INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- The 41st Fajr International Theater Festival organized a conference on Sunday at Tehrans City Theater Complex to release the
Islamic World Theater Union.The president of the celebration, Kurosh Zarei, a variety of organizers and visitors from 8 countries attended
the two-day conference.The director of the General Office for Dramatic Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Kazem Nazari,
stressed the need for the launch of the union and applauded the organizers for their choice to establish it.He asked the organizers to write
a constitution for the association to enable it to start its activity
For his part, Zarei stated, I have had the honor of meeting all the guests participating in this festival
Troupes from your countries are taking part in this celebration with dazzling performances, which impressed Iranian stage artists and
I hope that the union will assist shape terrific occasions worldwide
Theater is a method that assist bridge the space in between us and join everybody to make peace and relationship throughout the world, he
asserted.He revealed his hope that the union may help join all Muslim countries and support people of the modern world to save themselves
from misunderstandings.Iranian Islam scholar Hassan Rahimpur Azghadi talked at the conference, to which 20 papers from 10 Muslim nations
were presented.Troupes from Oman, Iraq, Tunisia and Jordan are taking part in the festival, which ends on Tuesday
Performances from Brazil, Russia, Spain and Armenia went on stage at the festival, and a number of theater specialists from Ireland, Serbia,
Algeria and Russia held workshops.Among the big names participating in the festival was Spanish director Txema Munoz who staged his popular
production Lumiere ( Light )
Apatridas ( Stateless ), a multimedia play divided into 2 monologues composed by Carina Casuscelli was staged by Brazilian director
The play is based upon female and male characters from fragments of Greek myths and tragedies.Photo: President of the 41st Fajr
International Theater Festival, Kurosh Zarei (1st R) and his coworkers position after revealing a poster for a conference for a union of the
Islamic world theater in Tehran on January 29, 2023
