Arabic → English transcript

- Also inside this sport.- Yes.- Mr.

President, may I take this opportunity…- Yes. - It is about the Fayhaa Hall.- Yes.

Many Syrians, sheikhs and others,

I mean, they criticized

some of the mistakes that happened during the opening of Fayhaa Hall.- Yes.

Some of them said that it goes against customs and traditions,

or that it conflicts with our religion and so on.- Yes. So what is your comment on

this topic? Honestly, to begin with,

I mean, the first thing is that it was not in the schedule to visit or attend the

celebration, we were preparing to travel to the Gulf states, and the schedule

was packed, it needed good preparation before traveling.- Yes.

But, I mean, it crossed our mind after an invitation from one

of the brothers to attend, about half an hour

before the start of the ceremony, so we even arrived late.- Yes.

So honestly, we had no prior knowledge of the ceremony program.- And I also was a

bit surprised, I mean, by this

performance.- Yes. Because celebrations on such occasions should have,

in a way, a kind of… Something meaningful, you know,

tied to the traditions and customs of the region,

and at the same time expressing culture,

or we try to convey a message through such events. Yes. So I did not find it,

I looked for the message and I did not find, I mean,

anything specific in it.

Yes. So I replaced this by going down to the field among the people,

and maybe that made up for something… Yes.