
Person
Abdel Halim Hafez
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 21, 1929
- Died
- Mar 30, 1977
- From
- Al-Helwat, Al-Sharkia, Egypt
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 music for school children in Tanta, Zagazeeg and finally Cairo. In 1959, he resigned and joined the Cairo Radio Orchestra as an oboe player. His first radio broadcast song was “Lekaa". His first appearance on the silver screen was in “Lahn Al-Wafaa”. Abdul Haleem joined “Sawt al-Fann” production company, with the world famous composer Abdul Wahhaab and director of photography Waheed Fareed, which produced a great number of films and audio works. His acting was characterized with simplicity and spontaneity. Haleem did not only sing in Egypt, but also in all of the Arab countries and some European countries. Almost all of the composers of the Arab world composed the music of his songs. His patriotic songs outnumbered 300 songs and poems. All the Arab audiences still remember some of his famous scenes on the silver screen. Abdel Halim never married, yet rumors say that he was married to superstar Soaad Hosny.
Images
Credits

Our Best Days

Idol of the Masses

Days and Nights

My Father Is on the Tree

The Love Street

Appointment with Love

The Empty Pillow

A Day of My Life

Ismail Yassine Is A Military Policeman

The Girls in Summer

Alkhataya

Girls of Today

The Man of My Dreams

Melody of Devotion

The Farewell Song

Nights of Love

Adham Al-Sharqawi

Love Story