2024-01-21 22:00:09
Cairo | A sentence of ten words that Egyptian actor Mohamed Adel Imam surprised attendees at the Joy Awards ceremony was enough to expose him to an attack that has become commonplace from Saudi accounts on the “X” platform, simply for his solidarity with the Palestinian people who are being subjected to genocide in the Gaza Strip at the hands of… The Israeli war machine for more than a hundred days. A paradox that is constantly repeated, and perhaps requires specialists to analyze it: What makes this group of Saudi activists so angry whenever an artist or famous personality mentions the word Palestine on their lands? The third edition of the event held in Riyadh as part of its “sacred season” witnessed a number of prominent artistic events. . Big stars from all over the world and from different generations, including Anthony Hopkins and Kevin Costner, all the way to the surprise and rare appearance of the great Egyptian singer Najat El Saghira. All of these people came to the Kingdom to distribute and receive countless prizes. As for the Gaza event and the Palestinian issue, they were only present through shy exceptions, including the sentence Muhammad Imam said while receiving a special award in the name of his father, the “leader,” Adel Imam. This came following director Rami Imam and his younger brother had climbed onto the stage and received the award from the head of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh, and then they talked a little regarding their 83-year-old father. Here Rami confirmed that his father has retired from acting and is currently enjoying his time with his grandchildren and that he is in good health. Then his brother Muhammad took the reins of the speech, indicating that he would deviate from the text a little, before saying: “Greetings to the heroic Palestinian people… You are in our hearts and we will never forget you.” Before that, Imam had thanked Saudi Arabia, its people, the Entertainment Authority, and all the Arab peoples who love Adel Imam, but all of that went in vain, with a campaign launched once morest him on the X platform within minutes, cursing him and criticizing him for allowing him to go on stage in the first place!
As is usual for Saudi tweeters, they quickly succeeded in finding old videos that supported their positions, as they published a video clip of Adel Imam in which he says that resistance without protecting the Palestinian people is something worth reconsidering, considering that he responded to his son’s words without explicitly indicating whether this was the case. The position of Saudi Arabia itself or the tweeters, and what is the relationship between criticizing the resistance and solidarity with the Palestinian people? Above all, how did they not realize that what has been happening since October 7 is completely different from everything that came before, and that using old videos will not change anything regarding Riyadh’s disavowal of the nation’s issue. It is noteworthy that some balanced voices previously published a video honoring the Saudi singer Muhammad Abdo weeks ago, in which he dedicated the value of the honor to the donation campaign for the Palestinian people that bears the name of the Saudi king, wondering regarding the difference between what Abdo did and the position of Muhammad Imam’s son. Note that Turki Al-Sheikh was present on both occasions.
Will Saudi support for his new film “Shams El Zanati” stop?
Of course, there were fears of restrictions that Muhammad Imam might be subjected to in Saudi Arabia, noting that his latest film, “Abu Nasab” (directed by his brother Rami), had generated revenues of more than 300,000 US dollars as of this writing. Saudi authorities are also participating in the production of his new film, “Shams El Zanati” (directed by Amr Salama). Will it all stop because of a ten word phrase? Or will the Kingdom, which insists on continuing its artistic and entertainment productions, regardless of the number of martyrs in Gaza, at least allow the stars to show solidarity, even if verbally, as did Imam and Akram Hosni, who put the Palestinian flag on his clothes in the “Joy Awards”? Note that the Egyptian actor Yayoumi Fouad was absent from the celebration, in a clear indication that he cannot bear to appear once more in a Saudi artistic event, nearly two months following the violent Egyptian campaign that broke out once morest him and its intensity has not subsided yet. This campaign was reflected in all the films he recently participated in, as they suffered a decline in revenues, not only in Egypt, but in the same kingdom that opened doors for him, following he angered millions of his fans in the famous video (Al-Akhbar 7/11/2023) for Participating in the “Riyadh Season” and presenting his plays there.
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