2023-07-02 19:36:38
The first concert of the Egyptian singer, Ahmed Saad, in Tunisia witnessed an exchange of insults and accusations in front of the photographers’ lenses, which sparked mixed reactions from the Tunisian public.
The audience’s comments differed between skeptics of Ahmed Saad’s talent and artistic credit until he was invited to festivals in Tunisia, especially his expected concert within the framework of the Carthage International Festival, and among fans of the artist who attributed the crisis to organizational problems that damaged the artist’s image and presence.
The Egyptian singer had performed a concert as part of the “Sand” camping festival in Bizerte, in the north of the country.
No agreement on press interviews
After the ceremony, Saad said in brief statements to journalists in the lobby of the hotel where he resides, which were documented in the videos, that he stands in front of journalists out of love for all the media and the Tunisian people, denying the existence of any agreement with the festival management that includes holding dialogues with journalists.
He added that he left the festival following the end of the ceremony without meeting the journalists, not because he refused to meet them, but because there was no prior agreement in this regard.
Meanwhile, the director of the festival, Zakia Al Mansouri, who was at the venue, objected to what the Egyptian singer was saying, and said that there was already an agreement.
The Egyptian actor replied, “Shut up, please,” and repeated this sentence 5 times.
Mutual accusations
Ahmed Saad accused the director of the festival of not being good at managing parties, and even having nothing to do with parties or organizing them.
He considered that the brief talk of the journalists came for the sake of the Tunisian people, but she replied that he came to take 80 thousand dollars and left “without respecting the Tunisian people, and you cannot say shut up to a Tunisian woman.”
Saad ended his speech with the phrase “Salvation, you shut up”, which he addressed to the director of the festival, and withdrew from the venue.
This conversation sparked some of the attendees, who were angry at the way the Egyptian artist spoke, and some of them insulted him.
Al-Mansouri stated in press statements that Ahmed Saad went out in the hotel lobby to meet the journalists following her insistence.
Festival management statement
After the ceremony, the management of the International Festival for Camping, Arts and Sports in Bizerte issued a statement saying that Ahmed Saad deliberately went on stage late, which angered the audience, who waited for more than 3 hours.
She added that the Egyptian singer refused to attend a programmed press conference following the concert.
She accused Saad of “treating journalists with contempt, just as his business manager pushed one of the female media professionals and insulted Tunisia.”
She mentioned that she had asked him to apologize, especially since he had received a large fee for reviving this evening.
Chaos was expected
The journalist specializing in cultural affairs, Jihan Al-Turki, said in statements to “Sky News Arabia” that the chaos that accompanied Ahmed Saad’s concert was expected due to poor organization and the artist’s arrival in the country a few hours before the ceremony.
She stated that giving the opportunity to organize concerts and festivals to non-specialists creates such problems, and that talking regarding the financial value of the offer is not a matter of professionalism, because the artist did not force anyone to pay this amount.
The contract is drawn up that clarifies all the details of the ceremony, including organizing statements and dealing with the media, according to the journalist.
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