Chosen by “Youth Theater” as Person of the Year

An invitation to return Samira Ahmed from retirement on the day of her honor

Samira Ahmed: I am ready for any role to transfer my experience to the younger generation.

Photography: Patrick Castillo

During the special session organized at the Culture and Science Symposium, on the occasion of her selection as the Person of the Year in the 13th edition of the Dubai Festival for Youth Theater, organized by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, the artist, Samira Ahmed, expressed her happiness with Dubai Culture honoring her even though she is retired, because it is often not The retired and the estranged are honored.

During the session, Ahmed spoke about the beginning of her long career in the theater and her love for stage and acting, which began after presenting a dialogue on stage that included a lot of feeling and suffering, and she found that people hear, and she was missing those who heard her at that time.

During the session, Ahmed presented excerpts from her career on the stage, indicating the state's interest in theatrical actors and their support in the beginnings of theatrical work in the state.

In her speech, she addressed the role of many personalities in the progress of the theater, including Jawad Al-Asadi. She also talked about the sense of responsibility towards the stage, especially when they worked alongside adults, in addition to the academic courses that were organized in the seventies of the last century, with the aim of refining the talents of young people, which is What reflected on the continuity and more love for theatre.

Ahmed touched on her entry into drama after the play "Bu Hamda Cafe", where it began to spread and the experience began to develop, considering that theater is the basis for making the acting experience.

She gave many tips to the young generation, including the need to respect the stage, the place where the actor goes to address people, carries many messages and reflects the image and value of society.

She stressed the need to deal with theater with love, honesty and honesty, wishing young people to take advantage of the new era with its developments, as well as new institutions that can support their presence on the stage.

The session on honoring Samira Ahmed included a number of interventions, the most prominent of which was the intervention of Dr. Habib Ghuloom, who praised the experience of Samira Ahmed, who is considered a teacher in the world of acting, calling on Ahmed to reconsider her decision to retire, and Ghuloom said: “I thank the artist Samira Ahmed for all What she presented, she is the first lady of the theater in the Emirates, and despite the fact that she has retired, but I do not consider her to be retired, because she carries this concern to this day.”

Ghuloom added: "I have great hope, despite all her statements, that she will return to the theater, because we realize that the artist is not the property of himself, and as long as he entered the field and became close to the audience, the audience has a right over him, whatever the circumstances, and I contacted her about a drama series recently, But until this moment, she has not been convinced to return, and I hope she will reconsider herself because theater needs sincerity, and young people need her presence to believe in the role of theater.”

He pointed out that he succeeded in convincing a number of female retired women, including Fatima Al Hosani, Alaa Shaker, and Haifa Hussein, hoping that he would succeed in convincing her, so that the message she addresses to the youth would not be incomplete, as the role of the founders is not over yet.

After the intervention, Ahmed pointed out her respect for Dr. Ghuloom's request, noting that she found retiring comfort, and expressed her desire to contribute to all forms of work in terms of supervision or training workshops that would enable her to transfer her experiences to young people.

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