Anas Zaki - Al Jazeera Net

He used to end his songs often with the words "but salvation," but the end this time is not for a song, but for a life spanning 62 years and varied fortunes of men.

From McCogy to an overwhelmed singer, then to a famous singer and an attractive guest to television programs, the life of Qasim Abdul Rahim (who later chose Shaaban himself) went before he died last Tuesday morning after a disease that did not last long.

Although people rarely agree or agree on something, the fortunes of some celebrities, especially from the artist, may have received some satisfaction from the majority, as happened in recent decades in cases such as Umm Kulthum and Abdel Halim Hafez, for example, but the case with Sha'ban is very different. There are those who believe that he is described as a crime singer against art.

Perhaps the abstract truth is closer to the fact that Shaaban had little chance of sweetness of voice or attractiveness of form only a little, as well as that he did not know the rules of music, but did not get much luck from education, but also the fact that he became widely known until it became a phenomenon in The field of popular singing, and fame crossed the borders of Egypt to include most of the Arab world.

The combination of Sha'boula, a name he is best known to many, was simple but influential. Except we saw a song for Shaaban about this event within days and maybe the next day.

I hate Israel

After a humble appearance in the last few years of the twentieth century, Shaaban's greatest fame came through the song "I Hate Israel", which coincided with the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000 and which the Egyptian people sympathize with the brothers' uprising against the Israeli occupation.

Given the positions of Foreign Minister Amr Moussa at the time, he received a share of the praise of Shaboula, who followed his expression of hatred of Israel by emphasizing his love for Moses, which some believe may have contributed to the departure of the minister from his post, in our country presidents may not digest the idea of ​​building a song by one of his ministers !

The association with the interests of the people in various fields was the key to the great success of Sha'boula. The current US president, Donald Trump, has decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

It was natural that the power exploited the fame of Sha'ban, and therefore we saw his songs go in her orbit and praise her friends and antagonize her enemies, where he sang against the Muslim Brotherhood and against Turkey and Qatar, and finally the artist and former army contractor Mohammed Ali, while praising the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

I'll cancel the cigarettes

Politics was not the only thing that Shaboula cared about in his songs that reflected people's interests, but he sang for many things in different directions. The words sang sarcastically from the case of rapture and emphasizes "salvation will abolish the rich and lay off with eggs and Sumit."

Sha'boula's fame did not come out of the blue. With no education, he was innately intelligent. The Egyptians call it acrobatics.

Shaaban's lovers see that he may have been ignorant but he was sincere, while many of those who show up neatly and with fine words from artists or others may be more than ignorance but ignorance hidden by appearance.

As for his intelligence in responding to the attack, it is enough to see his meeting with the famous composer Helmi Bakr, who attacked him on the pretext that he did not study music and does not know the maqamat.He follows up on how Shabboula absorbed these accusations and even seemed to make fun of them to come out of the meeting with more sympathy than he entered.