and Haramiyyah fi Tayland in 2003. In 2 In 2007, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards of Kas w lask film. In 2005 the film "Dunia" by Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab was released, in which Hanan played the leading role. The movie centers around the title character Dunia, a belly dancer and poet. When the film aired at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival, it left the audience split between those who supported the film’s call for intellectual freedom and its stance against female circumcision, and those who disapproved of the title character’s desire to physically express herself through dance. It was also controversial that so many scenes were filmed in Cairo’s slums, which could be seen to tarnish Egypt's international image. The film was especially controversial in Egypt for taking up the tradition of female circumcision, among other reasons; it received a good deal of attention in Europe. In 2006, Hanan she chose to begin wearing the religious headscarf, and has been very vocal about this decision. By doing so, Hanan Tork has joined a group of actresses who also made the decision, such as Hala Shiha and Abla Kamel. Despite wearing a religious headscarf , she has continued acting. In August 2012, she decided to stop acting and focus on her family, albeit with different roles. She was married previously to businessman Khaled Khatab, they divorced in 2007. Hanan Tork has stated that one of the main factors that led to her divorce was her husband's displeasure at her choosing to wear religious headscarf and was not happy with her "change in behavior", after she became religious. In 2012, she got remarried to Mahmud Malek, the brother of Muslim Brotherhood activist leader Hasan Malek. It was reported that despite her retirement, due to her past background of being an entertainer, Malek's family were against their marriage . Hanan Tork has three children from her first marriage and two from her second. Her husband owns a men's fashion boutique in Cairo. Retirement Hanan Tork quit acting during the Ramadan season 2012. Since then, she only participates in Egyptian Cartoon movies and series via her voice. Filmography Film Television References External links Hanan Turk Official Page https://web.archive.org/web/20110929134849/http://www.hananelturky.com/ http://www.elcinema.com/person/pr1023973/ 1975 births Living people Egyptian Muslims Egyptian actresses Egyptian ballerinas 20th-century Egyptian actresses 21st-century Egyptian actresses