The death of popular Egyptian singer Ahmed Adawiya

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press

Egyptian media and artists announced on Sunday the death of popular singer Ahmed Adawiya, at the age of 79, a few months after the death of his wife, Wanisa.

Ahmed Adawiya, whose full name is Ahmed Morsi Ali Adawiya, was born in June 1945 in Minya governorate. He began his artistic career after moving from Mohamed Ali Street to Cairo, where his songs quickly gained popularity at weddings and parties, despite the criticism leveled at him in light of the star brilliance of classical singing such as Abdel Halim Hafez and Mohamed Abdel Wahab during the period. seventies.

Adawiya received support from musician Baligh Hamdi, for whom he composed notable works such as “The Moon is a Traveler” and “Yakhti Smeltin”. Naguib Mahfouz also praised him, calling him a “neighborhood singer”.

He achieved resounding success with the song “Zahma”, written by Hassan Abu Otman and composed by Hani Shenouda, and his other works, such as “Salamtha Umm Hassan” and “Bint Al-Sultan”, appeared during happy Egyptian and Arab occasions.