On the eve of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, scheduled for tomorrow at San Siro, Ghali breaks his silence and chooses social media to respond to the controversies that accompanied his presence at the event.
A clear intervention, which soon takes on the contours of a public complaint: the Milanese artist speaks openly about censorship, describing a series of reversals and conditions imposed by the organizers.
Ghali, expected on stage together with Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli, reveals that he was initially invited to sing the Italian anthem. An invitation then withdrawn without definitive explanations. “I couldn't sing anymore,” he writes, revealing a symbolic short circuit that goes well beyond the evening's set list.
Ghali wrote a post on his social media
To everyone
I know.
I know when an entry is accepted.
I know when it's corrected.
I know when it becomes too much.
I know why they want someone like me.
I also know why they wouldn't want me.
I know why they invited me.
I also know why I was no longer able to sing the Italian anthem.
I know why they asked me to recite a poem about peace.
I know it could have contained more than one language.
I know that one language, Arabic, was too many at the end.
I know that my thoughts cannot be expressed.
I also know that my silence makes noise.
I know it's all great theatre.
Ghali
To everyone
I know.
I know when a voice is accepted.
I know when it is being managed.
I know when it becomes too much.
I know why they want someone like me.
I also know why they don't.
I know why I was invited.
I also know why I was told I could no longer sing the Italian national anthem.
I know why I was asked to recite a poem of peace.
I know it could have included more than one language.
I know that one language, Arabic, at the last moment, was too much.
I know that one of my thoughts cannot be expressed.
I also know that my silence makes noise.
I know it's all a Grand Theatre.
Ghali
