Mentoring programme for Young Producers
During the month of June 2019, the project sessions started after the preparations were done by the team. One of the main objectives of the project was to produce a new set of audio drama productions, with each radio track not exceeding 7 minutes.
And indeed, a group of Egyptian and foreign tutors trained a number of young Egyptian participants in the technicalities of creating a radio product, understanding the basics of the work in a radio studio, and sound techniques, as well as how to write and direct a radio text. Over a period of six months, between June and December 2019, the participants trained on all these elements, wrote their original texts, and had them reviewed by the tutors in order to record them.
The audio drama episodes were recorded within 3 days in a studio in Cairo, and the participants cooperated together by acting in each other’s works, which helped to improve their writing and acting skills, as well as understanding new dimensions in radio directing.
Recordings were made with the assistance of Digital Sound Studios, Sound Engineers: Mustafa Hammouda, Mixing: Khaled Waked
Apricot
Enas Ibrahim Mohamed
A story of a microbus driver who finds a phone and does not give it to its owner, which exposes him to problems and implicates his family with the police.
Umm Meshmish: Reham Aziz, Al-Asta Mishmish: Ahmed Zakaria, Meshmish's Sister : Iman Safwat, Officer: Sherif Al Yemeni, : Radwan Sawan, Customer in microbus: Salma Al-Banna, Mobile owner: Heba Rifaat, Um Donia: Enas Ibrahim, Child 1: Dima Hussam, Child 2: Muhammad Tamer
The Will
Ola Al-Fuli
A story of a man who asks a female doctor to be a guardian of a boy, whom he knows that he is not his son.
The Patient "Fadel": Sherif Al Yemeni, The nurse: Ola El-Fouly, Doria: Ayman Safwat, Mayor Saleh: Ahmed Zakari
The Teacher Requesting a Decent Life
Nariman Muhammad Ali Mustafa
A teacher wakes up late one day, and so a series of unfortunate events fall upon him in a comedy setting, where he falls prey to the mother of one of his students.
Ibrahim's mother: Nariman Ali Mahmoud: Sherif Al Yemeni, Ibrahim: Muhammed Tamer, Mechanic: Radwan Sawan, Mr. Abdel Moaty: Ahmed Zakaria
Ali Mama
Salma El-Banna
A story based on the tale of Ali Baba, where Ali Mama, the wife of Ali Baba, decides to form a women’s gang to seize the treasure and the cave.
Ali Mama: Salma El-Banna, Ali Baba: Muhammad Ashraf, Mouse: Sherif Al Yemeni, Qasim: Radwan Sawan, Qesmat: Iman Safwat, Shakinaz: Hadeer Mustafa
Tragedy of a Demon
Sherif Mustafa Al Yemeni
A demon faces a problem, and so he asks for the help of a philosopher from the human species to solve it.
Philosopher: Sherif Al Yemeni, The Devil: Ahmed Zakaria, The philosopher's wife: Salma Al-Banna
My Day is Very Healthy
Ahmed Eman Zakaria
A young woman spends a day in a hospital to secretly monitor its quality, and is shocked by the carelessness and neglect she finds there.
Rawda: Ayman Safwat, Nurse: Enas Ibrahim, Security officer: Sharif Al Yemeni, Complaints Clerk: Hadeer Mustafa, Rawda's mother: Ola El-Fouly
Run, honey
Eman Safwat
A story of a girl who searches for her identity through her daily commute on the subway.
The metro girl: Iman Safwat, Tickets employee: Sharif Al Yemeni, Security Guard: Ahmed Zakaria, Friend of the metro girl: Akram Abdel Aziz, Passenger 1: Ola El-Fouly, Passenger 2: Reham Aziz, Passenger 3: Nariman Ali, Passenger 4: Heba Rifaat, Passenger 5: Asmaa Samir, Metro Announcer: Radwan Sawan, Metro Seller 1: Reham Aziz, Metro Seller 2: Enas Ibrahim, Beggar: Hadeer Mustafa
Poor For Love
Fahd Mohi
A story about a conversation between a man and his ex-girlfriend in which he is trying to find out why she left him.
Rick : Fahd Mohy, Claire : Yasmine Fahim
A Literary Quarrel
Reham Ezz El-Din
A quarrel between a young writer trying to publish her first book, and her husband, the famous writer, who does not see she has the talent.
Leila: Reham Aziz, Selim: Sherif Al Yemeni
Outreach Programme
The project succeeded in reaching another segment in order to widen the scope of spreading the culture of radio drama and discovering new talents. The project has communicated with a number of NGOs and schools in various areas of Cairo, such as: Jesuit Association, Banaty Foundation, BISC School, Tawasol NGO in Ezbet Khairallah, Mesh Madrasa NGO in Saft El Laban, and the Terres Des Hommes NGO with a group of Syrian citizens residing in the 10th of Ramadan district.
A series of intensive training sessions were held for students aged between 10-18 years old. The same training curriculum was delivered, like the one with the group of young artists in the first phase of the project. The main difference was that this project was more intensive and shorter in time, as the workshop duration was six hours in only one day.
A number of tutors participated in this program: Asmaa Samir, Abeer Suleiman, Lubna Abdel Aziz, Enas Sabry, Heba Mahmoud Fahmy and Reham Aziz.
Participant Names
Jesuit Association in Cairo
Youssef Sherif, Amr Amin, Farida Mohamed Abu Al Saud, Antonios Ashraf, Mohamed Abu Bakr Mohsen, Hassan Eid, Maryam Mustafa, Mai Osama Saleh, Adam Selim, Ahmed Tamer Ahmed, Mohamed Tamer Ahmed, Moataz Elwan, Yara, Maya, Ayah Mahmoud, Jane Mahmoud, Youssef Sharif, Mahmoud Ezzat, Kholoud Mahmoud.
Mesh Madrasa NGO
Nada, Basmala, Tariq, Ahmed, Salah, Mustafa, Menna, Collapsed, Genie, Yasmine.
Terres des Hommes
Ashraf Al-Hamoud, Lin Omar, Bayan Qasim, Mohammed Naguib, Nour Osama, Lana Muhammad, Reham Abdullah, Haya Kamel, Mahmoud Omar, Abdullah Ahmed.
The British International School in Cairo (BISC)
Zeina, Heba, Abdel-Rahman, Omar, Hana, Fayek, Youssef, Dania, Omar, Youssef, Shahd, Melenie, Yassen, Suleiman, Khadija, Karma.
Banaty Association
Mahda, Sherihan, Menna, Heba, Amal, Basmala.
Tawasol NGO
Malik, Ghada, Wala, Shahd, Ali, Basma, Donia, Amira, Muhammad, Fatimah, Aya, Mai, Mahmoud, Amira, Safaa, Sarah.
Special thanks to everyone who helped us in conducting the workshops.
Ms. Marian Nakhla
Jesuit Association in Cairo
Ms. Najwa Wafa
Mesh Madrasa NGO
Ms. Rayman Al-Nem
The British International School in Cairo (BISC)
Ms. Dina Maghrabi
Banaty Association
Ms. Fekreya
Tawasol NGO
Mr. Amr Youssef Mourad
Terres des Hommes