He called the Emirati novelist Ali Abu Al-Rish to return to the spirit of love, cooperation and sincere desire to interact with the other and create it with love, stressing that the field of creativity accommodates everyone, “Whatever the writer presents from works, there remains a long journey to complete it, so there is no summit where one is seated, and the true summit is represented To continue giving and giving and helping others. ”
This came during the celebration organized by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, the day before yesterday, under the title "Pioneers among us" to celebrate the issuance of the new novel by the Sheikh of Emirati novelists Ali Abu Al-Rish, entitled "A Biography of Life".
Abu Al-Rish expressed his happiness with this initiative, which is one of a series of initiatives implemented by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, in an effort to enhance cultural giving and provide rich material to the public in the country and abroad and take care of individual culture, as this constitutes a fundamental issue in the country's strategy in general, and the strategy of the department in the form of Specially, adding: “Any writer who will feel happy and grateful towards such an initiative celebrates his career and highlights his work, as these initiatives are based on the promotion of culture and support the creators in carrying out their enlightening role in society inside and outside the country.”
He expressed his happiness at the presence of a mixture of Arab intellectuals who came to attend the initiative, which gives the creators and authors hope to continue working on providing distinguished creative and novel works.
Creativity is walid of love
In his speech, Abu Al-Reesh criticized the negative negative attitudes that some writers take regarding the production of young talents, and what he witnesses through social media such as chest tightness and the inability to communicate with the other, explaining that «literature does not know big or small». He added: «We must rejoice in the birth of creative work as we rejoice in the birth of a young child, and sometimes a novel for a young man is more mature and important than the long march of another writer. I also feel sad when I find a state of absence of love between writers and intellectuals, even though creativity comes from love and does not come from hate, and the writer’s love for his community and colleagues is a kind of adherence to identity and patriotism that love is the essence of », expressing his hope that writers will abandon The enlarged ego, they take out of their constellations to communicate with people, especially young people.
The author of "recognition", "Julphar" and others considered that the main goal of the novelist from writing is to establish his presence and to market the concept of the relationship between man and nature, and not merely to seek a prize or appreciation, pointing out that the subconscious represents a storehouse of history and attitudes, and there is no room To bring out what is stored only fiction and novel.
Between the novel and the press
And about his combination of fiction writing and journalistic work over many years, and whether this affected the time available for creativity, Abu Al-Rish said: “The novel resembles a beautiful woman if she loves her and approached and presented her soul, and therefore my preoccupation with journalistic work did not affect my love and loyalty to the novel writing, and I used to cut From the time I was in the newspaper to write pens for my novels, and when I return home I start writing, but now that I join the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi, I have a lot of time to write, in addition to the atmosphere that encourages work and effort. ”
Turning to the department's "pen" project, pointing to the project returning to work and providing literary works for Emirati writers, stressing that the Arab world is generous and rich in young talents, and what we need is only to support and support these talents.
Complete works
During the event’s management, Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, Director of Publishing Department at the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, announced the launch of the full collection of Ali Abu Al Rish’s feature works, which will be available at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in its next session, in appreciation of his contributions and contributions in the field of the novel.
Abdullah Majid Al Ali, Acting Executive Director of the Dar Al Kutub Sector in the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, said in a statement that the “Rowad among us” event contributes to highlighting Emirati creators, who are an essential and supportive part in the process of promoting the local literary cultural scene, to The aspect of supporting and appreciating their literary works, in a move consistent with the strategy of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, aimed at supporting Emirati writers and creators, and celebrating their achievements and creative gifts.