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FEPS Theatre :

A Journey Behind the Scenes

Farah Mahmoud Elmelegy, Second Level, Economics
Mariam Ahmed, Second Level, Political Science
As the achievements of the Faculty of Economics and With its pioneers Sayed Darwish and Beyram ElTunsy,
Political Science extend beyond academics and into all the art of theatre flourished in Alexandria, so theatrical
human and artistic aspects, Elite’s Family would like to performances continued throughout the year in both
extend its deepest thanks to all the members of the Theatre private and public sector groups, as well as the
team - former and current ones - for their effort and time university theatre, with artists such as Mahmoud Abdel
in representing the college's name in both national and Aziz, Waheed Seif, and many others. Youssef Wahbi,
international festivals. the dean of Arab theatre, who has presented more than
Egypt has always had the lion’s share in all types of arts, 300 theatrical works, is the founder of the first Egyptian
as many pioneers of arts are of Egyptian origins. Om theatre with international standards, "Ramses Theater,"
Kalthom and Abdel-Haleem Hafez in the music industry, as well as his cast of the same name, which was the
Naguib Mahfouz and Youssef Idris in literature, and many cornerstone of the formation of the National Theater
others who took the initiative in Egyptian arts. In terms of Cast.
performing arts or "Theatre", the Egyptian civilization And because art, by definition, always mimics people's
was at the forefront of this style of art, beginning with realities, many artists were active during the British
religious personification plays conducted in the presence occupation of Egypt to voice their rejection of
of kings at Pharaonic festivities, continuing through the colonialism and urge the construction of a national
entry of the French Campaign to Egypt and the founding theatre, so it was founded by 1921 with four plays as a
of the "Comedy Francais" group, up to the establishment start, then at a rate of two days for each performance.
of the French Opera House and the Comedy Theatre in Theatrical art is still recognized as the pioneer of the
1869 during the reign of Khedive Ismail as a culmination arts, and present generations continue to value it, with
of the opening of the Suez Canal. university Theatre being one of the oldest student
In Cairo, the artist Yaqoub Sanu – the Egyptian Molière, activities in Egyptian universities. Each Faculty has an
as he was called by the Khedive - started to simulate the independent Theatre team that participates in presenting
European theatre by translating some projects of world at annual university-sponsored festivals in front of
literature and performing them in many theatres with great prestigious jury committees.
encouragement from the Khedive, which prompted him to To learn more about theatrical activity among college
establish his own cast and compose his plays, but like the students, we interviewed Soad Taha, a student in the
rest of the artists, he couldn’t stop himself from fourth level of the Department of Economics and a
condemning the ruling class which led to his banishmet. member of the theatre team, as well as Youssef Mostafa

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