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Artist Mohamed Abu Dawood stressed that art should not be reduced to being a means of material profit only, explaining that his most important role lies in being a soft power capable of positive influence in society and transferring purposeful messages.
Mohamed Abu Dawood said in televised statements: Art is not money, art is the soft power that can reach people and educate people. We do not come to offer art to destroy our children and daughters and say this is the art.
He stressed the need for artists to assume their responsibilities towards future generations, and to make sure to provide works that rise to public taste and contribute to building a real societal awareness, away from distortion or decline in values.
The statements of Muhammad Abu Dawood
In a different context, Muhammad Abu Dawood previously talked about the details of his work with the late Fouad Al -Muhandis, in the early eighties, expressing his great longing for the late artist.
Muhammad Abu Dawood said, in his meeting with Cairo 24: I worked with the late Fouad Al -Muhandis and I was an assistant director with Sayyid Radi, who loved me and believed in Pia and Khulani represented with Fouad Al -Muhandis, and the first time I brought him out in 1985, and I did not reconcile and promised and brought him out in 91, after I returned from the mission from Italy.
And he continued: I was in Fouad Al -Mohandes in 1985 that I brought him a friendly work that was my wish, and he said that he focused on acting and Sibk from directing, until what I brought out to him my beautiful lady in 1991 and this is considered the most important work in the CV with me and this honor was obtained.
And Muhammad Abu Dawood added: My memories are beautiful with this professor, I learned from him to adhere to and his age did not offer an abusive sentence and my hands were the opportunities for young stars, and he had to go to the theater from 8 o’clock and release the empty chairs. May God have mercy on you, Professor Fouad and I miss you.
