The series "Khaled Bin Al-Waleed" has returned to the circle of controversy, after a series of problems that started since its announcement, due to a tweet published by the Saudi journalist Abdullah Wafih, in which he questioned the feasibility of presenting this work, expressing his hope that the production of this type of series will stop. And Wafee said in his tweet: «Will it really be a series? What will be presented in it, especially since there are terrifying events that are incompatible with who goes towards awareness and enlightenment. I hope that this kind of series and what is going on in its orbit will stop. ”
Wafi’s tweet opened the door to a storm of criticism on Twitter, where singers announced their anger at his opinion, calling for the need to do justice to our history and not to ignore it, especially since Khaled bin Al-Walid is one of the most prominent Islamic figures influencing military history worldwide, and some have called for accountability On this view, others felt that pride in Arab and Islamic history and presenting it in artistic works with everything in it even wars is natural, just as the West is keen to present its history in works that have met with great success and spread despite the bloody and violent nature, noting that the Islamic civilization is like any civilization It has its history in its cultural context at the time, which is wars and expansion, and Arabs have the right to be proud of the characters of their civilization, just as the West takes pride in their civilizations.
Old controversy
This controversy brought to mind the controversy that accompanied the publication of the Egyptian writer Ibrahim Issa tweet, following the announcement of the “Synergy Production” company about its intention to present the series, in which he said: “After the wonderful success of the series (Kingdoms of Fire), I hope that the Egyptian Production Company will immediately back away from the production of the series ( Khalid ibn al-Walid). This is not the time for conquests. It is a time for people to know the history of Egypt.
in general; This controversy opened a wide field about the artwork that deals with the walk of historical figures. Many considered that very few works were able to present the characters objectively, while the majority of these works fell into the trap of exaggerating the characters until they appeared without errors or negatives, which is unreal and illogical.
Stars and apologies
The work witnessed another type of problem, which is the selection of the hero of the series. The nominations included artists, including Khaled Al Nabawi, Mustafa Shaban and Hani Salama, before the choice of the artist, Amr Youssef, was announced. And after it was scheduled to be presented in the Ramadan race 2020, it was postponed for the Ramadan season 2021, due to the pandemic of "Corona", and stopped the movement of navigation in all countries. Then the series witnessed the withdrawal of its hero, Amr Youssef, after filming a number of his scenes in Jordan, to replace the artist Yasser Jalal His place, and sources confirmed that Jalal had already started training for scenes of fighting at work, but soon he returned and announced his apology for work, and this was due to his fear of not personifying the character at the appropriate level: He said in a press statement: “The personality of Khaled bin Al-Walid is a great responsibility, and I fear Not to fully present it, despite my happiness with the distinguished director Raouf Abdulaziz, and the author Islam Hafiz ». Strangely enough, it was not many hours since this news was announced, until the scriptwriter Islam Hafez announced, through his account on Facebook, Jalal's return to the series, and Hafiz said: “We, as a family of work, we love to make clear that the preparations of the series of God are continuing, we are doing a huge project. It is very difficult and there is no accurate benefit that goes without fatigue, sweat and unusual effort. This type of project is very difficult during its preparation and this misery continues until the last scene. It is very possible during the arduous journey, that is, one of the elements of the work that gets tired, and here we meet a large, honest hand estimated Effort and fatigue, and help you to stand up to complete the journey.
Stuck points
Media reports indicated the possibility of changing the name of the series during the next stage, suggesting that it will not be shown in the next Ramadan season, explaining that these points will be resolved before the start of filming, which was scheduled for next September.