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Sayed Darwish composed the music and maintained close ties with early leaders of the national movement for independence in Egypt, such as Mustafa Kamel. The chorus derived from one of Kamel's most famous Egyptian nationalist speeches. [2] [3] Egypt's first national anthem dates back to 1869 when a royal anthem was composed to honor the monarch.
Majida El Roumi Al Baradhy was born on 13 December 1956 in Kfarshima.Her father, Halim El Roumi, was a Melkite Christian born in Tyre, South Lebanon, [1] [2] and her mother was Egyptian.
Nefertiti (/ ˌ n ɛ f ər ˈ t iː t i / [3]) (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten.Nefertiti and her husband were known for their radical overhaul of state religious policy, in which they promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc and its direct connection to the royal household.
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Umm Kulthum with some of the most prominent names in Egyptian classical music. From left: Riad Al Sunbati, Mohamed El Qasabgi, Farid al-Atrash and Zakariya Ahmad. Umm Kulthum's musical directions in the 1940s and early 1950s and her mature performing style led this period to become popularly known as the singer's "golden age".
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.
Nazli was born on 25 June 1894 to an Egyptian father and a mother of Turkish, French and Greek origin. [2] [3] Her father was Abdel Rahim Sabri Pasha, [4] Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Cairo, and her mother was Tawfika Sharif Hanim.
"Boshret Kheir" (Egyptian Arabic: بشرة خير [ˈboʃɾet ˈxeːɾ]; English: "Good Omen") is an Egyptian-folk song created by Egyptian composer Amr Mostafa and performed by Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi dedicated from him to Egypt and was released on May 16, 2014, showing clips of Egyptians dancing in different areas of the country, in ...