كل دا كان ليه محمد عساف
Sandrine Willert
محمد عساف هو مغنٍ فلسطيني[3] بدأ الغناء في سن مبكرة وظهر في عدة أغاني مصورة له بدأت شهرته تزداد بعد أن فاز في برنامج أراب آيدول في موسمه الثاني على قناة ام بي سي 1 وكان له حضور متميز في عدة مهرجانات حيث شارك بأغنية في افتتاح كأس العالم 2014 وأنتج عنه فيلم الآيدول في عام 2016.
تزوج عساف في أغسطس 2020 بفتاة من خارج الوسط الفني تُدعى ريم عودة تحمل الجنسية الفلسطينية والدنماركية ولهما ابن اسمه ريان.[6][7]
نشر رئيس الوزراء الفلسطيني السابق سلام فياض عبر صحفته الرسمية على موقع الفيسبوك نداءً للشعب الفلسطيني بالتصويت لدعم مواطنه الشاب محمد عساف المشترك في الموسم الثاني من أراب آيدل. وعلّقت بعض الصحف عن أوجه الشبه بين الرئيس المستقيل والمشترك الطموح وقد حضر نجل الرئيس محمود عباس الحلقات المباشرة في استوديوهات MBC في بيروت لبنان لمتابعته ودعمه.[8]
نشرت خبر فوز محمد عساف كثير من الجرائد والقنوات والمواقع العالمية كموقع ياهو[9] وقناة بي بي سي فارسي وعربي وقناة صوت أمريكا والعربية [10] والجزيرة.أيضاً نُشر خبر فوز محمد عساف في المواقع الأيرانية مثل موقع بالاترين وعصر إيران.[11][12]
أكد الفنان الفلسطيني ومحبوب العرب محمد عساف أن الحكومة المقالة التي تديرها حركة حماس في غزة منعته من إقامة الحفلات في القطاع[13]
شارك محمد عساف في عام 2014 في أوبريت عناقيد الضياء[14][15] وهو أوبريت مسرحي مدته 90 دقيقة يروي السيرة النبوية كتب كلماته الشاعر السعودي عبد الرحمن العشماوي ولحنه الفنان البحريني خالد الشيخ وأدى التوزيع الموسيقي وقيادة الأوركسترا الملحن الألماني شتاينهويزر [الإنجليزية] وقد شارك فيه أكثر من 200 ممثل من مختلف أنحاء العالم بينهم حسين الجسمي ولطفي بوشناق وعلي الحجارومحمد عساف.[15]
أرسل جوزيف بلاتر رئيس الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم خطابا إلى جبريل الرجوب رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني للتأكيد على مشاركة محمد عساف بالغناء خلال مونديال 2014 وأعاد عساف نشر تغريدة بلاتر رئيس الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم (فيفا) وكان مفادها أن المطرب الفلسطيني الشاب سيغني أثناء الافتتاح الرسمي لكونجرس الفيفا في مدينة ساو باولو البرازيلية في شهر يونيو من عام 2014.
أغنية يلاّ يلاّ التي ساهم جمهوره في كتابة كلماتها وتابعها الملايين في العالم عبر البث الإلكتروني المباشر على الإنترنت أشرف على إنتاجها الموسيقي العالمي المشهور رودني جيركينز فيما تعاون على وضع ألحانها وكتابة كلماتها المؤلّف الموسيقي ميشال فاضل والشاعر نزار فرنسيس.
Mohammad Jaber Abdul Rahman Assaf (Arabic: محمد جبر عبدالرحمن عساف; born 1 September 1990)[1] is a Palestinian pop singer well known for being the winner of the second season of Arab Idol, broadcast by the MBC network. His victory received worldwide coverage from the media and was welcomed with joy by Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world. In 2013, Assaf was named a goodwill ambassador for peace by The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). He was also named ambassador of culture and arts by the Palestinian government and was offered a position with "diplomatic standing" by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[2] Assaf's story is the basis of the 2015 film The Idol, directed by Hany Abu-Assad. After Arab Idol, Assaf has gone on to enjoy huge popularity in the Arab World and the Arab diaspora and has released two albums and a great number of singles and collaborations. Most of his music is sung in the Iraqi and Gulf dialects.
