The crisis that arose after the spread of a group of pictures of the Egyptian actor Muhammad Ramadan with Israelis caused a review of the positions of many Egyptian artists towards the Palestinian cause and normalization with Israel, as some of them were in favor of normalization after the signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in 1977, while others insisted on their positions. Rejecting normalization.

Omar Sharif, Camp David Coordinator

The Egyptian artist Omar Sharif acknowledged the role he played in coordinating the Camp David process, which culminated in the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel in 1979. Al-Sharif said in several press interviews that while he was in Paris, where he was living at that time, the Egyptian ambassador asked him to attend To the embassy headquarters, to receive a call from the Egyptian President at the time, Muhammad Anwar Sadat, who asked him - according to the Sharif’s testimony - to contact the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin, to inform him of Sadat’s desire to visit Israel.

Indeed, Omar Sharif immediately agreed to be the mediator in the matter, due to his belief in the idea of ​​peace between the two countries after experiencing many political wars, according to his description.

Al-Sharif added that Begin’s response at the time was, "If Sadat comes, he will be received like Christ."

"Peace Agreement" on Omar Khorshid's music

On the orders of President Sadat, composer Omar Khorshid also played the music of "Talaat Ya Mahala Her Light" by Sayed Darwish, "Night of Love" by Muhammad Abdel Wahab, and several pieces of music at the White House, during a concert dedicated to the Camp David Accords.

After the end of his paragraph, US President Jimmy Carter stepped up and congratulated him and his band for playing.

End of "School of rioters"

When it comes to normalization, the public does not accept bargaining.

The well-known works of the Egyptian writer Ali Salem, such as the play "School of the rioters" and other plays;

He was not forgiven when he announced his support for normalization and support for Sadat's initiative for peace between Arabs and Israel.

In the book "Journey to Israel", which was published in Egypt and later printed in Hebrew and English copies;

Salem said that he did not visit Israel until 1994 after the signing of the first Oslo Accords, and despite his conviction by Egyptian newspapers and magazines and his expulsion from the Egyptian Writers Association, and his judicial attempts to cancel those decisions, he did not give up his position.

In 2005, Ben Gurion University, located in Beersheba, awarded Salem an honorary doctorate, but the Egyptian authorities prevented him from going out to attend the ceremony.

After that, he won the Civic Courage Award in 2008, which is presented by the American Traine Foundation, which he received at the residence of the American ambassador in London, and until his departure, Salem did not present any new work after he was removed from the various cultural and artistic Egyptian unions because of his positions.

El Gouna implicates Henedy and the apology saves him

The artist Mohamed Henedy - who presented many films and scenes in support of the Palestinian cause - apologized to his fans a year ago, after the publication of a photo he collected with an Israeli journalist called Shady Ballan while he was at the El Gouna Festival in 2019, the session in which Henedy was honored.

But Henedi commented at the time on the crisis through his official account on Twitter, stressing that he did not know him, adding that thousands took pictures with him on that occasion.

"And I am in Egypt, and an Egyptian festival, I will not say, has released your card," Heneidi said.

I don’t know who is this at all .. I envisioned with thousands of people there, and surely anyone can imagine with me while I am in Egypt and an Egyptian festival I will not say, release your card

- Mohamed Henedy (@OfficialHenedy) September 30, 2019

Basma, Amr Waked

Basma was also subjected to public attack after her participation in the third season of the series "Tyrant", written by the Israeli writer Gideon Reef.

The same thing was repeated with the actor Amr Waked, who is known for his stances against normalization, but this opinion differed when the Israeli actress Gal Gadot participated, commenting on Twitter saying, "Participation in a multinational artistic work is not normalization," explaining that for him normalization is "work in any Something that honors the occupation, or something produced by the occupation, or trading with it and facilitating it, or covering up its crimes, and working to dwarf the Palestinian cause. Occupation?"

Artists against normalization

In contrast to those who supported normalization with the Israeli entity, the positions of some artists opposed to the idea of ​​peace with Israel, and some of them may have paid the price for their national stances.

A difficult period in the life of Nour Al-Sharif

Artist Nour Al-Sharif was enthusiastic to produce "Naji Al-Ali" in 1992 written by Bashir Al-Deek and directed by Atef Al-Tayeb, in which he presented the story of the Palestinian painter Naji Al-Ali, who was assassinated in London in 1987. Such as his marriage, his move to life in Lebanon, then his work for a period in Kuwait, and his return to Lebanon during the civil war.

In Nour Al-Sharif's meeting with the screenwriter Medhat Al-Adl on the program "You are Free", he said that it was a bitter period in his life, when he was attacked by artists who were his friends. They accused him of getting 3 million pounds from the Palestine Liberation Organization, and only Mahmoud Yassin, Samir Sabry and Yahya Al-Fakharani.

The film was shown in theaters only for two weeks, and it was withdrawn immediately after it, and it remained banned from showing for 22 years, and was shown for the first time on Egyptian television in 2014, to victory by Nour al-Sharif, who suffered technically and financially after the film, given that his films were not shown during that period.

As for the artist Mahmoud Yassin, in a 1999 interview with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahali, in response to the failure of his film "A Girl from Israel" to achieve the expected public success at the time of its release, he said that he considers it one of the most important things in his life.

The message that the film carried is that Egyptians are against normalization with Israel;

He presented the character of the father, whose son was martyred during his life for the sake of the homeland, and he refused normalization with the Israelis.

The "I hate Israel" crisis

The popular singer Shaaban Abdel Rahim presented the song "I hate Israel", which was the reason for his fame and spread in the Arab world, but in 2007 he said that a famous international restaurant chain canceled its contract with him because of the song, which they considered anti-Semitic, after the American Jewish Committee presented A complaint against his participation in an advertising campaign for the product, but he remained proud of his popular song rejecting normalization with Israel.