Sisi is welcomed in South Korea with the song “There is a Sweet Thing”

- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was received at the presidential headquarters in the South Korean capital, Seoul, to the tunes of the famous song “There Is a Sweet Need” from the Egyptian movie “Black Honey.” The official channel of the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt published on YouTube a video clip of a choir of Korean children performing the song, the moment Sisi entered the presidential headquarters in South Korea, accompanied by South Korean President Jae Myung.

The Egyptian lyricist Ayman Bahgat Qamar commented on the performance of this song when he received the Egyptian President in Seoul, and wrote in a blog post that he published on his official Facebook page: “Indeed, there is something sweet in it... the most thing the poet wishes for is that his words prefer to live and cross local borders...

The artist Reham Abdel Hakim, who performed the song in the movie “Black Honey,” also expressed her pride in the moment, which she described as “great pride for Egypt,” commenting on the video clip that she shared on her official Instagram account. For his part, the artist Ahmed Helmy, the hero of the movie “Black Honey,” shared the video clip via the Stories feature on his official Instagram account.

The movie “Black Honey” was released in 2020, and is considered one of Ahmed Helmy’s most famous films. The film was written by Khaled Diab and directed by Khaled Marei. The song “There Is a Sweet Need” was written by Ayman Bahjat Qamar, composed by Egyptian composer Omar Khairat, and performed by Reham Abdel Hakim with the choir.