[1][2] Mohamed was from a poor rural background without links to the Cairo art scene.
She and her niece, Amina Rizq, moved to Cairo with their mothers; the pair were locked in the house after their first theatrical performance.
[3] Mohamed was director, producer, screenwriter, editor and star of Tita Wong (1937).
[2] Tita Wong, played by Mohamed, is the daughter of poor Chinese immigrants in Cairo, forced to dance in a night club.
Accused of murdering her uncle, her lawyer tries to argue her innocence, with flashbacks illustrating her earlier life.