The full story of the crisis of Tanta poetry festival after the apology of Gamal al-Qassas for his presidency

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While the International Tanta Poetry Conference is waiting to set the date for the launch of its fifth session, the crisis began to hit the conference after the great poet Jamal Al-Qassas apologized for taking over the presidency at the next session after a state of confusion and requests for support in his name without his knowledge.

The Tanta Festival is a local festival organized by the Shaar Association for Western Literature and Artists. A high committee is formed to manage each session. The Ministry of Culture supports the conference. The various departments and sectors of the ministry, in cooperation with the festival administration,.

The poet Jamal Al-Qassas wrote a statement on his Facebook page saying: "I have apologized for a while ago to the poet Maher Nasr for not presiding over this conference, after he devised the method of planning and preparing him in a disturbing and inappropriate manner, I do not accept it on myself or on And I would be more happy to have an official request in my name to the Minister of Culture to get her support for the conference, without my knowledge or even understanding with me.

The great poet said that although he was happy at the beginning and the establishment of the main axis of the conference, he declined before the practices he did not like, before attacking the poet Maher Nasr accused That he was devoted to the promotion of lies against him, until the intervention of the writer Mohammed Harbi, and asked him to calm the matter and delete publications that harm the management of the festival.

He explained that the poet Maher Nasr, his phone after he went to the Ministry of Culture, explaining that he made a request to support the conference in his name, which raised his anger and condemnation, who does so is the organizer to respond to him:"You are the president of the conference and the workshop is not known in the Ministry of Culture."

He added: The conference was supposed to be held in the first half of April, but the issue of secured funding faltered and the conference entered a state of turmoil. I was afraid and warned of it, so I told Maher Nasr my apology for not presiding over the conference. The past: (Good evening, Maher: This is my final position, and let me tell you more clearly and frankly, what is happening about holding this conference is worrying and unwholesome, but humiliating, I do not accept it, any conference that begs the participants to bear everything, Cold.

He added that Maher Nasr told me that the Minister of Culture had agreed to the request and support of the conference and that they were only finishing some administrative papers to end the matter and that he was making great efforts to make the conference a success for me and for all. But since then, did not call me even to check on my health, In front of all this, I am more convinced of my resignation, and it is absurd to occupy myself with a scene where the simplest elements of clarity and transparency are no longer available.

The poet Maher Nasr, as it is clear from the words of the poet Jamal al-Qassas, was the response to the latter's speech, but he retracted and deleted all the publications he wrote on his Facebook page, but a number of writers and intellectuals circulated what they published before deleting it. The writer, Sobhi Shehata, who confirmed that poet Maher Nasr wrote 6 postings on his page before deleting them, said: "The very adults are not busy with the minor things, do not lie to protect yourselves and the rest of your love for you." Jamal Al-Qassas put you in a position of honor in honor of you. We did not apply for your name and are you an official body to apply? " "The creative workshop for the writers of Kafr El-Zayat will meet tomorrow to issue its statement, accompanied by documents that prove the lies of the very adults" .

We also contacted the poet Maher Nasr, who confirmed that the Supreme Committee of the Conference issued a statement to respond to the poet Gamal Al-Qassas, saying that what happened was not a crisis but poet Jamal Al-Qassas, "the subject is very small", and when we asked him to send the statement to make sure he escaped , And to communicate with him again, refused to comment on the matter, and only pointed out that the festival management refuses to permit the media, and the statement referred to is a statement to friends only on the social networking site, explaining that the Supreme Committee of the Festival and the workshop will be held on Saturday evening , To respond to the poet Jamal And issuing an information statement clarifying the matter.

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