Sawiris to the critics of the guests at the El Gouna festival: “Whoever wants to fight takes a weapon and goes to Israel.”

The businessman Naguib Sawiris, founder of the El Gouna Festival, said that it is not necessary to defeat the new Corona virus, and explained that tourism has been negatively affected by it, indicating the need for Egypt to maintain its tourist site.

“Sawiris” he added, during a telephone interview on the “Honorable Citizen” program, on the satellite channel “Al-Hadath Today”, presented by journalist Syed Ali, who attends all world festivals, and after his presence in Cannes on last year 2019, the French director Claude Lelouch, who directs the Institute. Cinema in France is based on the success of the El Gouna Festival, which everyone knows for its success.

Sawiris responded to calls to prevent the tribute to director Gerard Depardieu at the El Gouna festival, considering it a form of normalization with Israel, saying: “This man visited Israel, the visit does not mean normalization and Zionism, and it does not leave us more nervous. than the owners of the subject.

He continued: “Is everyone going to print, chase and work? “The man did not say that he is with Israel or against the Palestinian cause. Those who want to fight, take a gun, go to Israel and fight.”

Sawiris concluded, underlining that he ignored this campaign: “I am not paying attention to this”, in handing out the award, which reflected positively on Egypt, as French newspapers wrote that an artist from France was honored and Egypt is safe.