A theatre performance on the Holocaust performed by Egyptian students from Ain Shams University titled “Sobibor” sparked much controversy in Egypt, as fights and clashes erupted during the performance. The latter took place in the National Theater Festival headed by the artist Ahmed Abdel Aziz. Written and directed by Mohammed Zaki, the theatre performance discusses the Holocaust and the Sobibor extermination camp in which the Jews were burned and tormented by the Nazi Germans. During the performance on Wednesday evening, there were verbal altercations between the audience and members of the theater group, and a clash of hands because of what members of the audience considered to be as bias in favor of Israel, ignoring what the Israelis are now practicing against Palestinians. Critics of the show accused members of the team of “defending Zionism” and trying to “sabotage the minds of young people,” as art critic Omneya Talaat wrote that “Sobibor” falsifies history and begs for sympathy for the Jews. “Why go so far as to arouse sympathy for the Jews in 2019 while we are witnessing the massacres done by the Zionists in the Arab region now,…
Egyptian Students’ Theatre Performance on the Holocaust Sparks Controversy
August 25, 2019
