Born Abdel Halim Shabaana (عبد الحليم شبانة) in al-Halawaat, Sharkeyya (Delta of Egypt), graduated from the Higher institute of Arabic Music - Composing Department in 1948. For four years, he taught ...

March 30, marks the 43rd death anniversary of iconic Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez. Hafez, dubbed the Dark-Skinned Nightingale, was one of Egypt’s greatest singers, as well as a producer, and an ...

One of the most legendary figures in Arabic music has the first official compilation of his work-- made in the mid-1970s-- released in the West. Save this story Save this story Oum Kalthoum, Abdel ...