It simulates the history of the holy city and gives a different atmosphere to its residents

Artistic evenings decorate the Ramadan nights of Jerusalem.. despite the repression

• Various mystical performances for the first time in the history of Jerusalem.

  Emirates today

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While the occupation forces were preventing the residents of the Holy City of Jerusalem, who belong to the Christian community, from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulcher within the walls of the Old City, to commemorate the Christian Easter, and military checkpoints were being set up on the way of worshipers to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, to pray inside its courtyards, the French Cultural Institute in the city The holy site is filled with artistic clamor, renewing the hopes of Jerusalemites, despite the arbitrary practices they are exposed to, disturbing the peace of their daily lives.

And not only that, the one who is coming is wandering from Bab Al-Amoud, the most important gate of the old town, moving between its narrow alleys and ancient lanes, reaching Bab Hitta neighborhood, attracted by musical sounds of various tastes, whose melodies are scattered throughout the historical town, which the residents were not familiar with, who used to spend Their day is marked by shooting at worshipers, and the inclusion of Jerusalem’s youth inside prisons and cells.

different atmosphere

The Jerusalemite artist and musician, Raed Saeed, a resident of Bab Hatta in the Old City of Jerusalem, took it upon himself to present a completely different picture of what Jerusalemites live day and night, and to spread the spirit of hope and life, despite the ugliness of what they are exposed to at the hands of the Israeli forces and settlers.

For consecutive days, the young Jerusalemite artist organizes artistic and musical Ramadan evenings in the narrow alleys, and inside Jerusalem's cultural centers, including various mystical and religious performances on the history of Jerusalem.

"Emirates Al-Youm" met with the Jerusalemite artist, Raed Saeed, after completing the presentation of Sufi religious performances, from his idea, and his artistic and musical management, during the "Ramadan Nights" evening, inside the French Cultural Institute in the Holy City "Chateaubrion", where the features of satisfaction and pleasure were written on his face. , as a result of the presence and interaction of the population with the artistic evenings that he revives during the Ramadan nights of Jerusalem.

Said the young man, with a smile on his face, “The idea of ​​the artistic Ramadan evenings is focused on one goal, which is to spread a different atmosphere among the Jerusalemites, in all the alleys and neighborhoods, to keep them away from the reality of the misery of Israeli practices, and refresh their souls with mystical religious performances on the nights of Ramadan evenings.

He points out that the artistic Ramadan evenings within the walls of the old town were admired and encouraged by the residents in the old town's neighborhoods, especially the children who accompany their families, to enjoy listening to the musical tunes that sneak between the alleys of their ancient lanes.

History of Jerusalem

The Sufi performances, which the Holy City has not witnessed, simulate the ancient history of Jerusalem, and the bitter reality of its residents, to remind successive generations of Palestine of the civilization of their holy city and their stolen land, according to Saeed.

Al-Maqdisi says, "For the first time in the history of the city of Jerusalem, evenings of various Sufi religious performances have been revived in the history of Jerusalem, where we mixed Sufi songs with spiritual music and Sufi dance, which takes us to the world of heaven and meditation."

He added, "We played several religious musical performances within the walls of Jerusalem and cultural centers, to revive the valuable heritage that we possess as Jerusalemites, and to remind of it, away from the conditions that prevail in the city of Jerusalem, to draw a smile and joy on the faces of the residents of the holy city."

• The artistic Ramadan evenings inside the walls of the old town, attracted the admiration and encouragement of the residents in the neighborhoods of the old town, especially the children who accompany their families, to enjoy listening to the musical tunes that sneak between the alleys of their ancient lanes.

• Sufi performances, which the Holy City has never witnessed, simulate the ancient history of Jerusalem, and the bitter reality of its residents, to remind successive generations of Palestine of the civilization of their holy city and their stolen land, according to Saeed.

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