(Mahmoud Fouly’s article appeared in Sina English, 8/10.)
CAIRO， Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — "For me， Egypt is the most beloved and beautiful of all. I love her when she owns the world's east and west. And I love her when she is down， wounded in war… "
With these verses， Egyptian well-known actor Mahmoud Masoud opened his one-man poetic stage performance entitled "In Egypt's Name，" written by late renowned poet Salah Jahin in 1971， with a background screen displaying historic and modern photos of Egypt for few attendees at the country's national Cairo Puppet Theater.
"The audience today are different. In the past， a spectator used to go to theater to enjoy art and poetry， but today they have neither patience nor energy. Therefore， I didn't perform the whole poem but only parts of it，" Masoud said following the performance， lamenting the deteriorating conditions of the theater art in the most populous Arab country.
"I had the same stage poetry experience in Alexandria Bibliotheca and other places， and I just hope it will become a popular theater trend. I don't care about fees or revenues， because I see that the artistic and literary returns are much greater than millions of pounds，" the actor continued.
http://english.sina.com/news/2016-08-11/detail-ifxuxhas1526797.shtml