Egypt selects ‘Poisonous Roses’ to enter 2020 Oscars foreign film category: Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s 2018 Ward Masmoum (translated to Poisonous Roses) was chosen to represent Egypt at the 2020 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film by the Cinematic Professions Syndicate on Thursday, according to Ahram Online. The film is based on Ahmed Zaghloul Al-Shiti’s 1990 novel Saqr’s Poisonous Roses.