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The traditional theatrical performance within the “Every Stitch is a Story” initiative reflected societal paradoxes in which 20 young men and women live in a comic and satirical form based on the storyteller in the archaeological hall next to the Forty Martyrs Church in Old Homs.
The initiative launched by theater director Samer Abu Layla culminated in an art exhibition of Milan embroideries, "Milan Embroideries" and a theatrical performance named "With every stitch of a story", with the aim of reviving the heritage in the city of Homs, as it included two workshops, the first for training women in embroidery, and the second for stories to train young people to tell and represent stories. In Zenobia technical gathering, an average of 9 hours per week for 5 months.
In a statement to SANA Cultural, Abu Laila explained that the initiative seeks to renew the sense of hope and life in Homs from the gate of celebrating the heritage, indicating that the storyteller training workshop specialized in the field of acting on the techniques of storytellers in front of the audience and dealt with personal situations and stories told by the women of Milanese embroidery related to their memories, where the storyteller was chosen because it represents a phenomenon. An old folk social, likable to people and has the skills of imitation, role-playing and telling news anecdotes.
Among the participants in the stories and theater workshop, Adel Shehadeh, Rafiq Al-Bawab, and Ahmed Droubi talked about their happiness to participate in the initiative for its role in reviving heritage and integrating the memory of Homs between the old and modern generation, pointing out that the show is a synthesis between stories and societal paradoxes of authentic customs and traditions and others that are foreign to society in addition to the impact of the migration of children On the souls of the fathers and the suffering of the new generation, and a comparison of the city's heritage before and after the war on Syria.
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