Soundos El Ahmadi says she lost a film role after she informed the production house involved that she was pregnant. The 40-year-old comedian and actress writes this on Instagram today. “You broke my heart at a stage in my life that was supposed to be beautiful and positive.”
El Ahmadi has long doubted whether she should share the rejection with the outside world. “But I don’t want to sit alone and lonely with my grief. I also want to warn actresses in this industry that if they’re making life, they shouldn’t tell them. Because then their life as an actress is over,” she writes.
The actress does not say which film it is about, but does say that she would step into the skin of a football coach for young girls. She didn’t hesitate for a moment when she was asked. ‘Really something for me. The film is about friendship and empowerment. Honestly told the production company that I’m pregnant. Now they don’t want me anymore.’ Painful, El Ahmadi thinks.
‘When men tell them they are going to be a father, they are congratulated and if we tell them that we are going to be a mother, we are punished’, she shares her feeling. “And then you wonder why women like me are hesitant to share or even hide such positive news,” says El Ehmadi, who goes on to name the production house The Media Brothers.
Discrimination
El Ahmadi states that after the baby news, the production house came up with ‘bullshit’ arguments not to assign the role to her. They wouldn’t be right at all. ‘They even came up with bullshit that I’m not known to girls between the ages of 8 and 12. say what? It is precisely those girls who start to scream and tremble when they see me because they are such a fan of Meskina (a modern comedy she plays in, ed.).’
The rejection completes the ‘discrimination quartet’ for El Ehmadi, she explains. “And that dubious honor rests with mud-fed The Media Brothers. Congratulations fifteen men and three women from this progressive company. You broke my heart during a phase in my life that was supposed to be beautiful and positive.’
She closes with the message: ‘Fuck this system. Time for a change in this film world!’
Production house The Media Brothers says it is considering a response.
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