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On its 1 Anniversary ELITE Shines in Public Press

Special Article in „Al-Eza‟ahWal Television‟ Magazine on ELITE Unique Experience

The columnist, playwright, and the deputy editor in chief of „Radio &
Television‟ Magazine Mr. Ayman Elhakim gives us an interview on his
admiration of ELITE, and explores the challenges to Theatre and Culture
Cairo :RamyMagdy, IssraaAwwad and Mohamed Fawzi In regards to playwriting, thanks to the great
producer and the dear friend Mr. Galal El
In the balloon theater and beforethe play he Sharkawy. He told me after January’s revolution
wrotetitled (seerethob ,lit. biography of a love)
starts, Mr. Ayman al-Hakim, playwright and and he ruling of Muslim brotherhood, “I’m
creating a play and the writer should be a
editor-in-chief of Cinema Magazine, deputy
editor of Radio and Television Magazine and journalist”. He wanted to make a theatrical work
on the year where the Muslim brotherhood ruled
author of the article "Elite", which is celebrated
by the newspaper in its first anniversary, gives and he said that I possess the features of
playwriting. Therefore, I wrote a comedy political
ELITE editor in chief Ramy Magdy a special
interview.In the lines below, we are transferring play called “World My Love” that kept being
shown for more than one year and I wrote
for you the details of that conversation.
“Biography of love” later on.
First, we would like to understand the relation Do the challenges encountered by the Egyptian
that connects you with the faculty of theater affect theatrical student activity?
economics and political science, how did this First, theater in Egypt is facing major problems
relation start, and when? due to many reasons including the hard economic
affairs of the audience whom in turn consider the
I’m actually connected psychologically with the theater as “useless luxury”. Another reason is the
faculty and this is because I was a scholar from “weakness of the text” where the so-called
the last batch, belonging to the faculty of mass administrative theater was present. It was close to
communication, who studied in the faculty’s being a cabaret and it was notorious.
building. I belonged to the batch of 91s where I But there are many theatrical experiments that
spent 4 entire academic years and thus we still have the potential to attract audiences and
weren’t guests to this building. can be broadcasted on television?
Yes, this is true but I don’t consider them as
Can you please take us through your theatrical work but rather as sketches. Let me add,
experience in journalism and playwriting?In the theater needs stars where it’s no longer
regards to journalism, I’m a graduate of attractive to them. This is because of the humble
journalism section in Mass communication. I was rate of pay and massive efforts compared to the
supposed to continue my postgraduate studies dramatic works.
because I had an overall grade of very good with Does this mean that theater is a retreating
honors. However, I didn’t enroll to be an educational weapon, or is it only overlooked but
academic professor.Actually, I wanted to be a remains important and effective?
journalist and I started my journey from Dar el Yes, the role of the theater is neglected compared
Helal. I’m currently Deputy Editor-in-Chief of to the sixties where there was a big interest in it.
Radio and Television and Editor-in-Chief of There was the political, comedy, and global theater
Cinema Magazine. The magazine is launched by however currently there’s no awareness of the
the syndicate of cinematographers and it’s importance of theater as in the past.
considered as the only magazine of the cinema in How does this affect the theatrical work of
Egypt. I have another experience that illustrates students?The theatrical student activity will
how does journalism resembles life for me; I was certainly be affected. This is because of the role of
Editor-in-Chief of Cairo newspaper for 6 years.
the university in producing many stars such as
Adel Emam, Salah El Saadany, and several others.

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