Artist Essam Karika is celebrating the marriage contract of his daughter, director Mai, to engineer Hisham Nabil at a major hotel in Cairo, amidst a family atmosphere and the presence of friends and relatives. Mai works as a director and producer of sports programs at On Sport channel, and she chose her wedding dress from the Taya Couture brand, with makeup by Nesma Mansour. The wedding featured many fireworks designed by Ahmed Essam, who was keen to attend. Karika was seen escorting his daughter to her groom, visibly emotional. A large number of stars attended, including Ahmed Sheba, dancer Dina, Mustafa Hajjaj, and Hamid Al-Shahari.
Recently, Karika was also seen alongside Sana Youssef, Galal Al-Zaki, producer Ahmed Afifi, poet Abdullah Hassan, and artist Wael Al-Touni at the private screening of the film "The Alexandrian" starring Ahmed El Awady. The film "The Alexandrian" is written by Osama Anwar Okasha, directed by Khaled Youssef, and stars Ahmed El Awady, Zeina, Hosni Fahmy, Bayoumi Fouad, Salah Abdullah, Mahmoud Hafiz, Khaled Sarhan, Intisar, Mohamed Radwan, Mahmoud El-Liti, among others. The cinematography is by Samah Salim, decor by Ahmed Abbas, costumes by Mounia Fath El-Bab, and editing by Amr Aakif.