Prof. Dr. Esraa Abdel Sayed, Director of the Confucius Institute at Ain Shams University, explained that the cooperation between the two sides came under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, and Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saoud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, and the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tamer Rady, Advisor to the Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, with a great welcome from the Chinese side and facilitating cooperation from the Chinese Embassy in Cairo.

She pointed out that the lyrical cooperation in three languages (Arabic, Chinese and English) between the choir of Ain Shams University and its counterpart from the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts is the first of its kind in Egypt and the Arab world.

The choir song, which bears the name "Farha Jaya", was written by the Egyptian poet Ahmed Hassan Raoul and composed by Dr. Moataz Metwally, Professor of Music Composition at the Higher Institute of Arabic Music and led by Maestro Mahmoud Mohsen.

The video of the song was widely circulated in China, and Chinese followers expressed their happiness over this lyrical cooperation between the two countries. The collective song has also received great attention from the Chinese people and the Chinese media, and the video for the song has been shown on official Chinese websites.

In the next few lines, the most prominent of what was reported by the Chinese media, to the details:

First: The official website of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee

The official website of the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics published an article about the collective song presented in cooperation between the students of the Ain Shams University choir and the students of the choir of the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts. The article commended the cooperation between the students of the two countries, as the different languages ​​used in the joint singing bear a smile and a similar hope for the students of the two countries.

Second: The official website of the Chinese People's Newspaper (the first political newspaper in China)

The official website of the Chinese People's Newspaper published an article on the collective song, and the article began with part of the words of the Egyptian song "The Joy is Gaiya": "With some shoulder to shoulder, despite the difference in colour, we always complete each other, you and I are the origin of the universe."

The article pointed out that this song, which carries a great deal of happiness, made the African and Asian continents cross the barrier of time and space, and lit the torch of youth in the two continents, and helped spread the spirit of the Winter Olympics faster, stronger, higher and more united between the two continents, indicating that the civilizations of the East meet and meet. In this musical melody, where the tomb of d appears. Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing, the ancient Chinese city wall and the great pyramids of Egypt, this collective song pays homage to friendship and sportsmanship between nations.

Third: China Central Television News Network's official website

The official website of the China Central Television News Network wrote that the Beijing Winter Olympics activities will start within days, and the students of Ain Shams University, in cooperation with the students of the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts, used their own way to support the Beijing Winter Olympics, where the students participated in singing "The flowers of happiness bloom and give their fragrance." The Winter Olympics "consisting of 3 songs in Arabic, Chinese and English, and this indicates the depth of relations and the strength of cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

Fourth: Bilibili (China's YouTube)

Bilibili added in an article that this joint song was presented with great sponsorship from the Chinese Embassy in Cairo, and the news organizations of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games helped organize them, and this collaborative work was sung by the students of the Ain Shams University choir and its counterpart from the students of the Academy Nanjing Chinese Art.

This collective song consisted of three parts: the flowers of happiness bloom and give their fragrance to the Winter Olympics, the joy is coming, it is time to light the world.

This work has received great support from the leaders of the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts, the Conservatory of Music, the College of Mass Communication, the leaders of the College of International Education, the Chinese songwriter Dr. Shi Jiebin, the choir leaders of the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts and others.

Forty students from the choir of the Nanjing Chinese Academy of Arts in addition to 100 students from the choir of Ain Shams University participated in this joint singing.

Fifth: Weibo's official website (China Twitter)

The video of the collective song was widely circulated on “Weibo” website, and many Chinese viewers expressed their happiness over this joint cooperation between the students, who share similar aspirations and hopes for the future despite the different languages ​​and cultures.

A follower of these media outlets said that this collective song is not just a cooperation between two university students only, but it is a good example that expresses the depth of friendship and brotherhood relations between the two countries in all fields.

As this cooperation brought joy to the hearts of the Chinese people, many followers are looking forward to seeing more cooperation between the two countries.