Abdel halim hafez biography of abraham

Based in Antwerp Belgium, Blue grew up with an intricate love for music, which he cultivated over the years by listening to a broad spectrum of styles like the soundtrack of classic Arabic singers such as Fairuz, Abdel Halim Hafez or by dancing to Michael Jackson or by getting mesmerised by classics from Beethoven and Bach. Later, Blue discovered Jazz, which opened a whole new world for him. Add to this palet his love and appreciation for 90’s hiphop, classic soul and even gospel music and you'll understand his eclectic identity. Abraham taught himself to play piano, guitar, bass and later also tackled the drums. During that process, Abraham experimented with singing and finding his own melodic groove, making his first steps to become a vocalist. More interested in studying music than releasing quick tracks Abraham evolved towards producing and songwriting. This patient journey of self-study manifested in his much anticipated EP debut ‘Tracks I Made Last Summer’.

Egyptian musician and actor

Musical artist

Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Arabic: عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Arabic: عبد الحليم حافظ, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation:[ʕæbdelħæliːmħɑːfɪzˤ]) (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, M

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One Saturday in the summer of 1971, my aunt took me to her gym in Tel Aviv. The scene was familiar, like a Baghdad swimming pool in the sixties. Some people were exercising, some were swimming, while others sat together, chatting and relaxing. I sat in a comfy chair and turned my little transistor radio to Kol Yisrael (Voice of Israel). It was just after the news, and they were playing an Um Kalthoum song. My aunt swiftly asked me to turn the volume down. This was a surprise and a shock for me. I had been in Israel for a few months, after fleeing the hell that was Iraq at the end of 1970. This is what Eli Eliahu, the talented Israeli poet of Iraqi origin, describes as the “stage of surprise,” one of the “stages of shyness” he details in a poem describing his father’s behavior—quickly switching his fordon radio from an Arabic hållplats to a Hebrew one as he drives out of a private garage on to the main road, out of fear that someone might hear the Arabic songs he so loved.

Arabic