Soha Farid

Overnight, the status of festival festivals (a modern type of folk song) turned upside down by a decision taken by the Captain of Musicians, artist Hani Shaker, to remove them from the singing scene, as he issued a decision banning permission for festivals singers to sing in all tourist establishments, hotels, Nile cruises and nightclubs.

A copy of the Syndicate of Musical Professions was distributed to all concerned parties, and the list of people banned from singing included 23 names of singers and festivals festivals, and the list included Omar Kamal, the owner of the song "Bint Al-Jeeran" with the popular singer Hassan Shakoush, which ranked first on the top in listening to Sound Cloud.

The decision came after Omar Kamal sang in words described by the Syndicate as a "philosopher" at the Valentine's Day ceremony at the Cairo International Stadium, and the Syndicate issued a decision to suspend Omar Kamal from work on February 17 because of violations that contradict the conditions of membership.

Captain sings for Kamal with opera
Despite Hani Shaker's statements that there is no way to reconcile or legalize the situation with festivals singers completely and described this type of song as a philosophy, Shaker, nicknamed "Prince of Arab Singing," had appeared before in a video clip praising the money from the tunes and singing of Omar Kamal and the words of Sami Al-Nweihi Shaker presented the song with a special performance on the stage of the Egyptian Opera House in 2018.

Omar Kamal launched the song "Abuaya" two years ago, and the popular singer commented on the song at the time as a tribute to the father for what he offers to his children, according to what he wrote on his YouTube channel, which includes 322 thousand subscribers and achieved 38 million views.

The beginning of Omar Kamal
The popular singer Omar Kamal started singing about 8 years ago, as he had been singing his songs 7 years ago through his own YouTube channel, and given the style of songs he presents, he did not go the way of festivals, and the song "Fi Nas" was the first of his songs to the public in October October 2012.

A special song for Suez Governorate
Omar Kamal fluctuated between the lyric colors, and he re-sung artwork for singers such as Mohamed Fouad and Sherine, and his beginning did not indicate that he would present the songs of the festivals - which had started to appear in the Egyptian street - but rather he presented a song for the people of Suez, his hometown, and achieved the song More than 46 thousand views.

Similar to Mohamed Fouad
Omar Kamal became famous for his strong love for the artist Mohamed Fouad, and in a television interview in 2012, he pointed out that some likened his voice to Fouad's voice, and said that he had met Mohamed Fouad at his home several times, revealing that Fouad confirmed that Omar was from his school but his voice layer is different from him, as Omar Kamal gave a song to Fouad after his absence from the singing scene, titled "Wahshna Ya Fawash" in 2014, in which he monitored the history of the "Fawash" lyric.

Omar Kamal changes his name
It seems that Omar Kamal did not listen to Mohamed Fouad’s advice to be himself without diligence in imitating others, but the first insisted that he attach the name “Fouad” to his name, which appeared in the clip of the song “We were Habayeb” in 2017, as he called himself Omar Mohamed Fouad to attract the attention of the followers, until some thought he was Fouad's son, and the song achieved three million views.

For his part, the artist Mohamed Fouad praised Omar Kamal’s voice, and said that his voice is great, but there is no relationship between them in the sound layer, as he sings differently from him, and asked him to perform the alienation song that is similar to the sound with him, and confirmed that Omar was attending to his studio From Suez to Nasr City, and he is considered like his son Abdul Rahman.

Omar Kamal's attempts to appear in the artistic scene were highly contradictory, and he did not find exceptional success except through popular money, then his fame was achieved through the songs of festivals, as the song "Bint Al Jeeran", which he participated in singing, achieved 58.8 million times listening through the Sound Cloud And 107 million views on YouTube.

Beginning of festivals
Weddings and popular gatherings are the places that witnessed the launch of festivals singers, and television channels did not present them except through their appearances through the wave of popular films - medium production - that began to appear during the last ten years, and that the production list produced by the producers Ahmed and Mohamed El Sobky, where the popular song became The spread of films icon and means of promoting it.

After that, the names of popular singers who are not recognized by the Musicians Syndicate are spreading, but they achieve a noticeable public reach.

Song lyrics of festivals are similar to dealing with specific major themes (themes) such as treachery of the friend, abandonment of the beloved, bragging of courage, and advice to stay away from bad friends and humility.

Also, many of the popular festivals dealt with topics such as drug use, alcohol and sex, and may have been marred by some insults, and with the achievement of unexpected viewership rates without the promotion or support of major production companies, which constituted a confusing phenomenon for the audience that does not necessarily know the names of most festivals singers, as the song spreads. The name of its owner may not be known until later.

Although the success of the festivals prompted the great artists to imitate folk singers and share their singing at times, the Music Professionals Syndicate closed in the face of this popular lyric color the door of direct communication with the audience, does the audience take the same position in the parallel reality: the Internet?