Mohamed Fawzi (musician)

Mohamed Fawzi
محمد فوزى
Background information
Birth nameMehammad Fawzi Abbas Elhaww
Born(1918-08-15)August 15, 1918
Tanta, Sultanate of Egypt
DiedOctober 20, 1966(1966-10-20) (aged 48)
Cairo, UAR
GenresEgyptian music
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
  • filmmaker

Mohamed Fawzi (Egyptian Arabic: محمد فوزى, 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. He founded the El-Sharq El-Awsat record plant on April 30, 1959, and turned it into Sono Cairo /Sout El Qahira (The voice of Cairo) Records on January 6, 1964. Fawzi composed the music for "Kassaman", the Algerian national anthem, with lyrics by "poet of the Algerian Revolution" Moufdi Zakaria.

  1. ^ El-Dahabi, Hiyam (November 14, 2002). "محمد فوزي مات بمرض غامض أصاب خمسة أشخاص فقط في العالم". Al Riyadh. No. 12564. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2021.