Mohamed Rafie
Mohammad Rafie | |
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| Born | 14 August, unknown year. |
| Died | 24 October 2017 |
| Occupation | Art critic and scenarist |
| Nationality | Egypt |
| Education | Alexandria University, Faculty of Arts. |
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Mohammad Rafie (Arabic:محمد رفيع) is an Egyptian Art critic, and scenarist[1] born on August 14th in Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra, Gharbia Governorate. He passed away on October 24th, 2017, after struggling with illness. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University and worked as an Art critic for Sabah Al-Khair magazine since 1975; he also had a fixed page entitled “Art issue”. He has written a weekly article entitled “Diary of a Sparse Citizen” in the Sawt Al Omma/Voice of the people newspaper; he also had a weekly column every Sunday in Rous Al Yousuf newspaper.
His writing style
His writing style is characterized by being satirical, which is meant to criticize the political state of the country. He was one of the first Egyptian writers to have critically and mockingly criticized the Egyptian regime when the regime was in its full power, and he showed his opposition to the regime through his articles in Sawt Al Omma newspaper, the article disturbed Egyptian officials at the time severely, the most vehemently criticized were Gamal Mubarak and his mother Suzanne Mubarak as Rafie always criticized the inheritance of power. He also criticized the last election in Mubarak’s era for being rigged, so he wrote an article in December of 2010 titled “Ya Mzawarni W Nasi Hawak” mocking the government, regime and everyone who manipulated the will of the people.
He was appointed Editor in Chief for Sabah Al Khair newspaper for 3 years, he worked as Editor in Chief for the Seydati w Sadati newspaper for 6 years and he also worked in both Kol Al Nas and Al Ra’i Qatar newspapers.
His last published novel is “Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness”, the novelist Ibrahim Aslan wrote: It is a novel about poor neighborhoods, alleys, dialogue, coffee shops, cold empty nights and stories of people and friends of which only ghosts remain, the author brought them back with a high degree of sentimentality. It is about childhood, growing up, the formative years, the books of Marx and Lenin, the little dreams and nostalgia for the lost beautiful romantic moments. This is life. Existence is bounded by its passing time, however; with the power of art and imagination, it becomes more present, more influential, more spread and this is the real miracle of art.
In a discussion with Fleur Montanarno, the coordinator of the international prize for Arabic fiction,[2] Mohammad Al Refai said: “ I used to believe and I still believe that art’s structure is similar to that of reality, as it requires contemplation and knowledge, and from here we can present a simple daily reality, and from this reality the extraordinary days can be born, to have the supernatural abilities without magic and without finding ourselves compelled to ride in a car that deteriorated due to time or impotence, we move those illusory signals that never light up. It is enough to strip causes and consequences of reality, so it becomes independent and transparent, and I was and still pained by the issue of finding lost time, lost features which we see through the windows of a moving train, it does not stop, to the point where it merges to become a featureless colored space. I used to return to that town in the middle of Delta, between the countryside and the city, where forgotten houses that were closed in fear and opened to the open spoke to me, so I shivered. And I always try to recall those moments, the moments whose effect is not limited to a range of responses and aesthetic sense, moments that extend to other dimensions. The problem of humans’ aspirations and actions to become a social system is based upon the ultimate freedom of humans to formulate their world in the manner that corresponds to their dreams and needs, for humans to discover their world and themselves at the same time and moment where they become capable of deciphering their own letters and reformulate the sentence, so it becomes real and not a metaphorical expression. And I tried so hard to draw those free tormented creatures and this lost time between two deaths, however, those creatures have always eluded me for years until I started drawing their features in May 2009”
After his death, his son “ Shadi Al- Refai”, republished his novel “Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness”, along with its’ second part “ Where Seagulls Cried”, all published by the Safsafa Publishing House in one volume in celebration of his memory was held in 2019.
Fictional works
Novels
- Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness
- When Seagulls Cried “published after the author’s death”
Books
- Experiences in Arab Theatre, Launching Experimental Theatre.
- Palestine in Egyptian Theatre: The Elusive question and Impossible Act.
- A Car Called Theatre[3]
- Culture, Art and Stories that kill You with Laughter issued by the general Book Authority 1999 in the author’s Article collections in Sabah Al Khair magazine.
Radio
- Journey in Ancient Time, 90 episodes
- Paradise Lost, 90 episodes
- Papyrus, 90 episodes
- Years of Glory, 30 episodes
- Ray of Freedom, 30 episodes
- The Spring of Springs, 30 episodes
Television
- Overcoat Evening 1979, based on the novel (Gogol)
- Starring, Abd Al-Salam Muhammad
- Al Badya series, based on the novel (Yousuf Idriz)[4]
- Idris, starring Sherine Seif Al-Naser and Mustafa Fihmi in 2001.
Theatre
- The Play ‘Is This What Happened!’, which protested the Egyptian regime and mocked its state. However, after the January revolution in 2011, the state allowed the performance of the play on 5th of January 2012.
Rewards
- He won the Mustafa prize and Ali Amin Journalism Prize for his weekly column ‘Art Issue’ in Sabah Al Khair magazine in 2000.[5]
- His "Nocturnal Creatures of Sadness" novel was shortlisted for the 2012 Booker Prize, and later ranked first amongst novels in the Arab world for this year.
Palestine in Egyptian theater
In his book, “Palestine in Egyptian Theater” issued by Writers Authority, Al Refai lists ten plays that studied and dealt with the Palestinian issue in various dimensions, explaining that these texts attempt to present a comprehensive vision of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and affirming that Israel is the only country that has not drawn geographical boundaries, because what determines those boundaries are the future, dreams of Israel and our ability to move. The plays’ scripts also presented the facts of this conflict, and this book’s chapters have been organized according to the performance dates of each script. As for the texts on which the study stopped include: My Country Acre, A flower of blood, Negro’s Revolution, Fire and Olive, Samson and Delilah, My Beloved Shamina, The Question, Lost Jew, Blue Flies, Sanctified.
References
- ↑ Musa, Developed By Heba (2017-10-24). "وزير الثقافة ينعي محمد الرفاعي". بوابة اخبار اليوم. Retrieved 2021-02-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "الاعلان عن القائمة الطويلة التي تتنافس على الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية". BBC News عربي (in العربية). 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ "بوابة روز اليوسف | محمد الرفاعى.. كتب الرواية والمسلسل من «عربة اسمها المسرح»". بوابة روز اليوسف. 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ "وزير الثقافة: الساحة الأدبية والفنية فقدت ناقدًا كبيرًا برحيل محمد الرفاعي". بوابة الأهرام. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ "Mohamed al-Refai | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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