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----Original Message---- From: soega...@gmail.com Date: 06/09/2009 7:45 To: <wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com> Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva Masak sih mereka orang Yahudi? Bukannya orang Islam? Kalau Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Joshua, dan Aaron, mungkin aja ........ On 9/5/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id <kmj...@indosat.net.id> wrote: > > Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan jahat. Lupa > bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun adalah orang > Yahudi. > KM > > ----Original Message---- > From: am...@tele2.se > Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 > To: <<Undisclosed-Recipient:>, <>> > Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html > > Sep 5, 2009 > > > Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > By Sami Moubayed > > > DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic > production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life > of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable > light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and > Christians. > > The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian > diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame in > the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy after > the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. > > Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart is > my Guide), is among the most widely watched works > > > > among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. > Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great lengths > to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held stereotypes > against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were > within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad Zuhair > and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. > > Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics in > Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, talented > and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame > only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - > together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on Arab > charts in the 1930s. > > Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in February > 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a > respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a composer > and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of > 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran Dawoud > Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. > > Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th- > century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya al- > Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian pounds, > making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. > > In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad > Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, and > with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and Sheikh > Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, > placing the two ladies in direct competition. > > The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters took > an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many of > her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious rumors > spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her > competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated 50,000 > Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. > > The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram originally > reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the rumors, but > with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian Radio, > previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, boycotted > her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the early 1950s. > > Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director Anwar Wajdi, > and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" President > Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and Egypt merged > into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on Syrian Radio. > An official communique was released by Egyptian authorities clearing > her name from all charges, including that which accused her of having > visited Israel in 1948. > > Rumors, however, rocked her life in the 10 years after 1948. Some said > she died in a car accident in Paris. Others said she was married in > secret to King Farouk I. Nothing, however, compared with the stories of > her connections to Zionism, resulting in Murad's retirement from music > and descent into complete obscurity until her death at the age of 77 in > 1995. > > The Zionist connection badly affected her health, both physically and > psychologically, sending her into spells of severe depression. At one > point, she was humiliatingly requested to show all her financial > records to the authorities to prove that she had never made any illegal > donations to Israel. > > She did not give a single press interview after leaving show business, > refusing to comment on any of the upheavals in the Arab-Israeli > conflict, ranging from the war of 1967, when Egypt's Sinai Peninsula > was occupied by Israel, to the October War of 1973, and finally, the > Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement of 1978. Her own explanation for > seclusion was that she was aging and wanted her fans to remember her > only as they saw her on the silver screen - young, bold and beautiful. > > The one-time "Lady of Egyptian Cinema" - out of business and fame for > more than 40 years - faced a severe financial crisis towards the end of > her life before dying in complete bankruptcy. Her last appearance on > screen was in the 1953 movie, Sayidet al-Kitar (Lady of the Train). > > The new series, which carries the name of one of her most memorable > songs Ana Albi Dalili, has raised more than a stir in Arab media since > it began airing in late August. One scene shows Layla's father Zaki > Murad (played by the Egyptian star Izzat Abu al-Ouf) at a cafe with > friends who clearly, from their names, are all Muslims. > > Collectively they decide, both Muslims and Jew, to take part in an > anti-British demonstration, in 1919. Majdi Saber, the scriptwriter, > clearly tries to demonstrate that Egyptian Jews suffered no > discrimination in the Arab world prior to the creation of Israel in > 1948. Another scene shows a Jew raising funds for Jewish immigrants > fleeing from Europe during World War II and lobbying with Egyptian Jews > to emigrate to Palestine to increase its Jewish population. > > Layla's father Zaki naturally refuses, patriotically holding on to his > Arab origins. The Jew then tries convincing him to "purchase" a > different nationality, in case tension arises between Egyptian Jews and > Muslims. Once again, Zaki refuses. Zaki's home in the film is free from > any Jewish symbols or Hebrew script. > > The film also revives a colorful assortment of Jewish figures whose > names were deliberately tarnished after the Egyptian revolution of 1952 > because of their Jewish background. Justice is done, for example, to > Yusuf Qattawi Pasha (played by Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra), head of the > Sephardi Jewish community in Egypt in 1924-1942. After studying > engineering in France, he returned to Egypt to work for the Ministry of > Public Works, then became director of the Egyptian Sugar Company, which > cultivated and developed sugar on 40,000 acres of desert land in the > Aswan province. He is shown as a fine Egyptian patriot who helps build > the Egyptian economy. > > Layla's 1945 conversion to Islam is set to appear in the 17th episode > of the series. The series shows that she converted out of conviction, > after marrying Anwar Wejdi, and not out of political intimidation due > to rising tension between Jews and Arabs in Palestine. We are yet to > see how her life is portrayed once it is scarred by rumors after 1948. > > Works like these are important in the Arab world because they shed > light on the life of leading figures who, for political reasons, were > grossly maltreated during the second half of the 20th century and have > been forgotten by a young generation of Arab audiences. Those young > people are, however, avid TV watchers during the annual feast of > special programs every Ramadan. > > Earlier, a similar work had been made about King Farouk of Egypt, who > for 40 years after the revolution of 1952 was depicted as a British > agent, a drunk and sex-driven reckless man who cared only for his > personal indulgences rather than the welfare of Egypt. The series > showed a very different image of the man; a true patriot, a shy youth > who did not drink, and who was obsessed in wanting to rid his country > of the British. > > Another work aired last year about the diva Asmahan, who died early in > 1944 amid rumors that she had been a double agent - a spy for both the > Nazis and British during World War II. Her record was also cleared when > the series showed that she had collaborated with the British - without > receiving any money from them - with the sole purpose of ridding her > country of the French. > > For years, touching on these sensitive topics was taboo, frowned on by > censors and the families of those characters involved. Now that the die > has been cast with Farouk, Asmahan and Layla Murad, other works are in > the making covering the life of equally powerful figures such as the > Syrian crooner Farid al-Atrash, ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and > former Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatli. > > Sami Moubayed is editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine in Syria. > > (Copyright 2009 Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. 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