Beyonce Recieves Acclaim and Objection in Egypt
By Hanna El Amrawi
The First African - American female artist and the second woman to win the annual ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award, Beyonce Knowles, decided to make a stop in Egypt. Beyonce Knowles performed live on Friday, November 6th, in Port Ghalib. She celebrated the launch of the new Egyptian resort, Port Ghalib which is located next to Marsa Alam. This is the first time that Beyonce has come to Egypt. She performed part of her I AM ...Shasha Fierce global tour.
Beyonce’s decision to perform in this luxurious resort added to the resort growing popularity as one of the most exciting new holiday destination in the Middle East. The resort contains many five-star hotels such as; InterContinental Hotel and Coral Beach Hotel.
Born in Houston in September 1981, Beyonce Giselle Knowles began to perform at age seven. As a teen, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston where she honed her musical talents. Upon winning many local awards for her vocal and dancing abilities, she decided to team up with her friends to create an adolescent vocal group, Destiny’s Child. Mathew Knowles, Beyonce’s father signed up to be the group’s legal guardian and manager.
The creation of this group led to one of the most popular female RnB groups of all time. Destiny’s Child had several smash hits such as Say my Name and Survivor. After some difficulties in 2001, Beyonce decided to break away from the group to pursue her individual solo career. In the summer of 2002, she co-starred in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember with her role as Foxy Cleopatra. She then decided to focus on her singing career, and her debut solo Dangerously In Love topped both the RnB and Pop charts in America as well as in Canada and the UK in 2003. She released her sophomore solo album, B’day, in 2006 and three months later she did an award-winning performance for the movie, Dreamgirls. The following year, she landed a role as Etta James in the musical Cadillac Records. Shortly afterwards, she released her third studio album, I Am...Sasha Fierce, featuring number one singles such as Single Ladies, and Sweet Dreams.
Although many upper-class people were thrilled to have Beyonce come to Egypt, some of the lower classes felt excluded. These people of the lower classes felt that it was like an elite concert, that they could not attend. Not only did they not fully know who Beyonce is, but also felt that the cost of this event was extremely high. For a person to attend this event they had to pay an airline ticket, hotel costs and the ticket of the concert. To them, it was just “not worth it”. Beyonce also ran into some problems due to her revealing clothes and different dance moves. Members of the Muslim brotherhood said “Beyonce is not a Christian; she is satanic, serving the devil”.
Even though Beyonce faced some criticism, her performance was highly liked. With such a successful career, Beyonce is a role model to future young artist. We were proud to give Beyonce Knowles our five-star welcome.
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