Amr Diab

About

Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (Arabic: عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕɑmɾe ʕæbdelˈbɑːsetˤ ʕæbdelʕæˈziːz deˈjæːb], born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer and actor. He has established himself as a globally acclaimed recording artist and author.
He is a Guinness World Record holder, the best selling Middle Eastern artist, a seven-times winner of World Music Awards and five-times winner of Platinum Records. Named the “King of Arabic Pop”, Rolling Stone ranked his song “Tamally Maak” first on their list of the “50 Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century”.

Diab was born as Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab on 11 October 1961 in Port Said to a middle-class Egyptian Muslim family from the Nile Delta countryside of Menia Elamh in Sharqia Governorate. Diab graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music from the Cairo Academy of Arts in 1986.

Diab released his first album entitled Ya Tareeq (Oh Road) in 1983. Diab’s second album, Ghanny Men Albak (Sing from your heart) (1984), was the first of a series of records he released with Delta Sound; including Hala Hala (1986), Khalseen (We’re finished) (1987)…