Critic and film director Hamid Okbi: “Cities grow old after a single war bullet.”

Critic and film director Hamid Okbi: “Cities grow old after a single war bullet.”

2024-02-28 14:51:15

In the “Hiwar” program, Kabi Al-Tif hosts the Yemeni film director, poet, and critic, Hamid Uqabi, to talk regarding his activity in literature, stories, and poetry, the publication of his latest books, his presidency of the Arab-European Forum for Cinema and Theater, and the activities that he carries out.

Yemen present in his works

The Yemeni critic talks regarding his artistic and literary activities, as he talked regarding his latest collection, “Cities Aging After a Single War Bullet,” which he said was an extension of the poetic experience that began with the collection, “An Angel of Death Without a Country,” and even the artistic experience. He believed that his writings are an extension of his ideas and paintings that revolve around the nation groaning under the weight of death in pain, and he added that talking regarding death is also an expression of life. And in his relationship with Yemen, which he said is present in his life, especially since he lives it with the successive news regarding the continuing conflict there despite the long period of his absence from it. He also referred to some narrative stories in the book “Holes” regarding daily life in Yemen, which he said describe life as long lines of moldy bread, which reflects the difficult situation of daily life. He stated that he resorts to women and love in his writings because they are the gateway to hope.

A scenario of masks and the maturity of an artistic experience in France

Critic Al-Aqabi narrates the story of “The Screenplay for the Movie Masks,” in which he talks regarding the story of an Iraqi young man in Paris who lives in love with a nurse of another religion following losing his memory, and a series of events that he experiences in the love story, through which the critic wanted to convey a message regarding the importance of love in making… Life is more open and happier. Then he talked regarding the impact of life in France, noting that it added a lot to him in terms of his academic and artistic development and the maturation of his artistic and literary experience.

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