After criticism of her taking off her shoes, Elissa responds with Nawal Al Zoghbi’s song

The Lebanese artist Elissa responded to the criticism she was subjected to during the past few hours. After she took off her shoes on stage at the opening ceremony of the Beirut Holidays Festival, she used a song from her compatriot, artist Nawal Al Zoghbi.

Elissa: I don't care about them at all In detail, Elissa responded to the criticism with a blog post on her account on the “X” platform, which included the lyrics of the song “I Don’t Care” by her fellow singer Nawal Al Zoghbi: “I don’t care at all about them! What does it mean to be beautiful in their eyes?”

Elissa appeared at the opening ceremony of the Beirut Holidays Festival , sitting on a chair in the theater, and she sought help from her assistant to take off her shoes, and she apologized to him in front of the audience, and justified this by saying that she was no longer able to stand and sing with it, so she could continue her concert without shoes.

Elissa opens the Beirut Holidays Festival ceremony The Queen of Emotion, the Lebanese artist Elissa, performed her big concert during the Beirut Holidays Festival, on Thursday evening, July 18, in the presence of thousands who filled the stands after a 4-year hiatus.

Elissa shined in a shiny golden dress, signed by the international Lebanese designer Nicolas Jebran. It won the admiration of the audience, who praised her look and shared her photos and videos from the ceremony through their social media accounts, thus topping the first trend on the X website in Lebanon and some of the Arab countries: Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya with two posts. “Queen of Feeling” and “Elissa Beirut Holidays.” Many presentations were presented during the ceremony.

Elissa said during her ceremony in a message to the audience: “Beirut is my heart and Lebanon is the pulse that I breathe, and I was afraid of this theater that I would return to after a 4-year hiatus. Perhaps if I had been at the Oscars, I would not have felt this feeling. Lebanon means a lot to me and Beirut means a lot to me.” It means a lot to me to return to the Beirut Holidays Festival and I thank the organizers for this party despite all the circumstances we are living in Lebanon. We are a country that loves life despite everything, and we love to export joy to the whole world.”

During the ceremony, Elissa performed dance performances of her songs, including the song “Swaying to the Beat,” among a number of female dancers.

Elissa performed a group of her most prominent new and archived songs, the most prominent of which was “Swaying to the Beat,” which was accompanied by “The Queen of Emotion” dancing among a number of dancers.