Gultrah Sound System

Gultrah Sound System est un groupe de reggae tunisien fondé en 2006 par Halim Yousfi (guitare, chant) Wissem Ziadi (violon, choeur) et Malek Ben Halim (percussions,choeur). Ils commencent alors une série de concerts à Tunis mais aussi à Bruxelles en 2009 avec les musiciens de l'époque durant trois ans.

Parallèlement, le groupe enregistre en 2008 une démo intitulée "Jazz fi zzenga", référence à l'origine de la fondation du groupe.

Le groupe est en perpétuelle recherche de nouveaux sons et explore de multiples genres comme le rap, le funk l'afroBeat, roots, raggae, ska... Ainsi, Gultrah Sound System dépasse les frontières du reggae en s'ouvrant à d'autres influences en intégrant notamment la formation Old School composée de Paza Man et Black Na, deux rappeurs à l'empreinte musicale raggae-rap. Le retour sur scène est annoncé en 2012 avec l'arrivée de nouveaux membres permanents : Amine Nouri (batterie, percussions,chant), Chiheb Ben Lakhel (guitare), Mourad Majoul (guitare), Tareq Maaroufi (batterie,
percussions et chant), et Kais Fenni (Basse).





  Gultrah Sound System - some songs

 

01 lamb 
02 Elli Tchelou
03 3iche tchouf
04 Goulouli
05 Lambs
06 Bled a5ér zman
07 Dada aicha
08 Meyla
09 Chkoun kan ygoul
10 One Day
11 Downpressor 
12 A7kili 3lech
13 systeme felet

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Marc Codsi

 

Marc Codsi is a main actor in the development of the Lebanese musical scene. He started as a guitar player for 6 years and 5 albums with post rock band Scrambled eggs, then played with different ensembles within the Lebanese Free Improvisation scene before creating and developing successful pop duo Lumi which released the album "Two tears in Water "(virgin records) . In 2010 "Faded Postcards " his first recorded solo work was released . The album is an exploration of time, an immersion into forgotten moments and places. It opens up with an 11 minute (almost) intrumental track. The outcome is a dark post-rock album driven by drone guitars.
Many collaborations followed mainly with Zeid Hamdan, Yasmine Hamdan and with different cinematographers.
In 2013 the second solo Album  "Works and Coincidences" is being released.




 
Interview with Marc Codsi

 It seems you’ve done a lot of stuff. You started with Scrambled Eggs, mixed for Mashrou’ Leila, Lumi, played in Zeid and the Wings and Lumi, did a few soundtracks, and you also have a solo album, Faded Postcards. What is your musical background, and who are/were your influences?
 
My musical career started with the punk band Scrambled Eggs – a great school and ‘laboratory’ for me. I remember that at some point, we used to play whole concerts improvised, and I didn’t have my guitar tuned for six months. It was my experimental phase, and I was also doing a lot of things with people in our small but talented experimental scene in Lebanon, with whom I united for a festival called Irtijal.
 Later, I sought to develop more of a ‘song’ approach to music, and that’s when I created the band Lumi with the singer Mayaline Hage. Back then, it was more pop and electro-oriented, and we had some mainstream success. After two albums and a lot of touring, I decided to work on a more personal and intimate project, which then became Faded Postcards, released under my own name, for the first time.
As well, I was having fun here and there playing guitar with my friend and fellow musician Zeid Hamdan, and remixing Arabic songs. Lately, though, I’ve been more involved with cinema and soundtracks. I co-composed the soundtrack of Danielle Arbid’s film Beirut Hotel with Zeid Hamdan – which was later banned in Lebanon – and just recently, I co-worked on a song with Yasmine Hamdan (of Soap Kills) for a film by Jim Jarmusch. I hope to release my second solo album soon – it’s almost finished.

You worked on the soundtracks to two Lebanese films by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige – A Perfect Day (2005) and Je Veux Voir (2008) – that attempt to tackle the absence of the memory of war in Lebanon, which is quite a thorny issue. What can you tell us about your participation in these projects?

Indeed, memory plays a very important role in contemporary Lebanese art in general. This is obvious, because of our recent history, as well as the fact that we all come from the war generation. Also, the collective re-working of the history of the Civil War – something which usually takes place after such dramatic events – had not yet taken place before those films.
For those two movies, the directors asked Scrambled Eggs to write some music based on the images they had, and the music was mostly composed based on a series of improvisations. Hadjithomas and Joreige recognised in our music something of the essence of Beirut they were after, and I think it worked out pretty well.

Your solo album, Faded Postcards was released in 2010 under your own label. The album is a truly experimental work suggesting a complicated relationship with memory, and seems to build upon fragments – or rather, postcards. What led you to produce this album, and what was the creative process like?

Faded Postcards was like a collection of tunes, which were composed at different moments, yet all had in common the expression – or the attempt – to express one thing, albeit seen from different perspectives. I wanted to explore the essence of a certain inner feeling that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I tried to venture as deep as I could inside myself, with the belief that the more you ‘touch’ your own specific individuality, the more you can reach a certain universality. I was very happy afterwards, when people told me that they were touched by the music, because it meant to them the same things I felt. It was something that everybody could relate to, on different levels.

