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Aladdin Theatre Show – Egypt

Produced by the “Renata” Academy and supervised by the “Gaia” Foundation for Arts and Sports, headed by the artist and director Fares Mongy, and the show is among the honorary performances that participate in the festival. The show presents many important values, including honesty, goodness, acceptance of the other, love and cooperation. The show participated in more than one international and local festival. The show represented a group of children who are students of the academy: Ella, Tamara, Victoria, Mila, Luticia, Martin, Monica, Arian, Emma Aelitska, Teresa, Esther, Grata, Bronica, Lutcia, Bronica, Alexandra, Sarah, Stella, Sabina, Ella, Tamara, Andre Ya, Adriana, Olivia, Luisa, Sofia, Academy Director Renata Kyogravure, Katrina, Adrina, Director Fares Mongy, President of the Foundation said “Gaya” for the arts about his beginnings in the theater: she started theater in Europe through the play “The Pirate Corsair”, then she launched after that and presented many dramas, including the series “Lara”, which was shown on the “CBC” channel, then she presented a film with director David Verbeck He is the one who encouraged me to go through the acting experience, and I thought of establishing an association to serve as an institution to discover talents and creative energies, especially since Egypt is full of distinguished talents, but it is not highlighted and does not get its due from good marketing; Therefore, it was necessary to present these talents to the world, and to hold festivals in Europe. The name “Gaya” means the mother of earthly villages. We care about the “Gaya” Foundation for people with special needs and people with disabilities. During the seventh session, we presented “Aladdin” from the “Renata” Academy, and it was presented by children from Age 7-18 years. It is a musical show from Slovakia. It achieved a great public turnout and was presented in more than one country, Italy, France and Croatia. While the Director of the Academy, Mrs. Renata, explained that the show aims to consolidate a set of different values, including the interdependence of peoples and rejecting the idea of intolerance. The heroes of the show are the students of the Academy, and they have chosen students who fit the characters on the formal and representative level, indicating that the story of “Aladdin” is new. To the Western world and has not been presented before, explaining their interest in the academy in presenting Arab heritage stories because of the different values they contain. She also expressed her happiness in participating in the Sharm El-Sheikh International Festival for Youth Theatre, while Tamara, who plays the role of “Yasmine”, expressed her happiness in presenting this character and the love story that She links Aladdin and Jasmine and their fight to Jafar, explaining that she has done extensive training to be able to perform it, wishing to present various and different personalities, and also emphasized the distinction and different activities of the Sharm El-Sheikh International Youth Theater Festival. While Ella, who plays the character “Aladdin,” stated that she is happy to present this character, which represents a great challenge for her, especially since she plays the role of a man, which required extensive training and watching many plays and films, while Aryan, who plays the role of “the narrator,” expressed his happiness. By presenting the character of the narrator who talks with the audience and interacts with them and creates suspense for the events, while “Nila”, who played the role of the jinn in the show, confirmed her enjoyment of performing this character, especially that she is a fictional character and has the ability to fulfill the dreams of the public, which is what attracted her most in the character. It is noteworthy that this year’s session of the festival bears the name of the great artist Nabil Al-Alfi, and the State of Iraq was an honorary guest for the seventh session. Under the auspices of the Minister of Culture, Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, and Major General Staff Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai.

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Lion King

When, while the lovely valley teems with vapor around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath of that universal love which bears and sustains us, as it floats around us in an eternity of bliss; and then, my friend, when darkness overspreads my eyes, and heaven and earth seem to dwell in my soul and absorb its power, like the form of a beloved mistress, then I often think with longing, Oh, would I could describe these conceptions, could impress upon paper all that is living so full and warm within me, that it might be the mirror of my soul, as my soul is the mirror of the infinite God!

O my friend — but it is too much for my strength — I sink under the weight of the splendor of these visions! A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.

I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now.

When, while the lovely valley teems with vapor around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me: when I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath of that universal love which bears and sustains us, as it floats around us in an eternity of bliss; and then, my friend, when darkness overspreads my eyes, and heaven and earth seem to dwell in my soul and absorb its power, like the form of a beloved mistress, then I often think with longing, Oh, would I could describe these conceptions, could impress upon paper all that is living so full and warm within me.

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Elnasr Club Ceremony

Today, the Gaia Association, headed by Fares Munji, held a ceremony honoring 250 capable people of determination, for their distinction in the artistic, sports, and literary fields, at Al-Nasr Sports Club, with the participation of Dr. Sahar Abdel-Haq, consultant and chairman of the club’s board of directors, in the presence of figures in the sports, political and technical fields, including Major General Sayed Nasr, former governor of Kafr El-Sheikh, Ihab Hassanein, “President of the Arab Paralympic Federation, Major General Mansour Al-Muhammadi, Vice President of the Egyptian Paralympic Federation, Dr. Wael Qandil, member of the Federation’s Board of Directors. Al-Masry and Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education of the Suez Canal, Colonel Tamer Baybars, member of the Board of Directors of the Federation, Dr. Sherif Salah El-Din, Human Development Consultant and Vice President of the Arab Paralympic Federation, Counselor Mahmoud Hamza, Dr. Mervat Muharram, Artist Khaled Mahrous, Engineer Hamdi Zaki Abu Tawila, Major General Lotfi Ali Ayad, former assistant minister of the interior, and attended by Dr. Muhammad Badran, the Voice of the People party, Dr. Mona Abu Hashima, the party’s deputy head, and Dr. Ahmed Idris, the party’s head advisor. The ceremony began with a number of speeches by the guests, expressing their pride in our children of determination, who have proven their worth in several fields, and proved President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s statement that they are capable in different ways. The event was co-organised by Azab El Shorbagy, Head of GAIA Branch in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Asmaa Ahmed Mohamed, General Organizer, Hossam Abu Hashem, Treasurer, Dr. Asmaa Hassanein, Media Advisor to GAIA, noting that GAIA is an institution concerned with arts, literature and sports, established in the European Union with Egyptian hands.