Souad, Thank you again!

Two weeks ago I was talking about Souad Massi, The algerian amazing singer.

People were attacking her and accusing her of betrayal since she announced she will perform in Tel-aviv.

Pre-judging people is a great hobby for most of the egyptian bloggers who likes to show-off and pretend to be well cultured and partiots!

So, do you think Souad went to Tel-aviv?

Let's read what the israeli producer Dudu Zarjevsky, the man who arranged for Souad's concert in Tel-aviv told "Haaretz" israeli newspaper during an interview.

Zarjevsky notes Algerian singer Souad Massi's concert, which was supposed
to take place last week as part of Tel Aviv's White Night festivities but was
canceled: "We already had a signed contract with Massi, who is a popular artist
in Israel and around the world, and I was itching to announce publicly that she
was on her way to Tel Aviv. At the last minute, she canceled because of pressure
from Arab countries." He says he experienced a similar incident in the late
1990s with Algerian singer Cheb Khaled. "Khaled received a large advance payment
from us but canceled his performance at the last minute for the same reasons,
just as we were about to begin the campaign," says Zarjevsky.

Souad Massi performed in Rammallah-Palestine a few days before Tel-aviv's concert, but she didn't and will never perform in Israel.

Didn't I mention that she respects her fans?

Souad Massi...Thank you again!

Dear Souad Massi, Come back soon!

Souad Massi was here in Egypt last week. And if you don't know her; She is an algerian singer & song writter.

She had 2 concerts in Egypt, on 19th june she performed in Alexandria & 21st of june in Cairo, both concerts were part of the program of "Fete de la musique" known as "french music day" which is on the 21st of june every year.

Some of the guys here in Egypt were not welcoming Souad's concerts, as she will perform later in Tel-aviv in the end of her Middle east tour.

They called for boycotting and all the funny crab that they like to say in such occassions!

I think they've never asked themselves who is Souad Massi?

Before she starts her career as a singer in France, Souad Massi was a member in the first algerian rock band called "atakor", they kept rocking for 7 years.

And let me quote the details from AOL.com

"Abandoning that watered-down group would lead to a life-altering musical
choice: Massi
signed on to front Atakor, a heavy-rock band with political leanings. Her seven
years with Atakor earned her a troublemaker's reputation in fundamentalist
Algeria, where she quickly became the target of spitting and general scorn. And
as the band called more attention to itself with what some considered
inflammatory lyrics, danger encroached -- Atakor's equipment was routinely
snatched at false road blocks, and Massi, who had
disguised herself by cutting off her hair and camouflaging her body with boys'
clothes, nevertheless became the target of death threats after the release of a
late-'90s Atakor cassette."

Well, this is Souad the member of Atakor, what about Souad's career in France?

Souad has released 3 albums, "raoui", "deb" & "mesk ellil", most of the songs were with arabic lyrics, with a mix between alot of musical shapes& types.

In her songs Massi was keen to express her proudness to be an Algerian and Arabian woman. I feel she is attached to her roots in Algeria, even you can find that in her songs, talking about her childhood, youth and all the past times she had in Algeria.

That leaves us with no doubts if Souad is against or with the Israeli terror against Palestinians!

I'm 100% sure that the people who kept blogging and offending Souad and her fans who will attend her concerts never tried to know who or what they are talking about.

I had a chance to talk with Souad after Alexandria's concert, which by the way was an amazing concert attended by more than 1000 people.

I asked her so what is your next destination after Cairo?

She answered "Dubai, Oman then Ramallah". She talked about her happiness to sing in Palestine for the people their.

Finally, do you think any non-arabs will attend Souad Massi's concert in Tel-aviv?!

I really doubt that, and don't care if this could happen, because i know well who is Souad Massi!!

More about Souad Massi:

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souad_Massi