Hatem Ali’s body arrives in Damascus today … popular consensus and official coldness



[ad_1]

The body of Syrian director Hatem Ali is scheduled to arrive in Damascus this afternoon, amid a rare case of popular and artistic consensus in Syria about a public figure, even if the relevant official institutions distanced themselves from the event.

No official Syrian body has yet commented on the news related to the burial place of the “Palestinian alienation”, while his friends and family announced that the body would arrive this afternoon from Cairo, where he died of a heart attack, to spread from the Hospital Shami from Damascus, before his last trip in the Syrian capital to a “cemetery”. Bab Al Sagheer “on it.

With the division in Syria, Ali was one of the few personalities who had a consensus that transcended the country’s approved classifications: between “loyalty” and “opposition”, and became one of those Syrians unanimously appreciated and praised for what he presented. .

Many Syrians, with diverse political orientations, have written about the owner of “Zeer Salem”, be they artists, critics, journalists or those who follow Ali’s presentation.

While the Artists Union received harsh criticism, even within the country, for dealing with the news of Ali’s departure, and being content with the news of “announcing the death” without regretting the artist, as was the case when it was given to know the news of the death of an artist. He is one of those fired from the union for “non-payment of economic contributions.” Advertiser of the reasons:

Hatem Ali's body arrives in Damascus today ... popular consensus and official coldness

As for the Syndicate branch in Damascus, she was satisfied with a line on the authority of one of the most prominent Syrian filmmakers, son of the occupied Syrian Golan, owner of epic historical works, including: “Kings of the sects.”

Hatem Ali's body arrives in Damascus today ... popular consensus and official coldness

A large number of Syrian artists and intellectuals mourned Ali, and researcher Sami Moubayed revealed that Ali had previously contacted him when he heard a series about former Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, and Moubayed reported that Ali had dreamed of leading a series on “the hero of Syrian independence” as he described it:

Hatem Ali's body arrives in Damascus today ... popular consensus and official coldness

Director Haitham Haqqi described Ali as one of the most important sons of Syria:

Hatem Ali's body arrives in Damascus today ... popular consensus and official coldness

Osama Younes – Damascus



[ad_2]