Three years ago, a very close friend of mine who works in Islamic Relief in the United Kingdom, came to me in my children’s magazine office and introduced me to the idea. He told me everything about the organization and asked me to be an ambassador.  I asked him things like how do you work? Where do you get your funds? How should I know that your goals will correspond with mine?

So I went to the office in the UK and I met with the leader Hani El Banna and saw the system inside and out. And now I work with them with my eyes closed. Their history and motives were very pure and because their intention was to work for God, they were successful.  Look now how big Islamic Relief is.

After working with them raising funds for different parts of the world, I wanted to go to the places we were raising funds for in order to know the people I was speaking about at events.  I want to go to Iraq next but they wont let me! ]

Will you be doing more acting in the future? After wearing Hijab, do you find it difficult to act?

I am acting right now in TV series. In short summary, I want to say that just because I wore Hijab, doesn’t mean that your life is over. In Egypt it is hard for women wearing Hijab to appear in the media, it is very very hard unlike what most people think. But I want people to know that I am still Hanan Turk and if I want to act in a series or make a movie I will.  And women should not be afraid to wear it because of the repercussions. But I have a greater responsibility now and I pick my movies carefully.