World Youth Forum short movie ‘’No’tet Talaky” (A Point of Convergence) - Egypt Today.
CAIRO – 4 November 2018: ‘’Over time and from the dawn of history, the Egyptian person was influenced by the flashes of civilizations passed by Egypt " by this immortal words written by the late great writer Milad Hannah, World Youth Forum short movie ‘’No’tet Talaky” (A Point of Convergence) started.
Hannah stated these words in his book entitled ‘’The Seven Pillars of the Egyptian Personality’’ which is the theme of the second edition of the forum.
The short movie presented by the beautiful Egyptian actress Reem Moustafa takes us in a journey to search for the Egyptian roots and the origin of our different civilizations.
During the movie, Mustafa travelled through the Egyptian desserts and Nubia, met tribes and people with different customs and traditions, to know what we are, where we come from and show both Egyptian youth and foreign youth who are the Egyptians and what their origin is.
As recounted by Moustafa this journey was unforgettable one, a simple yet a dazzling journey that reflected to all the forum attendees how great Egypt is, and how magnificent its history.
‘’An unforgettable experience, every moment was magical, passion, love, stories and people made it a special experience "Moustafa recounted.
‘’No’tet Talaky” film reviews the religious archaeological sites in Egypt in Sinai, since the ancient Pharaonic era, moving to the era of prophet Moses and up to the journey of the Holy Family.
The movie explained the rich Egyptian history from the era of Islamic conquest, until the 6th of October war, during which the Arabs of Sinai showed great heroism and made great sacrifices.
Mustafa met with Nubian people in Aswan, where they talked about their dazzling customs and traditions inherited from ancient times, in addition to introducing their Nubian language and the history of some Pharaonic temples in Aswan such as the temple of Phila.
Moustafa met the people of Siwa Oasis , conveying the peace and love that they have lived through since ancient times and which they still maintain.
The film stressed that Egypt is the cradle of the three Abrahamic religions, as it was the Holy Family haven after fleeing from the oppression of aggressors and was Prophet Muhammad’s family haven too.
It was announced that 122,000 youth aged from 18 to 40 registered online to participate in the forum, 13,000 of which registered to participate as speakers. Also, 5,000 artists registered to participate in the forum's theatre.
The forum also decided to host 5,000 youth from 145 countries to participate in this year's forum, compared to 3,000 participants last year.
The WYF in its second annual version will tackle two main axes: peace and development.
The first axis will discuss reconstructing post-conflict countries and societies, the role of world leaders in achieving peace, the duty of the international community to provide humanitarian assistance, counter-terrorism issues, and Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
The theme of the development will include topics related to energy and water security, empowerment of people with disabilities, the role of voluntary work in building societies, the agenda of 2063 African Sustainable Development, digital citizenship, the role of art and cinema in shaping communities, ways to build future leaders, and the means of shrinking the gender gap in the work force.
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