Adnan Al-Awamleh, dean of Jordanian producers, passes away

“May God have mercy on you, Pa,” is the word by which Talal summarized the death of his father and mentor Adnan Awamleh (1948-2021), as a result of his infection with the Coronavirus a few days ago.

And Talal published the words of lament through his Facebook account, to mourn his father, who died in Dubai, describing him as the "empire" of production in Jordanian drama with its Arab and international reach.

The Minister of Culture, Dr. Bassem Al-Tawisi, mourned the director and producer, Adnan Al-Awamleh, expressing "the great loss of his departure, recalling his qualitative contribution to making Arab drama in a contemporary style and language."

The captain of the artists, Hussein Al-Khatib, also mourned him, who said that the late "represents one of the pillars of art in Jordan."

Generational memory

Adnan Awamleh, who is called "The Dean of Jordanian Producers", was self-made. He struggled for years to achieve his artistic vision. He studied at Beirut Arab University and worked as an employee for Jordanian television since its founding in 1968, and he won a scholarship in Britain, worked as a director, and during that A number of documentaries and various programs.

With the beginning of the eighties, specifically in 1983, Adnan established an agent with a number of producers, including: Issam Hijjawi, Amjad Awamleh, Rady Al Akhs, Sari Al-Asaad and Fawaz Al-Sabbagh, the Arab Center for Media Production, building a pioneering production edifice shortly after the withdrawal of the Jordanian production company from the market.

Awamleh has produced dozens of Bedouin, social and historical works, as well as foundations for children's memory through dubbing and programs that have been linked to the conscience of generations, dramatically and visually. Among the most prominent works that have achieved for his world fame, the series "Invasion" has won an Emmy Award, to be the first Arab to receive such an award.

"Balqees" series poster (Al Jazeera)

Visionary

Artists, directors, and critics describe him as intelligent, loyal, and artistic vision.

The artist, Muhammad al-Abadi, who participated in the series "The Fugitives 1985" - the first Bedouin drama series - says, "The beginning of the Arab Center was simple, limited to advertisements and news, but with his intelligence he opened up to the Gulf and was able to establish an Arab edifice in production."

As for the artist, Zuhair Al-Noubani, who worked with him in many series, he says that he "left a good effect, and highlighted many stars, including: Saba Mubarak, Iyad Nassar, Mundhir Rayahneh and Yasser Al-Masry, and he established an important media project, which is the most important one who presented the local Jordanian drama in the Arab world, and the first Whoever has achieved international Arab drama, "adding that his death is a loss.

Actress Nadera described the late Imran as "a respectable and professional man," and that he was "a summit in morals and gentleness, with clear vision and insight, the latest shift in Arab drama."

Actor and producer, Sari Al-Assaad, said, "We lost him, and he has a favor on me. He started from scratch and built the castle that the Arab Center had founded."

Al-Asaad added, "I participated with him in 14 artworks, which he feels and feels for the actor, putting the Jordanian art movement on the Arab map."

The critic Rasmi Mahasneh says that "ambition and leadership are the main title of the late filmmaker's career."

Poster for the series "Jamar Al Ghadha" produced by the Arab Center for Media Production (Al Jazeera)

Boldness and awareness

Mahasneh says, "It is enough for Adnan Al-Awamleh that he transcended his Arab surroundings to be the first Arab to win an International Emmy Award for a national work that entered strongly into an international competition, and it is (the invasion) that presented the conflict with the Zionist enemy with boldness, awareness, intellectual, artistic and aesthetic vision that deserved the award well deserved."

Facebook pages and social media were filled with obituary words that became a means of condolence circulating in Jordan after the Corona pandemic, so the artist Amal Dabbas wrote, “You will remain present in us with your sophistication and humanity, your fingerprint who drew the features of Jordanian art.” As for the artist Abeer Issa, she wrote, “May God have mercy on you brother and friend Adnan A worker, a great loss, my condolences to your family and loved ones. "

It is noteworthy that the Arab Center for Media Production produced many Bedouin works, including: “Ras Ghlais,” “Nimr bin Adwan,” “Wadha and Ibn Ajlan,” and “Jamar al-Ghadha,” as well as a number of political and social works, including: “The Road” To Kabul, “Advocates at the Gates of Hell,” and the historical works, including: “Malik Bin Al-Rayeb,” “Abu Jaafar Al-Mansour,” “Sham Sharif,” “Al-Hajjaj,” “The Last Days of Al-Yamamah,” and “ Balqis. "

He also produced a number of literary works, including: “Notebooks of the Flood” by Samiha Khreis, “Remnants of the Last Whirlwinds” by Jamal Naji, and “Sultana” by Ghalib Helsa, in addition to children's stories and programs and many dramatic stories based on Jordanian and Arab folklore.