Assaf was born in Misrata, Libya,[3] to Palestinian parents. The family of his mother Intisar, a mathematics teacher, hailed from the village of Bayt Daras and his father's family was from Beersheba, both of which areas were seized and depopulated by the nascent IDF in 1948.[4][5] He has five siblings. The family lived in Misrata until Assaf was four years old. Then they moved to the Khan Yunis Refugee Camp in Gaza, where he grew up with a middle class couple[clarify] and attended an UNRWA elementary school.[1]
Two of Assaf's siblings have also been involved in performing live music. Their mother stated that Assaf began singing at the age of five and "had a voice of someone who was much, much older."[6] Before his role on the television show he was attending Gaza City's Palestine University majoring in media and public relations.[6] Assaf did not have professional training as a singer; he started his career singing at weddings and other private events.[7] He entered the public view in 2000 during a popular local television program where he called in and sung a nationalist song to the host's praise. Afterward, he was frequently offered contracts with local record companies.[6] Sometime after his first performance, he sang in a local event in Gaza attended by the late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat.[8]
Mohammad Assaf travelled from Gaza Strip to Egypt to audition for Arab Idol. It took him two days to reach Egypt by car due to complications on the border. At the beginning, he had to convince the Egyptian security at the border crossing, where he was stuck for two days, to leave Gaza. Once he reached the hotel where the auditions were taking place, the doors were closed in which they did not accept anymore auditions so he jumped over the wall. After he jumped over the wall, he couldn't get a number to audition; he sat hopelessly in the hall where other contestants were waiting for their turn. He started singing to the contestants,[8] and a Palestinian contestant, Ramadan Abu Nahel,[9] who was waiting to audition heard him and gave him his number saying, "I know I won't reach the finals but you will."[8]
Assaf has gained widespread popularity throughout the Arab world and among fellow Palestinians from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the diaspora through his performance of well-known Arabic love songs and patriotic hymns for the Palestinian cause.[7] Family members, neighbors and Palestinians in general have been waiting for his performance in Beirut every Friday night. Board member of Gaza Association for Culture and Arts Jamal Abu Qumsan stated Assaf "has struck a chord with Palestinians by singing classic Arabic songs that deal with issues other than war and struggle ... To many here, that kind of music offers them a sense of stability" amid constantly unstable circumstances due to the conflict with Israel and intra-Palestinian strife.[6] Mohammed Assaf sang in English during one of the live shows of Arab Idol, performing the song "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys.[17]
The buzz Assaf created has reached the United States, Europe, and recently other parts of Asia due to articles posted by American-based news websites such as Wet Paint, Voice of America, The Japan Times, the CNN news website CNN International, as well as European-based news sites such as Germany's Frankfurter Rundschau. The Guardian published an article titled "Arab Idol favourite Mohammed Assaf carries hopes of Palestinians into final".[18]
Post his widely expected win, Al Jazeera English interviewed him in Doha, Qatar, during his tour,[19] and dedicated an entire episode of the programme Inside Story detailing Assaf's journey through Arab Idol. He was described as "the wedding singer from Gaza who was brought up in a refugee camp, to become an international star and a Palestinian hero."[20]
While Assaf has normally avoided politics on the show, he has stated "I can't differentiate between my art and my patriotic attitude." Assaf condemned the ongoing Israeli occupation of West Bank and the poor living conditions in the Gaza Strip. He also stated that Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi's long-term hunger strike protest had inspired him.[25] He frequently performed donning the checkered keffiyeh popularly associated with Palestinian nationalism.[7]
He is highly popular in the Palestinian territories, where the Washington Post notes that the "streets of Gaza empty out" when the show goes on air on Fridays and Saturdays.[25] Throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, large posters promoting Assaf have been hung on residences and shops.[7] A source of pride, Assaf has been able to unite Palestinians' sympathies in a way that Palestinian political factions have not been able.[9]
Some Palestinian politicians have showed their support for the singer who has been creating a sense of unity among Palestinians, regardless of differing political beliefs. Salam Fayyad, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, called on all Palestinians to support Assaf.[26] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had also called for Palestinians everywhere, including the diaspora, to vote for Assaf.[17]
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