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8:09 pm
Sunday 22 November 2020
Books – Hani Saber:
Recently, the Theatrical Professions Union issued a press release on the recent crisis involving the artist Muhammad Ramadan’s photographs with the Israelis.
Masrawy obtained a copy of the statement and said: “In the last hours, the Union Council followed with all the interest and responsibility derived from a patriotic and national stance representing the masses of Egyptian artists and creators, the individual behavior of a Syndicate member at an art gathering in an Arab sister city and taking pictures. With artists belonging to the usurping entity “.
The statement continued: “The Council of the Representative Professions Union, in dealing with the details of this controversial incident, first affirms the full and complete support for the rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, the union’s commitment to the collective position of Egyptian artists and its permanent adherence to the positions and decisions of the Egyptian and Arab artistic unions regarding such behavior.
The statement added: “In this position, the Council is fully aware of the difference between the official treaties to which Arab governments are bound and the popular, cultural and artistic stance on the issue of normalization, noting that the Trade Union Council reserves the right to take the actions and decisions it deems appropriate in light of the internal rules and laws that organize the work of the union.
The statement concluded: “We have called an emergency meeting with the Technical Union for tomorrow, Monday, 11/23/2020, at exactly five in the afternoon, to make decisive decisions in this regard … May God help us and you for what it is good for our beloved Egypt. “
The photographs of the artist, Muhammad Ramadan, were widely shared by the public yesterday with several Israelis.