In 2008, you formed Lumi with Mayaline Hage, and released the album, Two Tears in Water. This was during perhaps one of the most difficult times in Beirut’s recent history, with the airport closing during May, as gun battles took to the streets, preventing you from travelling to Dubai for a gig. I particularly enjoyed the number, Not Our War – what was this album all about?

Two Tears in Water was meant to be the expression of a sparkling, dynamic, chaotic, and yet falsely naïve Lebanese lifestyle. At the same time, it’s a cult and criticism of our social life. Somehow it’s an ‘anti-memory’ album, as we were sick of the old patterns of history, with its wars and everything else. What we wanted to express was something more positive and more in touch with us – the young generation – and our lifestyle, as well as what was happening with respect to nightlife in Beirut. Accordingly, the album was very upbeat and ‘glamorous’, except for the number you mentioned – Not Our War – which was actually written in 2006 during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The song was recorded while planes were flying overhead, shooting and pulverising a neighbourhood two kilometres away from where I live. It was a spontaneous call.

You’re working on a new solo album, due to be released this October. What can you tell us about this new project?
It’s the continuation of Faded Postcards. Somehow, it still has the same spirit, although it’s conveyed in a different way. There is more composition involved, and more instruments – especially the piano that imposed itself naturally in the album. I think composing for cinema has perhaps influenced me, because I feel that the music has a strong visual impact. I also moved to Montreal a year ago, as I needed some calm and concentration – which is really hard to find in Beirut – and in that sense, it’s the album of an émigré.

There is a lot of talk in the international art scene about the Lebanese ‘Underground’, which came into being after the end of the Civil War (if there was such an end), although few actually know what it is. I myself write about Lebanese art, so I’m fully aware about this non-descript place. You have played a role in this underground scene – what on earth is it all about?
I don’t know – a certain label that is good for export? The funny thing is that Beirut is a small city, and small scene where everybody knows everybody else, as well as what everyone is doing. It’s pretty easy for any piece of art to reach a certain degree of attention, especially because the usual filters of art – critics, managers, and labels – don’t really exist, or work properly. Therefore, it’s not an underground scene, but more like a local scene that thinks of itself as the centre of the world.

Lebanon has to be one of the world’s most improbable places – devoid of a national ‘project’, split between cultures and conflicts, resilient in one way, driven to despair in others, humorously sparkling, yet melancholy and sardonic. How does contemporary music in Lebanon reflect on this?

Contemporary music from Lebanon reflects pretty well on this, I think, by being the mirror image of the society embodying all you’ve described – all those conflicts between the past and the future, East and West, ecstasy and despair, hope and resilience, etc. We’re a pretty extreme society, so whatever we do or express is done to the extreme.

This weekend, for example, in the neighbourhood where I live – Achrafieh – they implemented for the first time a no car zone. For twelve hours, no cars can drive in this big, crowded neighbourhood, so that people can enjoy walking their dogs, discovering the architecture of old houses, biking in clean, empty streets, and so on, while only an hour’s drive away, people are shooting each other because they’ve decided they don’t like each other, or are from different sects! That in itself is contemporary art to me. We are a big piece of contemporary art, whether that be good or bad art.

As Romain Rolland famously remarked, ‘Art is a great consolation to the individual, but it is useless against history’. It is perhaps true that music, like all art, can bring about no revolutions and cannot stop any wars – although I refuse to think of art merely as a consolation. What are your views on this? What is your music intended to ‘achieve’?

I’m not sure I agree. Music, likes sport, can create bridges between people who think they have nothing in common. I often receive messages of praise from young people in Israel, for example, who have fallen in love with Lebanese music, and identify with it – how could they not? Those people might think twice before shooting into a Lebanese village when it will be their turn to shoot. That in itself is a victory.

In speaking with Marc Codsi, a steeper edge to the music scene in Beirut is revealed that finds itself not in sweet melancholy sounds from other ages or in bitter lamentations, but rather somewhere in between. It is architecturally impure, and more interesting than beautiful, causing it to become beautiful in the end – not by parallels, but by extravaganza.
Perhaps the terms ‘abstract’ or ‘experimental music’ are a bit exaggerated for the sounds coming out of the noise of an improbable history, and the possibilities afforded by this music do more than please or entertain; they’re fabulations. Sarah Kofman, the late French philosopher, expresses this feeling much better than I do, though, when she says that ‘There is no art, strictly speaking, without intoxication, without an overflow of life that becomes creative by spilling its excess of life into the universe’.


Interview published by web magazine Reorient edited by Arie Amaya-Akkermans 


Marc Codsi, interview + live performance (30 August 10)

Lebanese musician Marc Codsi (Zeid & The Wings, The Incompetents, Lumi, ex-Scrambled Eggs) caught on Ruptures, for an interview and improvised live performance.

