{"id":10007,"date":"2020-12-17T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2020-12-17T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:21:30","slug":"grand-historical-drama-arouses-passion-and-patriotism-of-2500-spectators-at-khorfakkan-amphitheatre-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2020\/12\/17\/grand-historical-drama-arouses-passion-and-patriotism-of-2500-spectators-at-khorfakkan-amphitheatre-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Historical Drama Arouses Passion And Patriotism Of 2,500 Spectators At Khorfakkan Amphitheatre Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As scenes depicting the original residents of the most prominent northern enclave of Sharjah rising up to valiantly fight off the invading Portuguese colonisers led by General Afonso de Albuquerque in 1507 unfolded on screen, a quiver swept through the rapt audience of 2,500 spectators yesterday (Wednesday) evening at the KhorfakkanAmphitheatre,during the second screening of the grand historical epic,<em>Khorfakkan<\/em>.<\/p><p>As the epic scenes were projected on the giant screen at the amphitheatre, the packed crowd \u2013 representing a bigger audience than the one that attended the inaugural screening \u2013 reactedpassionately with several members becoming emotional at the depiction of valour by their ancestors. Adults and children alike were moved to tears of joy, as they watched the inspiring two-hour film while adhering to precautionary measures implemented by the venue.<\/p><p>The success of the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority (SBA) production \u2013directedby Maurice Sweeney and Ben Mole and starring Syrian actor Rasheed Assaf; Emirati actors Ahmed Al Jasmi, Mohammed Al Ameri, and Dr. Habib Ghloum; and Syrian Qais Shaikh Najeeb among others\u2013 wasevident in the standing ovation <em>Khorfakkan<\/em> received from the packed audience.<\/p><p>The film is based on the historical treatise <em>Khorfakkan&#8217;s Resistance Against the Portuguese Invasion of September 1507 <\/em>by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.<\/p><p>A fantastic display of fireworkslit up the sky as the show concluded, reflecting the elation and sense of patriotism <em>Khorfakkan<\/em> aroused in the viewers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As scenes depicting the original residents of the most prominent northern enclave of Sharjah rising up to valiantly fight off the invading Portuguese colonisers led by General Afonso de Albuquerque in 1507 unfolded on screen, a quiver swept through the rapt audience of 2,500 spectators yesterday (Wednesday) evening at the KhorfakkanAmphitheatre,during the second screening of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10009,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007\/revisions\/10009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}