Egyptian musician and actor
Abdel Halim Hafez عبد الحليم حافظ
Abdel Halim Hafez, 1970s
Birth name Abdel Halim Ali Shabana عبد الحليم على شبانة Born (1929-06-21 ) 21 June 1929 El-Halawat, El Sharqia , Kingdom of Egypt Died 30 March 1977(1977-03-30) (aged 47)London , England Genres Egyptian music , Opera Occupations Singer, actor, music teacher, conductor, film producer Years active 1952–1977 Labels Mazzika
Musical artist
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Egyptian Arabic : عبد الحليم على شبانه ), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Egyptian 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 .[ 2] [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Abdel Halim is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian musicians of his era, along with Umm Kulthum , Mohamed Abdel Wahab , Farid Al Atrach , Mohamed Fawzi , and Shadia .[ 2] [ 6] As his popularity grew, he was given the nickname 'el-Andaleeb el-Asmar (Egyptian Arabic : العندليب الأسمر ), [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] meaning The Dark-Skinned Nightingale .[ 10] He achieved extraordinary success as a popular musician throughout the Arab world , with estimated sales of over 80 million records.[ 2] [ 11]
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