Listen: Track 01 + Track 02

Track listing: Scrambled Eggs / Marc Codsi / Lumi / RGB / Zeid & The Wings / My Bloody Valentine / Jacques Brel

(source :   http://rupturedonline.com)


Marc Codsi – Faded Postcard



01  Faded Postcard 1 [ Features Scrambled Eggs ]
02  The Wolf That Got Me
03  What If We Were The One
04  Winter
05  Offensez Mimsez
06   1979
07  Take Me Where I Want To Be Final
08   A White Rabbit In A Hole
09   Piano Part 2
10  When I Was Young

HERE
 

Marc Codsi - Works and Coincidences

1.Ouverture 
2 Piano Work 1 
3.Fugue 1 
4.Piano Work 29 
5.Sonate for Guitar 
6.Sarabande 
7.Piano Work 31 
8.Piano Work 19 
9.Siren Song 
10.Fugue 2 
11.Villa Mona
12.Fermeture

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MWR

 

In 1999, after years of friendship, four young Palestinians, living in Akka, Palestine, joined
together and formed one of the first Arab hip hop groups: MWR. Mahmoud, Waseem, Richi
and Charlie (dj Chuck) do not mince words. Their lyrics speak to their unique experience as
Palestinians living within the borders of Israel. Essentially they live as third class citizens in
their own homeland. Typical to young people all over the world, American hip-hop has been a
great influence on the group's music, as has its Algerian counterparts. MWR uses music both
as an effective method of self-expression as well as a tool to draw attention to the plight of
the Palestinians. Rapping almost entirely in Arabic, they sing about racism, poverty, drugs,
the Israeli occupation, and the lack of support from the Arab governments. Their political
focus and sharp, often biting lyrics, combined with strong hip-hop beats and an unforgettable
stage presence, have earned them fans around the world.
"Because I'm an Arab" topped the charts for two weeks on a Haifa radio station, and MWR
was named band of the year. The group has appeared on CNN, MTV EUROPE, and other
television networks worldwide. Most recently, they performed in France. This was, in fact,
their first trip outside of the country. Additionally they have appeared throughout Palestine -
their performance at a rap festival in Nazareth last year drew thousands of people. For more
info on the band, as well as links to some of their press, and songs you can download, go to
FB.Com/Mwr.Palestine .
A broad coalition of U.S. community, social activism and artist groups have collaborated to
bring MWR to the country. We see this as an opportunity to build bridges between
communities of resistance, and to bring energy and inspiration to these movements. As far as
we know, this is the first time a Palestinian hip hop group has toured the US.


MWR Greatest Hits - Because I'm an Arab


 

01 - Eftho Al Bwab (Open Doors). 
02 - Horeya Ma'meye (Blind Liberty) By Mahmood Shalabi.
03 - Abiad (Drugs).
04 - Sa7Se7 (Wake Up) By Waseem Akar.
05 - Ya Shabi (My People).
06 - Aref Nafsak (Identify Yourself) Featuring DAM 'Da Arabian MCs' .
07 - Ya Yoma (Mom).
08 - Ashanena Arab (Because We are Arabs). 
09 - Efham (Understand) By Mahmood Shalabi.
10 - Besam Al Rap (Name Of Rap) Featuring SAZ, WE7, DAM, Abeer, Arapeyat, khalifa E, North life.
11 - Masari (Money).
12 - Malaki (My Angel) By Waseem Akar Featuring Suhiel Fodi.
13 - Karakeeb (Untidy).
14 - YaMashAllah (God wills).
15 - Akka #1 (Acre Number One) By Waseem Akar.
 16 - Al Nasheed (The Anthem) Mahmood Shalabi Featuring DAM, Arapeyat, Abeer, WE7 & PR.
17 - Orobetna Bkhatar (Arabs in danger).
18 - Gazwa Harfeya (Lyrical Invasion) By Mahmood Shalabi Featuring Tamer Nafar & SAZ.
19 - Moshkeletna (Our problem) By Waseem Akar.
20 - Shou El Far2 (The difference) By Richard Savo.
21 - Law Kan Beade (If I Had) By Waseem Akar Featuring WE7.
22 - Ashanak Arabi (Because I'm an Arab).



 HERE

 
                          Because I'm an Arab  (translated lyrics)


"Why are we living in a time without happiness and hope?
when you're looking for a job they gonna fire you
they turn you down and say you're not qualified
and why? 'cause you're an Arab!
wherever you go they want you to show your ID -
without cause
why can't we be equal
why are we not treated as humans?
instead of setting free the most beautiful doves of peace
they invent effective devices to kill
instead of looking for a way to peace
they ask why the youth is wasted
why are we living in a time without happiness and hope?
A policeman sees me, immediately arrests me, asks me
some racist questions, and why? Because I'm an Arab."
Let me live. I'm just trying to live."




Many thanks to Mik Eraif, group manager MWR, for the kindness and courtesy.

