CAIRO, 12 October 2005 — A Cairo court is scheduled to come to a verdict in the case against Egyptian singer Ehab Tawfiq, who is accused of stealing the song “Alamni Hubbak’ (Your Love Taught Me). Ehab is also accused of claiming that a composer and poet other than the original, Mohammad Al-Saeed Mohammad Abdul Hai, created the song.
Abdul Hai, who filed the lawsuit against Ehab, asserted that he is the one who wrote and composed the song three years ago and Egyptian singer Tamer Husni was supposed to sing it, but circumstances changed.
The composer is demanding compensation of three million Egyptian pounds for damages caused by Ehab’s actions.
Ehab recently released a new music video for his song “Ya Salam” (Oh My), from his latest album (Your Love Taught Me). Ehab gave the clip to a number of satellite music channels — including Mazzika and Melody — to be aired, ignoring his production company Rotana’s conditions of exclusivity.
Rotana’s conditions are that any clip produced by its members is only permitted to be aired on its satellite music channel.
Ehab claims that after he had submitted his album to Rotana, the company did not launch the appropriate advertising campaign for his release, which led him to launch his own promotional campaign with his business manger, including filming the music video at his own expense.
