Tamer Eissa
Egypt
Film producer
Cinema, Cultural Management
Tamer Eissa
Egypt
Film producer
Cinema, Cultural Management
Grantee
Production Awards
Round 01
2017
Generations
Project: Generations
Sirat Abu Zeid Al Hilali or the epic of the Bani Hilal is an oral lyrical narrative consisting of around a million verses. Sayed el-Dawi (1933-September 2016), poet, story-teller and oral narrator, had committed all these to heart and narrated them. El-Dawi, who was illiterate, said that his improvisations during the narrative process brought the verses up to five million. In effect, he created a huge, permanently open book in his memory, any part of which he could turn to and pick passages to recite or sing. Even when el-Dawi speaks of his life, experiences or daily activities, one sensed traces of the epic tales woven into his words and the spirits of their heroes wafting through the clouds of his cigarette smoke.
Sirat Abu Zeid Al Hilali or the epic of the Bani Hilal is an oral lyrical narrative consisting of around a million verses. Sayed el-Dawi (1933-September 2016), poet, story-teller and oral narrator, had committed all these to heart and narrated them. El-Dawi, who was illiterate, said that his improvisations during the narrative process brought the verses up to five million. In effect, he created a huge, permanently open book in his memory, any part of which he could turn to and pick passages to recite or sing. Even when el-Dawi speaks of his life, experiences or daily activities, one sensed traces of the epic tales woven into his words and the spirits of their heroes wafting through the clouds of his cigarette smoke.
Participant
Cultural Management Program
Round 01
Cultural Management Training Workshops
2007
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