The Egyptian Musicians Syndicate prevents Hama Beka from singing

Alaa Abdel Razek-Cairo

Egyptian festivals singer Hamo Becca is still struggling with the Syndicate of Music Professions to grant him membership, and authorizing him to hold concerts for thousands of his fans. Lyrical.

The crisis started after the union refused to hold Pekka and his singing party.He went to its building, and broadcast a live video of it from there announcing the revolution.He said that the union is demanding hundreds of thousands of pounds to grant him membership, that his audience is waiting for him, and that he will revolt with his audience against the union.

Pekka said he rejected Hani Shaker as president of the union and said he did not recognize his art "as long as the union does not recognize the art of singing festivals."

It is retreating
Bekaa deleted the video from his official pages on the websites. He apologized in a telephone interview on the program "Akher Al Nahar" on Al-Nahar satellite channel for his behavior. The union provides a special section for the festival's singers.

In a telephone interview with Hani Shaker and Ahmed Mousa on Sada al-Balad, Shaker said that "Beka's behavior is offensive to all artists" and dismissed the accusations that he received bribes from the syndicate.

`` Bekaa is rejected as a singer, '' Shaker said.``His previous concerts were for him as a DJ and not as a singer. ''

The union also issued a statement saying it had taken legal action against Bekaa on charges of threats, bullying and falsely prosecuting council members.

She added that Beka had previously entered the membership test committee headed by musician Helmi Bakr. The committee considered it unfit to sing, and that the union's decision to prevent singers of festivals from singing comes within the framework of its role to improve public taste and prevent bullying.

Ramadan Controversy
The union's decision to ban Pika from singing caused widespread reactions on the websites because the union allowed actor Mohamed Ramadan to sing and hold concerts despite being an actor and not a singer, especially with his habit of wearing inappropriate clothes or singing topless with his films and concerts, prompting some to accuse the union of double standards. .

The secretary general of the union Ahmed Ramadan commented that this representative is entitled to sing legally, because he is a member of the Union of representative professions, and has the right to obtain the necessary permits to hold concerts.

Product of society
Commenting on the crisis, Medhat El Adl commented on the crisis, rejecting Beka's behavior, but upholding his right to sing. He said that he and others like him "are the product of the society we live in.

"The only justification for allowing Beka to sing is that there are other singers like Mohamed Ramadan who are allowed by the syndicate to hold concerts," said lawyer Amr Madkour, describing these colors of music as "worse than drugs and destroying entire generations."

Media supporter Yasmin El-Khatib also supported Bekaa's right to sing, saying in a tweet published on Twitter that the songs of the festivals are a popular art that expresses the concerns and dreams of a class representing the majority of the Egyptian people.

She added that if the security reasons behind the cancellation of concerts, why not cancel the officials Mohammed Ramadan concerts that attract the same audience?

In spite of the frequent media attack on Bekaa, his songs on YouTube are seeing tens of millions of hits. His latest song, "Ya Um Khodoud Helwa" exceeded three million in two weeks. And hurt me "for about seventy million.

The songs of the festivals are one of the colors of singing that started in late 2007, and spread in Egypt after the January revolution, characterized by music produced by electronic programs, and the words range from the topics of friendship, betrayal, poverty and pride of belonging to popular neighborhoods, and despite the attempts of the Musicians Syndicate to fight them, these songs spread among the poor The minibus drivers are popular weddings, during which a special form of dance is common.