With hand sanitizer at the ready and many wearing surgical masks, the Middle East Film & Comic Con begins in Dubai, a city suddenly subdued by the outbreak of the new coronavirus across the region, jongambrellap reports.
Two women wearing masks dressed as sword-wielding anime characters pose for a photograph at the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Middle East Film & Comic Con began Thursday night in Dubai, a city of skyscrapers and nightclubs suddenly subdued by the outbreak of the new coronavirus across the region.
But not Comic Con. As actor John Rhys-Davies — you know him as the Egyptian character Sallah from the “Indiana Jones” franchise — exhorted a crowd to become filmmakers themselves, the halls at the Dubai World Trade Center slowly filled. For the Nintendo-famed plumbers Mario and Luigi — rather 24-year-old Bibi Zumot of Jordan and 21-year-old Mohamed Rashed of Egypt — they acknowledged that the coronavirus did come up in their minds as they attended. And if it hadn’t, “my mom, my friends’ mom, everyone’s mom” had reminded them beforehand, Rashed said.
Both Rashed and Zumot praised the organizers for having thermal scanners, hand sanitizer and medical staff on hand for the event. However, Zumot offered a bit more of a fatalistic view.Others took a bit more of a cautious view, wearing off-character surgical masks or in-character protection like bandit masks covering the lower half of their faces. Most seemed unconcerned by the Grim Reapers moving through the crowd to the beat of pop music.
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