6:00 pm on Thursday during the Arab Film Cinema. The film starred the late artist Maale Zayad, the artist Mahmoud Abdelaziz and the late actress Hala Fuad and directed by Raafat El Mehy.

This film was chosen to screen to honor and commemorate the late artist "Maale Zayid" in memory of her, speaking about her work and her cinematic history, which lasted for more than 40 years, during which she presented many films including "Al Baydah Wa Al Hajar” and "Sydaty Ansati”.