Director Ismail Farouq is not related to the Bolbol's nest.

After the spread of a few rumors that producer Ahmed El Sobky chose him and that he had started already casting and prepping for the film; director Ismail Farouq denied that he is related to "Esh El Bolbol – Bolbol's nest" in any way.In fact, Farouq said he is working on another project that is different from all his films but was very discreet about its details.The last film we saw for Farouq was "Hasal Khair – It's Ok" which is written by Sayed El Sobky and it was starring Saad Al Soghayar, Amar, Tareq El Sheikh, Mohamed Ramadan and Aiten Amer.