"The joke of Baiha" for Majid al-Qasim sweeps the media in the Arab world

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian singer Majd al-Qasim, visiting Beirut to sign new works, said he is happy with the success of his new album "The Joke of Baikha", which he had recently proposed, which he saw as a strong comeback on the art scene.
He added that "the clip of Echaea is excellent and happy and touched by the media, he obtained record points of view in Morocco, the Levant and in the Persian Gulf".
He revealed that the clip was filmed in one day, because it was a symbolic image in the sense that it is not dramatic as are the lyrics of the song, and she was worried about the quality of the video. the image with the emergence of black and black that expressed the content of the song ". He also waited for the winter to be filmed, because winter is always characterized by dramatic and quiet songs, and the best audition of the hour.
The lyrics of the song say: "I tell you the joke of the world, so that's fine, and I tell you that it's a second joke, he's crying when he laughs, we laugh, we laugh, and I'm not telling you, I'm not killing you, I'm not killing you.
Al-Qasim has found one of his most famous songs, appeared in the light for nearly two years in an album bearing the name of the song itself, sung by Majd, the words of Salah Attieh, of Mr. Radhi and Nawar Al-Beheiri.
The song was recently the subject of controversy between artist Asala and singer-songwriter Salah Attieh, where she raised the originality of Salah Attieh's anger in a tweet on Twitter's website, in which he said: "It contains a song in the next album titled (Baiha joke) terrible melody and terrible God (Ihab Abdel Wahid) The great talent (Prince Taaima) and distributed it remained natural and logical (Fahd), and I challenged myself and surprised myself and I think I missed myself. "
He quickly responded to the appeal of the authenticity of the poet Salah Attieh through the social networking site "Facebook" and wrote: "with total respect for your presence (Asala) and Professor Amir Taaima, but the joke of the star star Majd al-Qasim, my words, Salah Attieh.
"The artist Asala is the daughter of my country and I have no problem asking for a song of the same name, but the album belongs to the producer Mohsen Jaber and the lyrics of the song were written by the poet Salah Attia. "
He added: "Regarding the dispute with the artist Asala on the name of the song, I do not consider myself as a party to this dispute because the song that everyone knows that c & # 39; The subject of the name is the literary and legal rights of the poet, the poet has the right, and I do not know how far will reach this subject.
However, Asala came back and attributed the lyrics of the song to songwriter Abdelhamid Al-Hibak and apologized for his mistake in the song attributed to the poet Amir Taaima.