The lyric poet Tariq Ali talked regarding the scenes of the song “Who is forgetting”, which was written by the artist and presented by the artist Medhat Saleh During the distribution ceremony of the Cairo Drama Festival in its first session, which was held last Wednesday, headed by Dr. Yahya Al-Fakharani.
Tariq Ali told “The Seventh Day” that the beginning was from the artist Ashraf Zaki, the captain of the acting professions, when he contacted him a month before the festival, and asked him for a song for drama that would be appropriate with the dramas, the festival and its goal, adding: “I spoke to the composer Ahmed Hamdi Raouf, And what brings me together is more than one work and there is great chemistry between us, and we agreed that we do a need for people, not a festival and salvation song that is suitable for the event, so I told him that it will build 48 hours and we have already started working on the topic.”
He continued, “We had many ideas, but we wanted the song that we present to reach the people in the homes, like the Egyptian drama that penetrated people’s hearts and captured their hearts, and remained the same texture as the drama that advanced, and we loved in the song to highlight the audience’s memories with all the series that was associated with it. time”
Author mentioned The song “Who Forgets”And in fact, we reviewed regarding 90% of the works that were suspended with the audience, and presented them in a manner commensurate with the spirit of the Egyptian drama, and not as a song, but no. They bought old series that are firmly rooted in their hearts.
Ali also indicated that preparing the song took a long time since the captain of the acting professions communicated with them, explaining: “The song took a very great effort from us, and the idea that you recall all the series of time in a song and melodies is more difficult than the poems of any other song, and we finished the song one week before The festival, and Dr. Ashraf Zaki are among the people who are keen all the time that they present real artists or talented people, and we were very happy with his confidence in us.”
And regarding the reactions that the song reaped following its release, he stated: “With the effort that we were making and making sure that the song reached the audience at home, we expected to find approval from people for it, but we were surprised by this great interaction that occurred with the song, whether by artists and stars participating in the festival or the audience. He continued: “And also, when we showed the song to Dr. Ashraf Zaki before the festival, he liked it very much, and he said, “Oh, Walad Al-Zaina,” the song is very smart, and it was the best description or reaction we had to the song.”
