Art v art in war against anti-Islam film
Arab singers teamed up with international artists to record an operetta titled "Prophet of tolerance" in response to an anti-Islam film which offends the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). The first lines of the
operetta were given exclusively to Arabstoday,
Our religion is a religion of tolerance,
Our Prophet taught us this
Our Koran said forgive
All those who offend us
The operetta is a way of responding to the film “in a civilized manner, and the film-makers launched their war against us by using art, so we are also going to use art,” Egyptian singer Mohamed Adaweyah, who performed in the operetta, told Arabstoday.
He was joined by country-men Reham Abdel Hakim and Ahmed Gohar, who performed with Syria’s Majid Al Qassim. Spanish, Indian, Turkish and Kurdistani singers brought an international flavour to the offering, written by poet Abdel Moneim Taha and composed by Majid Al Qassim and Walid Husseini.
Taha said: "We tried to make Arab and foreign singers participate in the operetta in order to make the operetta capture more attention, and particularly because we are going to translate it into English, French, German and Turkish."
The operetta will be filmed on Saturday by the director Tamer Harby.
Al Qassim said he was pleased to have participated in the operetta. "I consider this to be the most practical response by the singers to the abusive film. I hope the operetta achieve the goal of its production," he added.
GMT 10:23 2018 Wednesday ,28 November
'SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57GMT 11:56 2018 Monday ,26 November
Oscar-winning Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci dead at 77GMT 10:17 2018 Sunday ,25 November
Nicolas Roeg, celebrated director of 'Don't Look Now,' dies aged 90GMT 18:20 2018 Monday ,29 October
Bon Jovi to kick off 2019 European tour in Moscow, first show in Russia in 30 yearsGMT 20:06 2018 Monday ,22 October
"Burning" wins best picture at Daejong Film AwardsGMT 14:45 2018 Tuesday ,18 September
"Pataakha" stars coming to Dubai on September 23 to lay on their charmGMT 03:31 2018 Wednesday ,24 January
S.African jazz legend Hugh Masekela dies, aged 78GMT 02:33 2018 Saturday ,20 January
How to take a bullet, by 'Den of Thieves' star 50 CentMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor