Mimi Shakib: A Different Story

Was Mimi Shakib murdered? Was she guilty of the so-called "white slave case" that took place in the mid-1970s? What was her life like before she appeared as a movie and theater star? What is her relationship with King Farouk? The life of this woman, born in Bulaq Abu Al-Ela, and of Turkish origins, is full of complex and amazing stories. Mimi Shakib belonged to different worlds, and felt her femininity at an early age, and was pursued by the pashas of her time and the notables. In Cairo, she lived and shined, got married and was shocked, then she swore to take revenge on all men and become the first movie star in Egypt. So what did she say in her memoirs, and what did the Egyptian and Arab newspapers say at the time? This is what the reader learns between the pages of this interesting book.