Damascus-Sana
The camera of director Basil Al-Khatib recently traveled to the Olive Church in Damascus to photograph the last scenes of the largest historical work in the production of the Public Corporation for Radio and TV Production "Guard of Jerusalem" about the text of the writer Hassan M. Youssef, after her tour for several months in several governorates.
Sana visited the filming site at the Olive Church and met the director of the preaching work, who made it clear in a statement that the work speaks about the biography of the late Bishop Hilarion Kabouji, who was distinguished by his national and militant positions on the level of the Arab world, especially the Palestinian issue, which made his life more like a legend with what it included honorable positions and became a model For a true cleric who expresses the essence of faith in the love of the country, truth and goodness.
Al-Khatib pointed out that the work extends over a large historical area starting from 1933 until 2017 in addition to the events that were met by Bishop Kebugi from the Nakba and the setback and the October liberation war in addition to the events of Lebanon and then the war on Syria, indicating that Kebugi continued to fight for his homeland Syria even when he was An exile in Italy supporting his people, army, and homeland.
On the most important difficulties that the work faced, he made it clear that the production of any historical dramatic work faces the difficulty of finding places of photography that must be close to reality, especially if the work carries many events and times that required a period of arduous preparation and careful follow-up to the smallest details to overcome all obstacles.
Al-Khatib, who will finish filming next week, explained that the agreement with the production establishment included filming a movie with the series, as the duration of the film will be two hours, with the possibility of translating it to be shown around the world.
The star Rashid Assaf, who embodies the personality of Bishop Kabouji, made it clear that the artist’s performance of a real character is difficult, especially like that of the Bishop who reached the stage of legend, a contemporary figure whose owner was able to embody the state of true resistance and the struggle that will remain in memory.
Assaf expressed his pride in performing this patriotic character, which he considered a distinctive imprint in his artistic career, as it came after a journey in search of a real human and national situation to present at this time, stressing that Bishop Kibouji represents a large part of our militant history and the embodiment of such personalities is a national duty.
Director-General of Radio and TV Production Corporation Ziyad Al-Rayyes pointed out that Bishop Kabouji’s personality has a national and national dimension, she struggled and clarified her life for a national cause and the principle of truth and deserves to be presented in a huge dramatic work dealing with her life in support of the right and support for the cause of Jerusalem, considering that the importance of the work is the first of its kind Arab Dealing with the personality of a Christian cleric who fought for the Palestinian cause.
He added, "The work is a sign of Arab and Syrian drama and a real addition to the path of the institution that seeks to devote this approach within the project of the bread of life to highlight such historical figures from which we draw lessons, as the institution sought by all means to overcome the production difficulties in order to make the work successful."
As for the artist Amir Barazi, who embodies the personality of Father Boutros, he explained that his role in the work is pivotal because he embodies a religious figure that was present with Bishop Kebugi while he was in occupied Jerusalem, a stage that was sensitive and important in the life of the bishop, expressing the importance of work as a historical document for future generations.
The work monitors the life of Bishop Kabouji, who was born in Aleppo in 1922, who became Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem in 1965 until he was arrested by the Israeli occupation in 1974 on charges of smuggling weapons to the Palestinian resistance, to be deported to Rome and spend the remainder of his life in it without giving up his national and religious resisting role The occupation and supportive of the Palestinian cause and its homeland Syria until his departure in 2017.
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