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Umm Kulthum [a] (Arabic: أم كلثوم; 31 December 1898 [3] [4] – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq (Arabic: كوكب الشرق, lit. 'Planet of the Orient'). [5]
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Arabic: عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Arabic: عبد الحليم حافظ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ʕæbd el ħæliːm ħɑːfɪzˤ]) (21 June 1929 – 30 March 1977), [1] was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer.
This is a list of musicians and musical groups from Egypt This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Ancient Egyptian singer-priestess in the inner sanctum at the temple in Karnak. Meresankh I: Queen: 3rd dynasty: fl. c. 27th century BC: Possibly a lesser wife of pharaoh Huni. Meresankh was the mother of the 4th dynasty pharaoh Sneferu. Meresankh II: Queen: 4th dynasty: fl. c. 26th century BC: Daughter of Khufu and Queen Meritites I.
Mohamed Fawzi (Arabic: محمد فوزي, born Mohamed Fawzi Abbas Elhaw, August 15, 1918 [1] – October 20, 1966) was an Egyptian singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He was a leading entertainer and impresario in the thriving musical film scene of Egypt in the 1940s and 1950s.
Leila Mourad or Layla Morad (Arabic: ليلى مراد; born Lilian Zaki Ibrahim Mordechai; February 17, 1918 – November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the most prominent superstars in Egypt and the entire Arab world in her era.
The singers include Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Shadia, Layla Murad, Najat Al Saghira, [1] Fayza Ahmed, Warda (whom he was married to for a decade), Sabah, and other singers. He had also collaborated with the legendary singer Aziza Jalal [2] [3] who promoted her songs Mestaniak [4] and Haramt El Hob Alaya one of the best arabic songs in the ...
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...