Shik Shak Shok - lebanon 1972-85 Psychedelic Music For Belly Dance

A1. Elias Rabhani - Hey Dabke!
A2. Hassan Abou Seoud - Shik Shak Shok
A3. Ishan Al-Munzer - Shish Kebab
A4. Matar Mohamed - Lamma Yee Gheeb El Gamar
A5. Omar Khorshid - Laylet Hob
B1. Daniel Der Sahakian - Raksat Baladi
B2. Farid Elatrache - Hebina Hebina
B3. Nicolas Dick - Aziza

HERE
or
HERE 

 

Arab tunes mixtape # 13 - Here and Now: The state of hip hop in the Middle East

Explicit Thoughts from the Middle East. Rulers beware !!!
Ideas, words, hopes, frustrations and struggles of a new generation of Arabs who think. Art?? of course!

Dedicated to Giulio, who has just turned 18 years old.

 

 
01 El Far3i - Mukawamah Madaniyyah  ( Jordan)
02 MC Amin - Morsi Fel Kolub (Egypt)
03 Asifeh - Ramadi (Palestine)
04 Hamorabi 13th Imam (feat. boikutt) - Bou7ayrat Tabarraya (Lebanon/Palestine)
05 Krist Nir feat. Pinar -the Zionist entity  ( Jordan)
06 El Rass- Dar el Falak  (Lebanon)
07 Abyusif - Hard Luck (Egypt)
 08 Maqdsi - Wake up !! (Palestine)
09 Deeb - tuyur muhagira (Egypt)
10 Katibe 5 - Fy waja3 al layla (Lebanon- Palestinian refugees)
11 Satti & DJ Stickfiggr - Talakat ( Jordan)  
12 Beatoven Feat. Boikutt  - Falstaf  (Palestine)
13 Arabian Knightz - Ehna AL Hokooma (Egypt)
14 McKaied - Daye3 (Palestine)
15 SeVeN-R feat. Mc Mode -Technocracy (Lebanon)
16 Amer AL-Taher - Ghayru Qabilan liltaqyym ( Jordan)

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Arab tunes mixtape # 13 - Here and Now: The state of hip hop in the Middle East from lazyproduction on 8tracks Radio.

Arabian Knightz الفرسان العرب

Egypt, modern land of revolution for peace and empowerment.

In the midst of a murderous political regime, the youth of Egypt adopted hip hop as their voice of resistance. Arabian Knightz, the premier hip hop group from the land of the Nile River and the Pyramids of Giza, have not only established themselves as the lyricists with the sharpest swords in their land, but they also created the most consistently original sound of any Egyptian crew to pick up the mic, a voice for rebellion, strength and hope for the youth of the Middle East.

Arabian Knightz banded together in 2006 through the emcee cipher, hip hop’s natural way of choosing like mindsets on the mic. Rush, Sphinx and E-Money were ahead of their peers, adapting an authentic Arab perspective to the art dominated by Western voices, mixing English and Arabic raps to exemplify their versatility and universality.

After hitting the studio for a few underground tracks and gaining a viral following, AK enlisted super-producer Fredwreck (Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Tha Dogg Pound), an early believer in not only the group but also the entire movement of hip hop in the Middle East. “Fokkak”, the single from this studio session, was an instant hit and projected them to the top ten of the singles charts.

Arab League Records was formed amidst a growing fanbase and numerous collaborations with other Arab hip hop artists, the first international Arab hip hop record label. Desert Saga Volume 1 mixtape was the debut release, led by the “The One”, featuring an amazing Arabic verse from Egypt’s MC Amin, a song and video that has become an international underground favorite.

Arabian Knightz have recorded their debut album, Uknighted State of Arabia, a masterpiece for Arab hip hop years in the making, featuring instrumentals dominated by traditional percussions and players, the first album of its kind. AK have recently released the singles “New Day”, “Knightmarez” and “Desert Queen” featuring Khaled Seleem, as well as collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Steele of Smif n Wesson.

In 2012, Arabian Knightz will break through to the world with the highly anticipated release of Uknighted State of Arabia, touring the globe with their message of peace, empowerment and unity. The revolutionary movement has swept through the Middle East and North Africa and the time for their message is right, a youth movement through hip hop creating a new future against terror and oppression. 

(Source : www.facebook.com/ARABIANKNIGHTZ.AK/info) 

Desert Saga Mixtape Vol. 1 

 

1 Desert Saga Show Intro
2 Da Knightz
3 The One (Sphinx, MC Amin, Rush, E Money)
4 Electric Chair (Rush, E Money, Sphinx, MC Amin)
5 La ILAHA ILLA ALLAH (MC Amin, Rush, Yasser, Miss Raw)
6 Rakkez Efham Esma3 (MC Amin, E Money, Yasser, Gad)
7 Gladiatorz (Rush, Yasser, 4Fifth, E Money, MC Amin, Deeb)
8 Velocity (MC Amin, E Money, Rush, Niz-R, Yasser, Gad, Deeb, Sphinx)
9 Betrayal (Rush, MC Amin, 4Fifth)
10 3edeeny (Promise) (Rush, MC Amin)
11 Da Beast (MC Amin, Rush)
12 Follow Me (E Money, MC Amin)
13 Wa7ed (MC Amin, E Money)
14 Zai El Matar (Like Rain) (Rush, Yasser)
15 Batal Kesset 7ayato (Deeb, Rush, Yasser)
16 Gazzeh (Rami, Rush, Tamer)
17 AAKKAAAAYYYYY (Arabian Knightz)

