The consequences of the artist Hani Shaker’s resignation from his position, as the captain of the musical professions in Egypt, continue to this day.
During the past few days, the Egyptian singer Hani Shaker insisted on his position on the resignation, which he announced during a telephone interview on the “Al-Hekaya” program shown on the “MBC Egypt” satellite channel, which he confirmed by submitting it in writing to members of the Syndicate of Musical Professions recently.
In the midst of these developments, a number of people interested in musical affairs began to put forward names, which they nominated to lead the union during the coming period. For example, but not limited to, the composer Helmy Bakr considered the singer Mustafa Kamel to be the most suitable, while the artist Nader Hamdi saw that the musician Saeed Al-Artist is the best to take over. Captain position.
What is going on inside the guild?
Away from the above, members of the Syndicate of Musical Professions live in delicate moments, between an unknown future and decisions that are still being studied, which was revealed to “Al-Ain News” by artist Nadia Mustafa, a member of the Council.
Nadia says that the Syndicate Council has already received Shaker’s written resignation, but it has not yet been approved: “We are still looking into the matter.”
Nadia confirms that the Syndicate Council rejects Shaker’s resignation, which was also announced a few days ago by the Federation of Technical Syndicates, which means that he is actually “still the captain,” according to her.
“Nadia” explains that she contacted “Shaker”, and discovered that he was still suffering from a “state of shock”, as a result of what the press conference of festival performer Hassan Shakoush witnessed, and ended with his withdrawal following a verbal altercation, justifying: “The conference had a good intention, and he insisted on doing it.” For the percussion division and the instrumentalist Said Artist.
And in the event that Hani Shaker refuses to retract his resignation, “Nadia” states that the members of the general assembly will join hands to choose the right person, who will maintain “the honesty” as she describes it.
Nadia points out that Maestro Muhammad Abu Al-Yazid, the first agent of the Syndicate of Musical Professions, is the one who runs the Syndicate in the current period, until we know what will happen inside the House of Musicians.
Nadia reveals that a meeting of the union’s members is scheduled, but she refused to disclose the date, stressing that it will include “putting points on the letters,” according to what she said.
flaming events
Singer Hani Shaker, the resigned captain of the musical professions, withdrew from a press conference last week, during which artist Hassan Shakoush apologized to those he offended.
Following the Egyptian festival performer’s apology to the union members and the percussion division, a verbal altercation occurred between the representatives of the council and the musician Saeed Al-Artest, in a dispute that ended with Hani Shaker’s apology for not continuing the event.
And the matter did not stop there. The artist, Hani Shaker, surprised everyone by submitting his resignation live, during a phone call to the “Al-Hekaya” program, shown on the “MBC Egypt” satellite channel.
Shaker attributed his decision to the verbal altercation that the press conference witnessed, which prompted him to make a decision that he will not retract in the future, according to him.
At that time, the artist, Nadia Mustafa, revealed, in previous statements to “Al-Ain Al-News”, the scenes of the argument that took place, and she said that the conference at its beginning was calm, and the hope was achieved by Hassan Shakoush offering his apology to the union and the players.
“Nadia” added that the musician Saeed Al-Artest went into details that had agreed with the Syndicate Council before her not to go into them during the conference, which angered Ahmed Ramadan, the Syndicate’s Secretary, who became angry at the first and told him: “Come, monastery is our place.”
“Nadia” noted that “Artist” was accepting of “Shakosh”‘s apology, but he expressed his objection to the latter’s receipt of the union’s card before the conference, which ignited the dispute between him and then-captain Hani Shaker, who told him, according to her version: “We are coming to reconcile, not because Verse?”.
After the withdrawal, “Artist” apologized to “Shaker”, according to “Nadia”, adding: “Said spoke to Hani and said to him: (I didn’t like things to reach that, and your right is higher, and we respect you).”
