The ceremony was distinguished by adherence to precautionary measures and spacing

"Dubai Shopping" starts on Angham Al Jasmi and Tamer Hosni

  • Tamer Hosni was keen to create a dialogue with the audience in a fun way.

    Photography: Patrick Castillo

  • Al-Jasmi sparked the enthusiasm of the party’s crowd at the end with his famous song “The Tabbba”.

    Photography: Patrick Castillo

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The activities of the 26th edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival, which lasts for 45 days, and which include a program rich in activities and events that bring happiness to the hearts of Dubai residents and visitors, were launched on the day of yesterday, due to the music, family entertainment and fireworks.

The Etisalat Market "OTP" market in Burj Park in the middle of Dubai, the night before last, hosted an artistic concert, which brought together the Emirati stars Hussein Al Jasmi and the Egyptian Tamer Hosni, and lasted for nearly four hours, as the audience enjoyed the musical atmosphere of the artists.

The ceremony, which witnessed the return of the public to enjoy these activities, was distinguished by its commitment to the precautionary conditions that imposed themselves in terms of limited attendance numbers, distances between the audience, social distancing, and the maintenance of masks throughout the duration of the ceremony.

The concert began with Tamer Hosni, who sang for nearly an hour and a half a group of his old and modern songs, with his own band, as well as the performing group that participated with him in presenting his performances on the beat of his loud songs, especially the modern ones.

Fast and classic

Hosni chose one of his most famous songs to present, including "The Most Wanted Love of You", trying to mix in the atmosphere of the party between fast and classic songs, and he also presented the song "Kavayak Excuses" with his voice alone without playing music.

Tamer Hosni sang a group of his songs while he was playing, whether on the guitar or the piano, and he was keen to create a dialogue with the audience between the song and the other in a fun way. A quick summary of his long career, including the songs he made in his films, including the song "Telfouni Ren" from the movie "Omar and Salma", which impressed on people's minds.

"You are my life"

As for the Emirati star Hussain Al Jasmi, he sang to the audience in Dubai for nearly two hours, starting the concert with the song "Ya Light Spirit", with which he set out to present a group of Gulf songs, as well as the Egyptian ones that have a large audience in the Arab world.

“Aji Al-Layl” and “Shoof Al-Jabal Waqif” are among the Gulf songs that Al-Jasmi is keen to present in all his concerts, in addition to some songs that the audience loves, including “Six of the Subh”.

As usual in all his concerts, Al Jasmi performs one or more songs playing the piano, and at the launch of the Dubai Shopping Festival decided to present the song "The First Person I Love" on the piano, which is one of the poems of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, to continue his playing On the piano with the song "You are my life" by the late Umm Kulthum, then the concert will continue in an atmosphere of abandonment and loss through the words of his sad songs, including "And God does not settle".

Since the artist Hussein Al Jasmi took to the stage, the fans of the Dubai Shopping Festival party were asking him to perform the song "Al-Tabtaba", whose number of viewers on "YouTube" exceeded 330 million, but the Emirati star was keen to present a group of enthusiastic songs that the audience loved and used to hear from him Including "We called the air" by the artist Fairuz, so that the "sweet" would hold the end of the ceremony, which inflamed the enthusiasm of the audience.

The Enchanted Garden

The Dubai Shopping Festival Market in Al Khawaneej, yesterday, welcomed families through the enchanted garden experience inspired by the story "Alice in Wonderland", which includes musical and theatrical performances, storytelling sessions and a tea party.

The American Raj C store in the Dubai Mall welcomed shoppers to embark on an augmented reality journey inside the store, with a show of a group of hip-hop dancers.

The festival, organized by the Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, continues until January 30th.

Hussein Al Jasmi began his paragraph with "Ya Khafif Al Rouh", and sang a group of his famous songs.

For about an hour and a half, Tamer presented a collection of his old and modern songs.

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