HERE


Arabian Knightz -Uknighted State of Arabia





1 The Beginning (feat. Saif Essam)
2 Arab
3 Ya Nas (feat. Mahmoud El Lethy)
4 Al Donia Mooled (feat. Mahmoud El Lethy)
5 Min Tani (feat. Latifa)
6 Domoaa Al Madina (feat. MC Amin, Lana)
7 Sisters (feat. Isam Bachiri, Shadia Mansour)
8 Fokkak (feat. Lana, Hossam L Hossainy)
9 My Time (feat. Cilvaringz, Lana S.)
10 Ya Hala Tara (feat. Walaa Sbeit)
11 Es'ha (feat. MC Amin)
12 Donia (feat. Magdy el Hossainy, Amir, Hossam L Hossainy, Nihal Ambar)
13 Ya Allah (feat. Hossam L Hossainy)
14 Behlam Beek (feat. Amir)
15 Prisoner(feat. Shadia Mansour)
16 Wounds of Sorrow (feat. Sofia Baig) 
17 Uknighted

 HERE


  



Arabian Knightz - Singles & other songs

 

 
01 New day

02 Rebel (Prod. Iron Curtain) feat. Lauryn Hill

03 Cairo
04 Ehna AL Hokooma 

05 Wake Up

06Ayykaay

07 El Hayah Law

08 Knightz Rain

09 Mind Right

10 Nosi El Mafkoud

11 Onshodet El Soyof

12 Twice As Strong

13 Noo

HERE

 

Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Selected discography (Reloaded & Revisited)

Mohamed Mounir (born October 10, 1954) is a popular Egyptian singer and actor. He is one of the best-known musicians, both in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, with a musical career spanning more than three decades. He incorporates various genres into his music, including classical Arabic Music, Nubian music, blues, jazz and reggae. His lyrics are noted both for their philosophical content and for their passionate social and political commentary. He is affectionately known by his fans as “The King” in reference to his album and play "El Malek Howa El Malek" (The King is The King).


Born into a Nubian family in Aswan, Mounir spent most of his early childhood in the village of Manshyat Al Nubia, where he shared his father's interests in both music and politics. As a teenager, he and his family were forced to relocate to Cairo when his village was lost in the floods that followed the construction of the Aswan Dam. It was here that he studied photography at the Faculty of Applied Arts at Helwan University. During this period, he would often sing for friends and family at social gatherings. His singing voice was noticed by the lyricist Abdel-Rehim Mansour, who would go on to introduce Mounir to the renowned folk singer Ahmed Mounib.

Following his graduation, he was called up for military service in 1974, during which he continued his professional musical career by performing in various concerts. He performed his first such concert in 1975. Although the public were initially critical of Mounir for performing in casual attire at a time where Arab singers were expected to wear suits, they eventually warmed to his laidback image.

After completing his military service, Mounir released his 1977 debut solo album "Alemony Eneeki" on the Sonar record label. Mounir went on to release 5 more consecutive official albums and featured on one soundtrack album under the Sonar label. To date, Mounir has released a total 20 official albums and featured on 6 soundtrack albums under a number of different record labels.

Mounir’s single “Maddad” from this album caused controversy, as its lyrics could be interpreted as a call for intercession from the prophet Muhammad. Amongst Muslims, there are differing views as to whether the prophet can provide intercession between Allah and his believers. This resulted in the music video being banned from Egyptian television for a time. Mounir responded by saying "it is this fight against rigid thought that makes something out of you".

On his 2003 follow up album "Ahmar Shafayef" (Lipstick), he returned to his more familiar style of mainly secular lyrics. In the summer of 2003, following the release of his album Mounir toured Austria, Germany and Switzerland alongside the Austrian pop musician Hubert von Goisern, and later that year the duo performed a concert in Asyut.

In May 2004, he held a large concert at the pyramids, during which he was physically attacked by a drunken fan. Despite sustaining minor injuries, he continued his performance until the end of the concert.

He continued his trend of releasing secular albums infused with social commentary with the release of his 2005 album “Embareh Kan Omry Eshren” (Yesterday I Was Twenty), album "Ta'm El Beyout" (Taste of Homes), released in 2008. Ta'm El Beyout was noted for its creativity but initially did not perform as well as expected in terms of album sales. In 2012, Mounir released his latest album "Ya Ahl El Arab we Tarab".

In 2008, Mounir postponed his New Year's Eve concert at Cairo Opera House in solidarity with the Palestinians suffering the effects of the Gaza War. He issued the statement: "delaying the concert is a message sent to the whole world, so that it would move forward and help the people in Gaza."

He headlined the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival 2010 on the 9th July at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

As well as his singing career, Mounir also has an active acting career. Throughout his career he has appeared in 12 movies, 3 television series and 3 plays .

