In the artistic and creative atmosphere, Sharjah has lived the details of the historical art epic "Thousand and One Nights, The Last Chapter," which is described as the largest art work in the history of the UAE. It tells the history of creative Arab and human literature.

The presentation, which was witnessed by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, was a milestone, combining the heritage and human experience of 537 artists in music, light, performance and movement from more than 25 Arab and foreign countries. Arab, Western and Asian nationalities. The show was staged on the stage of "Al-Majaz Island" as part of Sharjah's celebration of its crowning glory as the "World Book Capital 2019".

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, before the presentation, inaugurated the Sharjah World Book Fair 2019 in Sharjah University City, near the Sharjah Monument, the capital of Arab culture, and the capital of Sharjah Islamic Culture.

The monument, designed by world-renowned artist Gary Gouda, consists of a single piece and takes a spiral shape that rises more than 36 meters in the sky. It is a contemporary geometric formation in the shape of the ancient Arabic manuscript and a monument commemorating Sharjah's choice as the "World Capital of Book 2019" Before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The magic of imagination

The artworks combine the magic of the word, the imagination, the power and the enthusiasm of the performance and the accuracy of the reviews in accordance with unprecedented techniques in the Arab world, and revolves around the story of Shahrazad, who asked her husband Shahriar to gather her children, Princess Fairuz, and the faithful and capable, One of them is important to bring something specific, to reveal to them after the completion of the missions successfully the secret of the stories that he narrated, and provide them with the conclusions of wisdom and knowledge.

The show included three adventures of Shahrazad's sons, who came to fictional worlds that recounted a new chapter of the secrets of love, wisdom and knowledge, and toured them on a magical journey towards the prairies, valleys and mountains of Multiplayer International in collaboration with 7 Fangers and Artists in Motion. Areas of professional sound and optical technology.

The show begins after the lightning strikes the stage, which leaves a huge mythical bird to the space of the Khalid Lake leaving a feather behind him, to cover the stories of the story of the theater with his laughter and the sound of chains that restrict his body.

Princess of love and hope

The first story revolves around the Princess Fairuz, who went on a mission to the Garden of tears, where she finds a prince living in grief and grief, after the curse of his beloved curse turned into a tree divided into two halves, half of which live part of his love, and the task of Fairuz to break that curse to get As she asks her mother to convince the sad prince that he is suffering all this because he does not grieve only for himself and does not grieve for his love, so take it out by saying that you have to adopt love and believe in hope and tolerance, to start seeing and loving his beloved tree. Fayrouz on the nectar of the tree after the decomposition of her curse, she discovered that she got s Ink cartridge.

Prince of courage and determination

The show continues with the story of Emir Qadir, who is charged by Shahrazad with sailing to the silent islands. Time has stopped. He faces the dangers of traveling in a stormy seas and stormy nights, breaking the deadlock of time and meeting the mythical creature that will give him something dear to him. His eternal phoenix, which legend says is born from the ashes of his burning, renews his life with every ignition, giving the prince a feather from his wing.

Prince of knowledge and wisdom

In Prince Amin's third mission he goes out to the arid valleys to obtain a purpose that includes the knowledge one dreams of possessing, where he faces a mysterious fetus to guide him to his purpose, but he is required to answer a number of questions that reveal the prince's puzzlement and wonder. Kill, "the Prince replies. The questions continue to guide him to his purpose. The Prince enters a huge library where he climbs a tower of books, reaching the purpose of discovering a book.

For the rest of the story

At the end of the show, the sons of Shehrazad return to her to tell them her last message, and tell them that her last story is their own, and that what Princess Fairouz received is the ink, the permanent friend of the feather that Prince Qadir received. These two tools fill the purpose of knowledge All of them, the book obtained by Prince Amin, ask them to write their story, to continue the journey of the book and knowledge.

Modern techniques

The audience gathered from the specialists that the show succeeded in transforming the theater's cinematography into actors and exhibitors who represent the worlds in which the heroes live on the rhythm of light, so that the scenes are transformed by professional movements performed by the actors on the ground and on the ropes as they climb each other's bodies and present artistic movements with organized athleticism, The place of the show and its time in light turns from a palace with columns, arches, gardens and flowering, to desolate jungles and caves, and from a desolate sea, the waves wave to a deserted, dark and dark palace.

Panoramic scenography

The director of the show, Sebastien Soldevilla, said he was happy to participate in the last night's show "The Thousand and One Nights", which was produced by Al-Majaz Theater to mark the opening of the emirate's World Book Fair this year. "Everyone was dreaming of the show day to see the fruits of their work. Success that did not come from a vacuum, but came as a result of the effort continued for weeks in a row of a large number of talented in performance and music ».

"We tried to present the audience with a special presentation based on panoramic cinemography, by combining visual and biological scenes.

World Artists

"The show was attended by artists and artists from all over the world from Mexico, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Belarus, Slovenia, Japan, the United States and Canada. Professionalists from Canada and France participated in the techniques and production, while musicians, singers, actors and recording teams from the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Serbia participated. Algeria, Canada, Lebanon, Armenia and the United Kingdom, so that the presentation will come out in its final form, which was praised by the audience. "

Book support

The selection of the International Committee of the World Book Capitals at UNESCO is the "World Book Capital of 2019" in appreciation of its role in supporting the book and establishing knowledge as an option in the dialogue of human civilizations and in recognition of its great efforts in spreading the culture of reading at the Arab and international levels.