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Sunday 11 December 2022
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Suspension of singer Omar Kamal’s annual statement until the end of the investigation with him, by the decision of the artist Mustafa Kamel, the “Musical Professions Union”, reopened the crisis file in which the singer was involved with the union.
Mansour Hindi, “head of union working committee”, in a special statement to “Masrawy”, revealed the reason behind the singer’s referral to investigation, and suspension of his annual Syndicate permit, and renewal of annual permit for the popular singers.
She continued, “Omar traveled to 5 European and Arab countries, including Qatar, the Netherlands and Spain, without union permission.”
Singer Omar Kamal was absent from the session held by the artist, Mustafa Kamel, after he took over the captaincy of musical professions with the festival singers, and did not sign the new decisions that were issued at the time, because he suffered plastic surgery to transplant chin hair.
Omar is regarded as one of the most mahraganat singers, whose singing permit has been suspended and investigated, more than once since the beginning of his appearance on the scene, as he was subjected to the same punishment several times during the era of former captain , artist Hani Shaker, which we monitor in the following report.
No one can judge me
Singer Omar Kamal was suspended in February 2022 after circulating a video clip of an interview he had had with followers of his page on a communication site.
During the conversation, one of the page’s followers said, addressing his speech to the singer: “Hani Shaker will rock you.” Omar Kamal replied to him saying, “No one can hit me, my heart. Like you, Coco.”
angry response
After announcing the referral of singer Omar Kamal, for investigation, the Music Professions Union released a statement, saying, “The Music Professions Union, the Board of Directors and the members of the General Assembly, reject any transgression or attack on a artistic symbol and value that has influenced Egyptian song throughout its history, contemporary to the greats, and remained a symbol of donation and dedication like the artist.” Hani Shaker, Captain of Music Professions.
And the statement continued, “The union refuses to be insulted and insulted to his person by any aspirant or dreamer of harming him, as his history is extensive and fruitful in preserving the originality and leadership of Egyptian song.”
And he continued: “Rejects and condemns the appearance of any Egyptian singer on social media, an inappropriate recent appearance and movement, and the uttering of words that have suggestive and immoral connotations that degrade the value and merit of the Egyptian artist and they offend the modesty of the group.”
Dates and milk
In December 2020, singer Omar Kamal faced a major crisis with the Music Professions Union, after his statements about why he changed the words “The neighbor’s girl”, during the concert he performed as part of the activities of the Riyadh Season, and “Omar” explained the reason for the change, and said, “I’m standing on the ground.” pure.
Error and punishment
For its part, the Syndicate of Musical Professions, led by artist Hani Shaker, released a statement saying, “In singer Omar Kamal’s recent concerts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, when asked why he substituted the words wine and hashish with dates and milk in his famous song, he said, “I’m standing on pure ground, knowing that the artist, Hani Shaker, asked him to change these words earlier, because they are dangerous to values and morals , and which are rooted in the conscience of young people.
The artist, Hani Shaker, head of the Music Professions Union, announced, during a telephone conversation with journalist Ahmed Moussa, that singer Omar Kamal had been referred for investigation, and said, “Omar Kamal has been informed and has a We will see that the commission will investigate and say what, and this time the fault is my country, not my person ”.
Wine and hash
The Syndicate of Musical Professions, led by artist Hani Shaker, had issued a decision on February 17, 2020 to suspend singer Omar Kamal, from work, effective today, February 17, due to what it described as ” violations which contradict the conditions of membership”.
And that was days after she attended festival singer Hassan Shakoush at the Valentine’s Day party held at the Cairo Stadium and featured the song “Bint Al Jeeran,” without substituting her contradicting lyrics, “wine and hashish”.
word out
In August 2020, the Music Professions Union decided to suspend singer Omar Kamal from work for a week, due to the circulation of a video clip of him from a concert, while he repeated abusive words during the presentation of one of his songs.
Alaa Amer, “the legal adviser to the Music Professions Union”, told “Masrawy” at the time: “Singer Omar Kamal has been suspended for a week, and after his investigation it was confirmed that he would cancel his membership of the union in the event of a recurrence of the incident, and signed an acknowledgment thereof.”
between heaven and earth
Singer Omar Kamal has faced crises since his emergence on the art scene, and the first of these crises was his dispute with Hassan Shakoush over the song “Bint Al Jeeran”, followed by the crisis of the Music Professions Union after announcing the suspension of his annual leave, then his crisis with the Union of Representative Professions when the artist Ashraf Zaki refused, his participation in the “Between Heaven and Earth” series, since he is not a trade unionist.
