August 14, 2023
WoEgypt

The six-one hour episode series, The Leopard, is an Italian period drama series based on the classic historical novel by Italian writer and Sicilian Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

This top-selling novel, is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian litereture, and is ranked as one of the best historical novels ever written. It won Italy’s highest award for fiction, the Strega Prize. In 2012, The observer named it as one of the 10 best historical novels.

The Leopard tells the story of Sicily during the period of Italian unification, showing the socio-political transformations that took place in 19th century Sicily. The Netflix series is expected to be out in mid 2024.

Salma Eltouky was the only Egyptian in the cast. She plays the role of a young noble woman who is a special guest in the wedding ceremony of the daughter of the prince of Sicily; and who is also invited to the big dance party where the show revolves around.

Eltouky received her masters degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome with honors. She studied analysis and criticism of cinema, modern media theory. In addition, she had obtained a diploma in music from Royal College of music.

She played small roles in a number of Italian and international films, and starred in two university films including “Lockdown”, and the short film “Home”, which was screened in the European Parliament.

Eltoukhy is also an art curator and cultural events planner in Rome, Italy. She founded L’OBELISCO, a curatorial collective, aimed at creating artistic intercultural contacts and dialogues, diffusing the Egyptian culture and building a cultural bridge between Italy and Egypt; organizing exhibitions, cultural events, and curatorial projects.

Eltouky worked as a cultural mediator at prestigious institutions such as Peggy Guggenheim, the National Gallery of Rome and the European cultural center. She collaborated in organizing various exhibitions at the fine art academies of Venice and Rome, and galleries in Milan and Spain. Among her prizes were “Cambridge outstanding learner’s award” in Art and Design, “Design & sustainability award” from the Museum of international art of Italy, and an Art rights prize finalist.

She currently works as an art curator and consultant for MADS International gallery (a Spanish multimedia innovative gallery that operates in the artistic field).

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