The Egyptian artist, Mohamed Hatem, revealed that the character "Gamal El Kateb" that he performed in the series "Kingdoms of Fire" is not real and has not been proven in history, but her presence in the work was necessary to reveal a human side of Toman Bey, away from battles and wars, but Its most important role is that it is a picture of the entire Egyptian people at that time, and an expression of the resistance of the Egyptian street to the Ottoman army led by Selim I, and therefore the work author, writer Muhammad Suleiman Abdul-Malik, created this dramatic line to show this resistance.
Hatem added in his interview with «Emirates Today»: «If (Jamal Al-Kateb) was an unreal character in history, but I think that there were many Egyptians like Jamal Al-Kateb in fact, and the series shortened them to that character.
He explained that the impact of drama in changing concepts or correcting prevailing ideas comes from its ability to encourage the public to read, and search for facts that the dramatic work deals with in books and reliable sources, saying that «correcting concepts is a big word, and it is difficult for an artwork or drama to be able to correct Viewers ’concepts, or radically changing their lives, but what corrects the concepts is research and reading, and reviewing references about the period or event that the drama presents, and for (kingdoms of fire) is a historical work but it has an imaginary part within the plot, and I hope that the uproar Most recent work for Viewers motivated them to search for Tuman Bay, and for the Ottoman and Mamluk periods, and when that happens we can say that the series contributed to correcting the concepts in real, and not just waiting for information that comes ready.
Useful experience
Muhammad Hatem described his experience working with the artist Khaled El Nabawy during the filming of the series, as beneficial, explaining that the Prophet is a person who loves his work, gets up early, and stays at work throughout the day without being interested in obtaining a rest period, as he resembles the "Al-Daheh" student who studies his lessons throughout Time, and focuses on his work only, so his conversations with his employees focus on how to improve the common scenes between them, and in the evening he must exercise to keep fit, and this is a motivating and encouraging for the actors who share his work, to focus and master more.
He saw that working with the team of the series, which includes different nationalities, serves as a window from which the world looks through dealing with individuals from America, Italy, France, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, England, and others, and that everyone has a different style of work that can be learned and learned from, especially as the scenes of photography She was comfortable and fun despite the pressure of work, and the enthusiasm of the team resembled the enthusiasm of amateurs, while their performance was very professional.
Intensive preparations
Mohamed Hatem confirmed that filming his role in the work was preceded by extensive preparations he made, I started reading the scenario well, then researching and reading in external references, and watching documentaries on the historical period covered by the series, then he proceeded to prepare the personal clothes with the Italian style that was supervising the work He pointed out that he was hoping to present a work in classical Arabic, which was accomplished by the series, especially since he had previous experiences on the stage in presenting works in fluent Arabic, starting with the Salah Abdul Sabour and Tawfiq Al-Hakim theater, and reaching international texts translated by Shakespeare and Albert Camus and others, It is what sa He counted a lot while working in the "kingdoms of fire", as he was part of the work team in the series, an Arabic dialect and Arabic corrector.
And about his future works, Muhammad Hatim made it clear that he is participating in the role of honor in the series on Friday every week, which is a series of crime and suspense, in his second experience with the director Muhammad Shaker Khudair, and he also participates in the series “Khat Al-Iid”, a comic family, and starring Ahmed Rizk, explaining that he performs a different role in work that he did not offer before, which is the role of a father who has great difficulty in dealing with his son and raising him well.
Outstanding production
On his experience at work, Mohamed Hatem said: “I consider working experience in (Kingdoms of Fire) one of the best experiences of my life, as I have benefited a lot from it, and I got to know many people thanks to the Emirati production company, and producer Yasser Hareb, who had the courage to provide a job with this The greatness and provides the working team, during the six months that it took photographing in Tunisia, the conditions that help work, and encourages to exert their utmost efforts to get the work out in the best way. ”
I hope that the uproar caused by the series is an impetus to the research.
I was hoping to present a work in "Al-Fushay", which was accomplished by the series.