The Lebanese artist Abeer Naama held her first concert on the grand stage of the Egyptian Opera House. Over the course of two hours, Naama sang a selection of her most beautiful songs and recent works, accompanied by the Egyptian orchestra led by maestro Ahmed Oweida.
She began the celebration by saying, "Egypt is the song and the singer, Egypt is the Nile and beauty, Egypt is love and the beloved, Egypt is the friend and friendship, this is not just the mother of the world, this is the world with its mother and father."
The event was attended by several notable figures, including former minister George Qardahi, Maronite Bishop George Chehian, composer Hani Shnouda, artist Heba Magdy and her husband singer Mohamed Mohsen, as well as actress Leqa El Khamisi and artist and musician Yahya Khalil.