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Mosul, Mar 27 (EFE/EPA).-The Al Rabie theater, also known as the Spring theater, in the Iraqi city of Mosul is being rehabilitated by a group of volunteers who work with the hope of seeing it flourish again after 18 years in silence. Built by a Japanese company in 1969, the Al Rabie ("spring" in Arabic) stage hosted for decades Arab and international artists from theater, music, dance and other arts who performed there until the fall of Baghdad in 2003, when the curtain had to be lowered. (Camera: OMAR ALHAYALI).SHOT LIST: VOLUNTEERS HELP REHABILITATE AL RABIE THEATER IN MOSUL, IRAQ.SOUND BITES: OMAR MOHAMED, A VOLUNTEER AND MOHAMED AL-MAHDI, A DIRECTOR OF THEATER AND TELEVISION (IN ARABIC).TRANSLATIONS:1. OMAR MOHAMED, A VOLUNTEER.- I am Omar Mohamed, I am one of the volunteers who take part in the cleaning and rehabilitation of the Mosul Spring theater. We all know that theater is no less important than other educational and cultural places, especially in Ninawa province. - One of the spots is the Spring theater. We miss the place and hope to see this room full of all Iraqis coming to watch shows and performances again after the most difficult battles in Mosul and in Ninawa province in general. 2. MOHAMED AL-MAHDI, A DIRECTOR OF THEATER AND TELEVISION.- (I am) Mohamed al-Mahdi, theater and television director. I have a very old and strong link to the Spring theater.- For more than 25 years I have acted and worked on the stage of the Spring theater. I started when I was 10, I was the youngest actor to perform on this stage.- The Spring theater has an echo and a huge public for people of Mosul. It was the only breath of fresh air in this city.- Many stars from the Arab and international art scene have danced, acted and performed here, foreign theater companies came with their shows and presented them on this stage.- The theater was built in 1966 by a Japanese company. It was a first class theater, where people sitting at the front could hear and see the same as those sitting at the back.- It stopped in 2003 after the fall of Baghdad or Iraq as we say, that is when it was subject to destruction and ransack by looters.
Baghdad (Iraq), Mar 25 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Murtaja Lateef) Baghdad's prestigious Al Rashid theater, founded in 1981, is being rehabilitated 18 years after being practically destroyed during the US invasion of Iraq and the chaos that followed in 2003, the year in which it had to lower the curtain.FOOTAGE OF THE THEATRE FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE IN BAGHDADSOUNDBITES OF WATID ABDELHADI, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING OF THE THEATER AND FILM DEPARTMENT OF THE IRAQI MINISTRY OF CULTURE, AND KAMEL TETR, TECHNICAL MANAGER OF THE FILM AND THEATER DEPARTMENT.TRANSLATIONAbdelhadi1.- The Al Rashid Theater was built around 1980. Actually it was also the central office of the film studios and, of course, the theater where we are now.2.- It was built by a French and Swiss company. The Swiss was in charge of the building part and the French of the technical aspect.3.- In 2003, IT was hit by a coalition airstrike, which caused extensive damage to the sides and roof of the theater.4.- This was followed by acts of looting, pillaging and fires, which damaged many parts of the furniture and technical aspects. These acts hurt much more. Especially that he was abandoned for a long period before rehab began.Tetr5.- The Al Rashid Theater is an international Arab theater that presented shows from France, Germany and the Arab world.6.- The Al Rashid theater was the object of an air attack on its left side, but what affected the rest of the place, which is nine floors, was actually looting, pillaging and burning.7.- The truth is that the authorities evaluated its rehabilitation with several companies, but the costs that were presented were very very high, so it was not approved and was abandoned.
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