Ezzat Al Alayli Meets Fans and Discusses his Long Career in Theater and Cinema at the Sharjah International Book Fair

In a seminar held on Saturday, renowned Egyptian Actor Ezzat Al Alayli told visitors to the Sharjah International Book Fair that art is an educational and cultural responsibility.

Al Alayli said that his relationship with the arts started at a very young age. “I was only eight when my father took me to watch a play at the national theater and it was then that I was mesmerized by the stage and the applause,” he said, adding that he started to perform for the children of his neighborhood and at a later stage decided to study theater.

Al Alayli spoke about his acting career and his collaboration with some of Egypt’s best directors like the late Yousef Chahine. “One day he showed up at my doorstep and asked me to be part of his film ‘The Land’. When the film participated at Cannes’s Film Festival, Al Alayli said that he felt the magnificent world of international cinema. “A French critic met me there and told me that I’m going to have a great future and to take my role and responsibility seriously,” he said.

The Sharjah International Book Fair will continue holding encounters with prominent artists in various fields throughout the days of the fair.