Damascus-Sana
The Idlib branch of the Arab Writers Union held a literary festival that included poetry and the story, which mixed in its contents the love of the homeland with compassionate love and singing the heroics of the Syrian Arab Army, at the cultural center in “Abu Rummaneh”.
The festival included patriotic songs by the musician band Adnan Odeh, sang in Damascus of civilization and history, in addition to a song with the voice of Ziad Qattan and the words of poet Nebug Asaad in which he expressed love for Syria and commitment to the heroics of its brave army as he liberated every grain of dirt from the land, singing the olives and beauty of Idlib.
The narrator, Kifah Razzuq, gave a story entitled “When I decided to kill my wife,” in which he explained the importance of dignity in a person’s life and that preserving it equals preserving the soul, as did the heroines of his story who preferred death to falling prey to terrorist gangs.
In his texts, the poet Hassan Al-Rai touched on the human and social concerns and issues that reflected his aspirations towards his society and his children under difficult circumstances.
The story of the storyteller, Maryam Al-Ali, expresses the cases of women and the repercussions of the bitter reality caused by terrorism, including injustice, oppression and misery for the displaced.
Writer Manar Al-Qatini read prose texts that embraced the issues and concerns of contemporary women and their aspirations for a life free from disturbances, with reference to the need to pay attention to their culture and awareness and to instill love for the nation around them.
As for the poet Shadia Al Hamou, she sang her texts in Syria and its capital, Damascus, through a passionate passion and eagerness, which showed the poet's attachment to the soil of the homeland and the rejection of injustice.
Poet Basil Ahmed Ali adhered to his texts presented by the poetry of the two halves, and the homeland and confronting terrorism were his most important themes, in addition to what was characterized by sincere and compassionate affection.
The head of the Idlib branch of the Arab Writers Union, the poet Muhammad Khaled Al-Khader, indicated that the role required of intellectuals and writers is to stick to the homeland and its issues in their productions and to be a picture of the life of the citizen, especially in areas affected by terrorism crimes.
Shatha Hammoud