Religious theater is a narrating of real life

The webinar "Men and women's rights from the perspective of the Qur'an in dramatic literature" started with the speech of Farzad Moafi -Ghaffari (host), Abdul Karim Abboud Odeh (from Iraq), Mehdi Amini and Mehdi Masoudshahi yesterday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.It was broadcasted live on Iran Theater TV as well.

                                                                

In this webinar, Farzad Moafi -Ghaffari said: " "Theatre is an art that is a product of Western and Greek civilization, but one of the harms that have happened in the country's theater in the last few decades is that more attention has been paid to the West and a lot of struggles  have been done to produce works in the style of Western theater."

He continued: There are two specialized and general views on the concept of men's and women's rights from the Qur'an's in dramatic literature. In general, it can be said that plays produced in Iran, Islamic countries and other countries deal with human values and concepts.

Mahdi Amini, an expert and head of the Evaluation and Supervision Council of the Center of Dramatic arts, was another speaker.

He said: The social rights of men and women are also mentioned in the Quran. The artist is not just the creator of a work, but a social origin supports his work and art. Art is affected by other human fields, social, political and cultural issues, and all these fields have an effect on the form of arts and the works that are made from these arts and are directly involved.

Mehdi Masoudshahi said: Drama literature is a type of drama that is written and arranged for performance on the stage or other shows, and this art tells the real life of people .Theater is a real representation of human life, successes and failures, good and bad, and his values and anti-values from the beginning of creation to the resurrection.

Abdul Karim Abboud Odeh, the head of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Basra said: Man is a creature that can live honorably, and human beauty and human life can be reflected in human literature and religious theater. Theater can establish it. If it is a religious theater, it can condemn hypocrisy and keep people away from impurity. If the spiritual theater is religious and value oriented, it can serve homeland, belief, people and nation.

He emphasized: Religious theater can be a source for establishing the issue that man fulfills his mission and helps man find his own existential and spiritual dimensions. Also, Islamic theater can create a kind of entertainment for people. This type of theater, which we call drama, can create a balance between human beings, human concepts and worldly life.

 

The head of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Basra also said:  In order to be able to convey its concepts clearly and focus on the issues, the theater of the Islamic world must consider the human soul and body.