His movie career began in 1982, when he acted in and featured on the soundtrack album Youssef Chahine film “'Hadouta Masreia” (An Egyptian Story).
In 1997 he played the role of the bard in the Youssef Chahine French-Egyptian historical drama “Al Maseer” (Destiny), which screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Mounir played the part of the blind poetry professor “Bashir” in the controversial 2005 film "Dunia". The movie is centered around the title character Dunia, a belly dancer and poet played by Egyptian actress Hanan Tork. When the film aired at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival, it left the audience split between those supporting the film’s calls for intellectual freedom and its anti-female circumcision stance, and those disapproved of either the title character’s desire to physically express herself through dance, or of the filming of scenes in the Cairo’s slums which could be seen to tarnish Egypt's international image.



(Source : Wikipedia) 

محمد منير


شهرته الكينج أو الملـــك


من مواليد (10 أكتوبر 1954 )


مطرب مصري يُعرف بموسيقاه التي يخلط فيها الجاز بالسلم الخماسي النوبي، وكلمات أغانيه العميقة، وأسلوب أدائه ومظهره غير الملتزم بتقاليد الطرب والمطربين، وبخاصة شعره النامي المفلفل بفوضى وطريقة إمساكه بالميكروفون ووقوفه وحركاته العصبية الغريبة أثناء الغناء. ومنير أيضا ممثل ودفّاف.



اسمه بالكامل محمد منير أبا زيد جبريل متولي من مواليد قرية الدر القديمة في النوبة بأسوان.


تلقى منير تعليمه المبكر وقضى فترة الصبا في أسوان قبل أن يهاجر مع أسرته للعاصمة بعد غرق قرى النوبة تحت مياه بحيرة ناصر التي خلفها السد العالي، في أوائل السبعينيات. أحب ممارسة الغناء كهاوٍِ منذ الصغر وكان يغني لرفاقه في الجيشتخرج في قسم الفوتوغرافيا والسينما والتليفزيون من كلية الفنون التطبيقية جامعة حلوان.
وأثناء أو بعد دراسته استمع إليه زكي مراد الشيوعي النوبي فأوصى عبد الرحيم منصور، الشاعر المعروف آنذاك بالاستماع إليه، وكبرت الدائرة لتشمل أحمد منيب الذي لم يكن أحد قد سمع به، فأخذ في تدريب منير على أداء ألحانه وألحان غيره النوبية، ثم بدآ في الاستعانة بكلمات معارفهم من الشعراء عبد الرحيم منصور وفؤاد حداد.

الاحتراف

كانت البداية الحقيقية بانضمام الموسيقيّ هاني شنودة الذي أضاف للمجموعة كثيرا، بألحانه وتوزيعاته غربية الطابع، بل إنه جلب أعضاء فرقته الحديثة وقتها فرقة المصريين ليرددوا ويعزفوا أغاني الألبوم الأول الذي لم يصادفه النجاح.


وتلا ذلك ألبوم من إنتاج نفس الشركة التي اقتنعت بتلك المجموعة، والتي أتى شنودة إليها بيحيى خليل وفرقته، فنجح الألبوم وتبعته نجاحات متتالية في ألبومات نتاج لتعاون كامل مع فرقة يحيى خليل وملحنين وكتاب شباب وكبار، وتنوعت التجارب وأثراها اتجاه منير للدراما، وإشراك فرق غربية أيضا، والغناء بلهجات شامية وسودانية وجزائرية في خضم ما عرف بموسيقى الجيل وخلطها بين القوالب.

وقد فاز الفنان محمد منير بجائزة أفضل مطرب في مسابقة MEMA يوليو 2008.السمات الفنية

عرف منير بأدائه التلقائي والخارج عن آداب الأداء المعروفة للمصريين، فلم يشاهد في بدلة أو ثابتا أمام الميكروفون، وحركاته العصبية، ولهجته الهجين بين القاهرية والأسوانية، كما أن ارتباطه بأشعار الصف الأول من شعراء العامية المصرية وقوامها المغايرة الخالية من النبرة الرومانتيكية التي سادت منذ أواخر القرن التاسع عشر وموسيقاه المنفصلة عن الطرب الكلاسيكي، جعل الكثيرين ينكرونه ولكنه في المقابل أعجب الشباب بل وجمهور المهرجانات، وأطلق عليه محبوه في مصر "الملك" تيمنا باسم ألبومه السياسي الشهير. وقد استطاع منير أن يحطم في التسعينيات صورته كمغن للمثقفين، وصار من المألوف أن تسمعه في الشارع.ألقابه

من الألقاب التي أطلقت على محمد منير لقب "الملك " نظراً لتمثيله في مسرحية الملك هو الملك من تأليف الأديب السورى العظيم سعد الله ونوس وإصداره لألبوم يحمل نفس الاسم ويضم أغنياته التي غناها خلال هذه المسرحية السياسية وملك الغناء (جوهره مصر السمراء - صوت مصر - ابن النيل - وحدوتة مصرية ومطرب الثوره)

