Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)
Mohamed Abdel Wahab (Arabic: محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated Mohamed Abd El-Wahhab (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic and Egyptian patriotic songs.
He was known for his Egyptian nationalist and revolutionary songs like "Ya Masr tam El-Hanna" (Oh Egypt, happiness is here), "Hay Ala El-Falah" (The call of duty), "El Watan El Akbar", "Masr Nadetna falbena El-nedaa" (Egypt has called us and indeed we answered the call), "Oulo le Masr" (Tell Egypt), "Hob El-watan Fard Alyi", "Sout El-Gamaheer", "Ya Nessmet El-Horria" (The breeze of Freedom), "Sawae'd men Beladi".
He also contributed and composed the national anthems of Tunisia, "Humat al-Hima", The United Arab Emirates, "Īsiy Bilādī", and "Libya" which was from 1951 to 1969 and again since 2011.
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