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![]() Omar EL Sherif: MB Is Not A Threat To Artistic Freedom
Omar el Sherif, the famous Egyptian actor, stated that "MB does not threaten the art, we will not be worried about both innovation or art during the strong existence of MB in ....
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Omar el Sherif, the famous Egyptian actor, stated that "MB does not threaten the art, we will not be worried about both innovation or art during the strong existence of MB in the parliament". Some Egyptian critics and writers thought that the MB"s victory in the recent parliamentary elections hides an expected danger threatening the freedom of innovation and forms a beginning of backward era for Egyptian arts. However, an MB prominent leader affirmed that the group is not against the freedom of innovation and will not try to impose its opinions. Omar el Sherif said during the International Cairo Cinema Festival "MB does not pose any threat to the art; as I know them for a long time, they do not oppose the art. I remember some cadres of MB, in the 1950s, who were interested in watching the artistic and cinematic works". "This is a fabricated issue, those who spread it don’t know the ideas of MB and it may be for political gains, but their victory in the parliament is not bad thing", el Sherif added. In his interpretation of the advances of MB in the parliamentary elections, he said "88 seats are not an evidence of democracy in Egypt! because those who participated in the parliamentary elections do not exceed 20% or 25%, meanwhile the majority of the Egyptians; 80%, did not vote in the elections, when those people express their opinion, we can talk about democracy in Egypt". Optimistic view The actor and founding member of Kefaya "Enough" opposition movement, Abdul- Azeez Makhyon, said that MB does not threaten the Egyptian art, "on the contrary, I"m very optimistic of their victory in the parliament, because it is a great chance to stand against corruption under the banner of art", Makhyon added. Makhyon rejected the fears spread by the media that the MB will impose a strict form of Islam, which leads to restricting the arts "those who spread that about the MB; why were they silent while the Arab and Islamic communities were the victim of all kinds of trivial arts, which destroyed the supreme values, meanwhile they let the bad art work on spoiling the families and touch their desires". Actress Fardos Abdul- Hameed said "we must wait to see the MB"s activities on the ground, we must wait to accurately measure the MB in the parliament, the practical experiment will disclose their stances, and particularly we don’t know their opinions about the art". Mamdouh al-Leathi, head of the Cinematic Professions Syndicate, said "there is a great ambiguity about MB"s stance on the art and cinema, we may disagree with them about restricting the art, generally the actors reject any religious restriction on the artistic innovation". We believe in the Freedom of Innovation Dr. Abdul-Mon`im Abul- Fotouh, a member of the Executive Bureau of MB, commented on these fears saying "there is an intended and unintended mistake in understanding the issue of art and MB. As we believe in the freedom of belief, we believe in the freedom of innovation that is the basis of life". "Late chairman of MB `Omar al-Telmesany was fond of the music and songs, and also fond of Om-kolthoom, I myself like their songs too", Abul- Fotouh added. |
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