An upcoming collaboration between Dalal Abu Amna and Marwan Khoury (The New Arab)
register Lebanese singer Marwan Khoury His first presence in Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts last week in JordanWhere he met his audience for the first time in a party in which he achieved a good audience. In his interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Khoury expressed his pleasure to participate in the festival, and said: “I participated in all Arab festivals, and I was only missing the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, and this is what was achieved this year. I am not a stranger to the Jordanian public, and I always meet him in Amman. But in Jerash, the audience was larger, given the importance of the festival and the Arab presence there, especially the Palestinian audience.”
Khoury denied that he was affected by the media hype that arose regarding him Problems surrounding the festival Days before its launch, he stressed that he does not follow social networking sites, and he said: “Honestly, I did not hear anything, and I did not waste my effort and time in following up what was being raised, and I always prefer direct media interviews with newspapers, websites, televisions and radios.” Khoury stressed that he was ready to defy any circumstances or problems in order to register his name as a participating artist in the festival.
“Trump with Marwan”
Khoury revealed that he is excited to present the fourth season of “Tarab With Marwan” program on TV Arab 2, Next September, he said that he did not expect the program to continue when it was agreed upon for more than one season, and added: “The success of the program encouraged me with the channel management to continue, especially as we seek to get out of the door of repeated dialogues and traditional guests, and this is what we did, especially in the third season. As we expanded in presenting artists from different countries of the Arab world, especially the prominent youth among them.”
And regarding the most prominent guests of the fourth season, Khoury indicated that the first episode will be with the artist Meyada Al-henawyThe program is also hosted by Ghada Rajab and Rahma Riyad, Safwan Bahlawan, Reham Abdel Hakim and Elias Karam.
Khoury indicated that the program gave him the opportunity to get closer to most artists, pointing to the possibility of preparing a tune sung by Al-Hanawi.
“Have a laugh”
Khoury indicated that the return of his cooperation with Singer Elissa After a break, it will be fruitful, with three songs that will be released soon, and the first song is titled “My luck is my laughter”, indicating that it carries a new and different spirit from past collaborations. Khoury denied that the song “Salamli Aleh”, whose lyrics, melody and sung by Elisa more than 10 years ago, was originally intended to be sung by Fairuz, and said: “No one asked me to present a song to Fairouz, and I made the song entirely from Joe Fairouz and Sayed Darwish, and when I heard it to Elissa, I asked to sing it directly and she succeeded.”
Collaboration with Kazem El Saher
In response to the possibility of presenting a melody for the artist Kazem Al-saherKhoury indicated that he was honored to compose for him, and said: “Frankly, there has been no talk regarding this issue, and if it happens in the future, I will seek to take it to a different place than what it presents musically as it presents a special artistic style in which it does not resemble anyone.”
And regarding the difference between his melody for the poem of the poet Nizar Qabbani “I love you very” sung by Majida Al Roumi, and the poem “The Impossible Love” which Al-Saher composed from Qabbani’s poems, which are an extension of one poem, Khoury confirmed that when he composed the poem for Al-Rumi, he did not know that Al-Saher composed poetic passages. Qabbani did not publish it previously, and added: “I presented the poem in a different style and manner than Al-Saher, and because it is not from my singing, there is no comparison between us.” Khoury revealed that he had completed a poem from his composition, which Magda El Roumi will sing from her words soon.
The position of Fadl Shaker
regarding back Artist Fadel Shaker For singing, Khoury confirmed that he loves him on the human and artistic level and they had great successes together and wished him success, and on the possibility of returning technical cooperation between them, Khoury explained: “This topic is delicate on the Lebanese level and has severe sensitivities, but what happened with him made it difficult for any cooperation to take place now. “. He added: “On one occasion, I presented his son, Muhammad, who has a beautiful talent, on stage at one of my concerts and was subjected to great criticism, and for my great love for Fadl and because I want to be comfortable in any artistic cooperation that occurs with him or with others, I prefer to wait for his case to end completely and I will be the first to cooperate He has the honor to do so.”
In response to the Lebanese military judiciary’s acquittal of Shaker of the charges of killing and fighting the Lebanese army in what is known as “hebra events”, Khoury explained: “I am not a judge, and I cannot accuse him or acquit him, and this ruling is important to him, but there are still pending cases before the Lebanese judiciary. Let’s get it all done.”
I will sing soon
Khoury explained his recent departure from the release of lyrical works, due to his association with filming the program “Tarab with Marwan”, and his investment during the Corona pandemic by preparing melodies for his fellow singers, works that will appear soon with Carole Samaha, Adam and Melhem Zain. He added, “There is a group of works that I have completed, from which I will choose one or two works, which I will put forward in my vote before the end of the year.” Khoury pointed out that he liked a song written and composed by Jordanian artist Anan Awad, and he will choose the appropriate time to present it to the public.
Project with Dalal Abu Amna
And the collection of “The New Arab” Khoury with Palestinian Actress Dalal Abu AmnaIn a meeting on the sidelines of their participation in the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, this resulted in an agreement to prepare a humanitarian work that Abu Amna will sing with words and melodies from Khoury, and it will be produced by Jordanian producer, poet and composer Anan Awad.