AMMAN — The head of the
Jordanian Artists Syndicate, Hussein Al-Khatib, called on the concerned authorities to
come up with a clear plan to support Jordanian artists and dramatic
productions.
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Khatib told
Jordan News that the most
prominent problem
Jordanian actors are facing is not the lack of professional
scenarios, “but the lack of support. We have hundreds of talented actors and
art workers, however, they are not given the support they need to clearly show
their hidden talents”.
“We should be given support through a drama
council, for example, or a specific entity that should only be concerned with
drama. The syndicate should also be a member of this council in order to
discuss the problems that actors are facing, and to find drastic solutions that
would contribute to boosting Jordanian talents and help the Jordanian drama
production develop,” he added.
Jordanian actor
Zuhair Nobani told
Jordan
News that the Jordanian artistic energies are great, and the components of
the artistic movement are still present, “but we have an obstacle in the
management of the artistic field and how to protect our talents and develop
them”.
He added: “We have a wise leadership,
distinguished human energies, as well as a distinguished geographical location,
we only need good management. I place great blame on some media outlets for not
supporting our talents; for, what we have is an untapped treasure.”
However, Nobani said that he is optimistic
about the future, and that Jordan should be able to “present a good managing
model, and we will succeed in all fields, including the artistic field”.
Suhair Fahed, a Jordanian actress, told
Jordan
News that workers in the Jordanian artistic community are burdened “because
the Jordanian government still does not take art seriously”.
Jordanian artists deserve to be supported and
hope that Jordanian drama will be able to compete with drama produced in other
Arab countries in the coming years, Fahed added.
She added that the Jordanian artist is
“demoralized in his homeland, but given all the support in other Arab
countries, and this is unfair and illogical. The artist should be first and
most importantly supported in his/her homeland. We have great talents that
deserve to be supported and I believe that they have the required capabilities
to compete with Arab stars”.
Rabih Zaiton, yet another Jordanian artist,
told
Jordan News that Khatib has been the head of the Jordanian Artists Syndicate
for years now, but did not show full support for Jordanian artists.
“I do not want to blame him, but I believe
that he should fight to support the artists, and to come up with solutions and
develop plans, especially that Jordanian artists have all the elements needed
to succeed and prove themselves in the field of Arab
drama. We shall not forget
that tens of Jordanian artists succeeded in having their names in the most
important Arab series and among the most important Arab artists, too.”
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