Lebanese singer Sarah Zakaria revealed new details about the controversy sparked by the statements of the “Syrian Artists Syndicate,” Mohsen Ghazi, who denied his knowledge of them, and prevented her from performing concerts in Syria because of what he described as the “profanity” she uttered during her singing.
Zakaria challenged, during an interview with the Arab media, Rabaa Al-Zayyat, on her program “Show the Story”, to have someone come up with one video clip of her uttering “immoral” words while singing at parties.
Commenting on “Captain Ghazi’s statement, in which he denied knowing a singer named Sarah Zakaria,” Zakaria confirmed that Ghazi had given her a (class A) rating about three months before his last statements and the controversy surrounding her.
Zakaria pointed out that she performed many concerts in Syria after officially obtaining the permits and paying the fees to the “Syrian Artists Syndicate,” adding that she has all the documents and access to the amounts she paid to the union, “and they all bear the stamp of Mohsen Ghazi.” She expressed her astonishment at the latter’s denial of knowledge of her despite being granted these permits and documents.
According to the Lebanese singer, she was paying the syndicate for each concert she held in Syria, an amount of 5 million Syrian pounds, all of which are documented with invoices and access.
Sarah Zakaria signs a pledge to “not use profanity”
And last September, the two popular singers Sarah Zakaria and Reem Al-Sawas and singer Baha Al-Youssef signed a pledge not to use insults and profanity during concerts. This came days after Mohsen Ghazi banned their concerts in Aleppo because of songs that included “insults and slanders,” according to Ghazi’s description.
During the meeting with Rabaa, Zakaria praised what she described as “the warm reception in the Syrian Artists Syndicate,” stressing that she had not received any abuse from “Captain” Ghazi.
She claimed that the reason that prompted her to sign the “Artists Syndicate” pledge is her love for the Syrian public who loves her, adding that she asked the Artists Syndicate to apply the pledge to everyone, saying: “If you want to prevent, you must prevent everyone, you don’t answer two people with you and the rest is not,” according to what It was mentioned in the meeting programme.