أعماله



أبرز اعماله على الإطلاق هي غنائه لمقدمة ونهاية المسلسل الكرتونى المصري الشهير ((بكار)) حيث حقق بغنائه لتترى البدايه والنهايه نجاحا كبيرا في مختلف الأوساط والأعمار، داخل مصر وبجميع الدول العربيه.الألبومات
بنتولد 1978
علموني عنيكي 1977
شبابيك 1981 وحقق مبيعات هائلة
أتكلمي 1983
بريء 1986
وسط الدايرة 1987
شوكولاتة 1989 وصور من الألبوم أغنية برة الشبابيكيا
إسكندرية 1990
مشوار 1991
إعادة توزيع لأغانى من أول خمس ألبومات
أسامينا 1991 إنتاج ريلاكس إن
الطول واللون والحرية 1992وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية الطول واللون والحرية
أفتح قلبك 1994 وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية لو بطلنا نحلم، يابا يابا، ياهل ترى، افتح قلبك ممكن 1995
من أول لمسة1996
الفرحة 1999 وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية سيا سيا
في عشق البنات 2000 إنتاج فرى ميوزيك، وحقق مبيعات هائلة، وصور منه أغنيه أنا بعشق البحر
أنا قلبي مساكن شعبية 2001 إنتاج فرى ميوزيك ،وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية سو ياسو الأرض..
السلام 2002 أشتهر باسم "مدد"إنتاج أفريكانا، وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية مدد يارسول الله
أحمر شفايف 2003 إنتاج أفريكانا، وصور من هذا البوم أغنية اقرار
حواديت 2004
إمبارح كان عمري عشرين 2005 إنتاج وتوزيع شركة ميراج، وصور من هذا الألبوم أغنية ويلى وصوتك
طعم البيوت 2008 إنتاج أفريكانا، وصور من هذا الالبوم " كان فاضل "و "نيجريبيه"
رباعيات في حب الله 2009 إنتاج أرابيكا ميوزيك - لبنان،
ألبومات الموسيقى التصويرية
حدوتة مصرية 1982
الملك هو الملك 1988
أغانى مسرحية الملك هو الملك
مقدرش 1988
المصير 1997
أغانى وموسيقى فيلم المصير
حبيبتي 1998
أغاني مسلسل جمهورية زفتي
دنيا 2007 أغاني فيلم دنيا
يا اهل العرب والطرب 2012
الافلام

حدوته مصرية


المصير


يوم حلو ويوم مر


ليه يا هرم


اشتباه


شباب ع كف عفريت


اليوم السادس


دنيا


مفيش غير كده


المسرحيات

الملك هو الملك عرضت أول مرة عام 1988 في الإسكندرية، ثم أعيد عرضها عام 2006
ملك الشحاتين مساء الخير يا مصر

الانجازات
منير كان أول مطرب يمزج بين الموسيقى الإلكتريك والمقسوم، في جمل موسيقية كاملة وليس (كوردات) فقط، في أغنية "الليلة يا سمرة".
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يدمج موسيقى الراب مع الإيقاع النوبي، في أغنية "سيا سيا" وأيضاً في آخر كوبليه من أغنية "افتح قلبك" نجد موسيقاه يميل لموسيقى الراب.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقوم بتنفيذ موسيقى عالمية world music في ألبوم "وسط الدايرة".
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يحتك بالغرب موسيقياً بأسلوب مباشر، من خلال سفره لألمانيا عام 1986 وغنائه مع فرق موسيقية هناك.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يستخدم صوت الـDistortion في الإلكتريك جيتار. في ألبوم "وسط الدايرة"، وتحديدا في أغنية "الناس نامت".
منير كان أول مطرب مصري قدم (صولو) باص جيتار وبيركشنز، في أغنية "نلضم أسامينا" بألبوم "اتكلمي" عام 1983.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم موسيقى "الجاز" و"الفانك" في أغنية "كريشندو" (قد وقد) من ألبوم "شبابيك"، وبها صولوهات درامز أول من قدمها من تنفيذ فرقة يحيى خليل، ولم تشهد الموسيقى العربية تجارب مشابهة تقريبا، حتى أعاد منير تقديم هذا اللون من الموسيقى مرة أخرى في ألبومه الأخير "طعم البيوت"، وتحديدا في أغنية "مش محتاج أتوب" لكن بروح 2008.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم أغنية برتم (tempo) سريع، وهى أغنية "حكمة الأقدار"، في ألبوم "وسط الدايرة" عام 1987، وبها أسرع صولوهات معزوفة باحتراف، وهى صولوهات آلات النفخ والإلكتريك.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يسمعنا في أغنية واحدة أصوات آلات "العود" و"الاكتربك" و"الدف" بصولوهات في أغنية "الناس نامت" في ألبوم "وسط الدايرة".
الأهم من كل هذا، أن منير كان وسيظل حالة متفردة، لم يعرفها الوسط الفني، فالعلاقة بينه وبين جمهوره ليست علاقة بين مطرب ومعجبيه، وإنما علاقة عشق صوفي منير عشق جمهوره فتوجوه ملكا على قلوبهم.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يعيد توزيع أغانيه في ألبوم "مشوار" عام 1992.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم قالب موسيقى "روك" في أغاني "جننى طول البعاد" و"هيه" ممزوجة بإيقاع "نوبي" لنستمع في النهاية لموسيقى جديدة مميزة.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم موسيقى "الريجي" في أغنية "شتا" وأغنية "يا بنت ياللي" في ألبوم "ممكن" عام 1995.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم ألبوما كاملا يضم عشرة أغاني، مدتها تتراوح بين 3 دقائق و6 دقائق، بأرتام سريعة.
منير أول مطرب مصري يشارك في افتتاح بطولة عالمية خارج مصر، بالغناء في دورة ألعاب البحر المتوسط بفرنسا عام 1993، وقدم فيها أغنية "وسط الدايرة".
منير المطرب المصري الوحيد الذي قدم أعمالا من تراث أكثر من دولة عربية:

