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<DOCID> STILLALONEWOLF_20050102.1100.eng.LDC2005E83 </DOCID>
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<DATETIME> 2005-01-02 </DATETIME>
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Munir, Al-Warsha and Extraction From The Clutches Of Winter Depression.
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<POSTER> Lone Wolf </POSTER>
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Mohammed Munir is a strange person, and you can never expect what he
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is going to do in a concert.
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Sometimes I go expecting to see boundless creativity, then he
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surprises me with the worst possible performance from him as well as
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the rest of the band, in addition to a bad choice of songs and even
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disrespect to the audience.
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Sometimes I just go to see friends that I have missed and whom I only
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see at concerts.
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But then he surprises me with the greatest performance and well-chosen
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songs.
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In the end we have to admit that the ney and dokah flutist Abdullah
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Hilmi is half the group.
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The problem always remains: how will I know whether the concert will
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be good or bad,
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prediction and personal intuition is the best solution, and also the
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location of the concert,
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The Opera concerts have normally good standards,
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One witty person said, and he appears to be correct, that the concert
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depends on the type of "smoke" or the type of narcotic which Munir
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handles before singing.
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So if it was "banjo" the concert will be bad, and if it was "hashish"
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then the concert will be good.
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And if this is the decisive factor, then I invite him to take up
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residence in Alexandria, where we can help him to present the most
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beautiful concerts :),
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In general, thank you Mohammed Munir for giving me unexpected pleasure
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on New Year's Eve.
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By the way, one day after this, I was fortunate enough to seize two
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hours with Al-Warsha Theatre Company. They are presenting the show
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"Halawat Al-Dunia" (The beauty of life) or Cairo Calling at Saqiat Al-
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Sawi in Al-Zamalek until the end of the week.
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It is compiled from parts of old shows, with the addition of some new
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parts.
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The show is a real theatrical showcase and a huge acting effort,
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Al-Warsha is notable for its attention to detail, such as the scene at
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the church where the choir's voices rise with hymns as the narrator
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says that the hero of the story is entering the church, then the
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voices drop when he says that the hero went out.
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They always dazzle me with their acting abilities as individuals, and
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in the play in general. For example in the scene with the person
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performing a monologue of 4 characters: the priest, the church guard,
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the citizen and the viewer; The actor used simple makeup: a single
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prop which turns from a priest's beard, into a policeman's hat, a
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viewer's hat and a citizen's hat.
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I think that I was able to extract myself temporarily from the
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clutches of winter depression.
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