<p>Mahmoud Rashad, the director, and scriptwriter of the hit documentary series &ldquo;Om El Donya&rdquo;, was Zeinab&rsquo;s guest on &ldquo;Good Vibes Only&rdquo;, and he shared with Nile FM updates about season 2 of "Om El Donya" and his fascination with ancient Egypt.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Rashad started his career as a makeup and special effect artist. When he was asked about how he started his career in makeup industry and what encouraged him to shift into filmmaking, his response was that he took a course while studying in New York called "Makeup for theatre&rdquo;. That's when he started working part-time assisting his professor from that course, before returning to Egypt to work as a special effect artist on movies.</p>
<p>He learned to apply beauty makeup while working on movie sets so he would be able to stay more days on the set, as the special effects artists were only hired on the days they needed special effect work. He also mentioned that actress Nelly Karim was the one who advised him to learn beauty makeup, saying, &ldquo;Actually, Nelly Karim was one of the first people who told me to get into beauty makeup&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Rashad also talked about the viral photo of Sawsan Badr with&nbsp;Cruella de Vil makeup, and how that got him a chance to do a masterclass where he did the makeup on stage with live audience, the director said, "In one of these shows, I knew it's nice to leave now".&nbsp;</p>
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<p>When Rashad was asked about whether his decision to leave his career was nerve-wracking he replied, "Not really because I had no plan, but I wanted to explore other options, so I took photography and photo editing classes and bought a very expensive camera, and I wanted to combine my love for art with my fascination with Egyptology&rdquo;.</p>
<p>Rashad expressed his appreciation to the veteran actress Sawsan Badr saying, "She was on board from day 1, and she was genuinely interested", and when he was asked if Sawsan Badr wasn't on the show, who would he like to replace her with? He answered, "Hend Sabry, because if Hend is talking to you about something serious, you will listen".</p>
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<p>The "Om El Donya" director talked about the impact of the show especially among the younger generation saying, "It proved that there's a market for well-made documentaries" as the show made better numbers than some drama series, he also talked about the topics that are going to be the main focus of the second season saying, "Season 1 covered ancient Egypt, season 2 will focus on the Coptic era and the Islamic era". He mentioned that season 2 is in the works right now and that they're working on the structure of the episodes, he also expressed his excitement about sharing all of these new stories with us from Egyptian history.</p>
<p>Mahmoud Rashad concluded his conversation with a piece of advice for the youth who wants to pursue a career in art saying, "Keep doing what you love with zero expectation".&nbsp;</p>
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