The movie was released only few months before the Egyptian revolution.
The name of the movie changed more than once due to objection of censorship ,So the team of the movie change the name of the movie from the "Egyptian passport"(Gawaz safar masry) to "Masr heia ottey" then "Masr heia oghty" and finally "Black Honey"(asal eswed).
It is the second collaboration between director Khaled Marei and the star Ahmed Helmy after the movie "Asef ala el ezaag".
The movie income reach in the first four days to 3 million and almost 616 thousand, of which 388 thousand pounds in the first day of the presentation,it is a very good number if take into account that the movie began to display that day from midnight concert after Ahli and Zamalek match, which means that this figure is the revenue is only from one party.
Most of the outdoor scenes of the movie are filmed in "el moez" archaeological Street in neighborhood el Hussein.