Musician Helmy Bakr, a member of the preparatory committee for the 31st session of the Arab Music Festival, revealed that the festival program did not include the participation of Ahmed Salem, the singer Al-Naqqash, at the concert of the singer Asala on the closing night of the Arab Music Festival, yesterday, despite the rehearsals with her.
Bakr added, in exclusive statements to “The Seventh Day”: It is certain that the idea of the star was Asala, and she liked to present it to the public under her personal responsibility, but from my point of view, it did not merge with the band.
He continued: Ahmed Salem has a beautiful voice, but no one sings on the opera stage and responsibility is the responsibility of the opera.
Ahmed Salem, known by the media as the singer Al-Naqash, revealed the reason for his absence yesterday, Thursday 3 November, from the closing ceremony of the Arab Music Festival, which the singer Asala performed at the Fountain Theater, despite having announced his participation the day before the concert and publication of a video of the rehearsals.
Ahmed said in a video he posted on his official Facebook page: “People who ask me why I didn’t meet Asala artist at the music festival, since you downloaded the rehearsal video, I apologize to you and say that I did not complete the papers I should have done at the opera, time was short, with apologies And I promise to be with you when I come, and I hope for your support and always on the shoulders of my sisters, my family and my friends .”
The critic Tariq Al-Shennawi revealed, in a post on his official Facebook page, the reasons why Ahmed Salem did not attend the Asala concert.
Al-Shennawi wrote: “Conservative forces have in the last moments within the opera house succeeded in removing singer Ahmed Salem, who gave him the title of Naqash singer, from singing with Asala, although he performed. with her more than a test. The singer was forced to publish a video in which he declared that the reason was not the completion of the cards .. He did not say what the cards are and, of course, there are no incomplete cards, nor a Dialo The whole story is that a great composer on the festival’s Supreme Committee took a document titled “Al-Waqaar” and with a condescending gaze, felt that the singer’s singing was the element of discussion in contradiction with the prestige of the opera, and to prevent any storm, the paragraph has been deleted, Asala wanted from On the stage of the Egyptian Opera House the message will reach everyone, namely that the owner of the talent will find someone who supports him and g stand by them, even if it is a mere factor of discussion. However, those who call themselves conservatives do not realize the importance of such humanitarian messages. Of course, we will soon see Ahmed Salem on stage singing with Asala in An Upcoming Party That Only Adds Talent Value. “