- تونسي: "تحت الياسمينة". - مغربي: "حكمت الأقدار". - أردني: "يا طير يا طاير". - نوبي "الله لون ونعناع الجنينة وويلي". - سوداني: "وسط الدايرة ومساكن شعبية".منير كان أول مطرب مصري يغنى لفلسطين والانتفاضة أغنية "القدس" في ألبوم "بريء" عام 1986.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يغنى للبنان، وبطلة الجنوب اللبناني الشهيدة سناء المحيدلي، في أغنية "أتحدى لياليك" في ألبوم "وسط الدايرة" عام 1987.
منير أكثر مطرب مصري استخدم أصوات الإلكتريك جيتار والكيببوردز في أغاني: "أشكى لمين" و"الليلة يا سمرة" و"يا مراكبي" و"قلب الوطن مجروح" و"نلضم أسامينا" و"جننى طول البعاد" و"افتح قلبك"، وكان أول من استخدم تلك الأصوات بأغانيه.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم ألبوم ديني كامل، يضم موسيقى فريدة وجديدة تجمع بين الموسيقى الصوفية والرتم النوبي والبوب الغربي، وهو ما قدمه في ألبوم "الأرض والسلام" عام 2003.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يغير توزيعات وصولوهات ورتم أغانيه عند تقديمها "لايف" في حفلاته، مثل أغاني: "حتى حتى، وعلى صوتك وشتا والكون كله بيدور وأشكي لمين ونعناع الجنينة وعروسة النيل ويا أنا والمريلة الكحلي والرزق على الله وشمندورة"، فنجن نسمع أغاني منير في الحفلات بصولوهات وتوزيعات غير الموجودة بالكاسيت.
منير أول مطرب مصري يغنى لمدة ساعتين متواصلتين أغاني وطنية تخصه هو فقط.
منير كان أول مطرب يقدم حفل "أكوستك" بأوبرا ألمانيا عام 2007، وقدم فيه رؤية مختلفة لأغانيه.
منير أكثر مطرب لا يستعين بآخر ألبوم له في الحفلات، بل يعتمد على أغاني قديمة، ورغم ذلك تنجح حفلاته نجاحا منقطع النظير.
منير كان أول مطرب مصري يقدم أغاني تحمل معاني رمزية بشكل تجاري "شبابيك" و"الناس نامت".
منير المطرب العربى الذي حصل على جائزه السلام من قناه ال بى بى سى عن البوم الأرض السلام
منير المطرب المصري الوحيد الذي حصل على الجائزه البلاتنيه من شركه يونيفرسال عن اغنيه ياسمينا التي حققت مبيعاتها اكتر من 750 الف نسخه في اوروبا

(Source : http://www.mawaly.com)















Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Alemony Eneeki علمونى عنيكى

01 Alemouny Einiky
02 Donia Rayha
03 Ya Sabia
04 Amana Ya Bahr
05 Qool Lel Ghareeb
06 Fe Einiky Ghorba
07 Ya Azab Nafsy
08 Ah Ya Blad Ya Ghareeba
09 Yamaah
10 El Rezq Ala Allah

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Bnetweled بنتولد



                                


01 Bentweled
02 Seely
03 So'al
04 Saheert Layali
05 Medy Eidik
06 Helly Dafayrik
07 Aroust El Neel
08 Eftah Zorar Amesy
09 Ghareeba
10 Akalm El Amar


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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ -  Shababeek  شبابيك

01 El Leila Ya Samra
02 Shababeek
03 Shagr El Lamoun
04 Kreshendo
05 Ashky Lmein
06 Ya Zamany
07 El Madeena
08 El Koun Kollo Bydoor

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Etkalemy  اتكلمى

01 Amar Rahely 
02 Baateb Aaliky
03 El Awtar
04 El Haqeqa Wel Melad
05 El Tareq
06 Etkalemy
07 Hayla Hayla 83
08 Om El Dafayer
09 Oqd El Fol We El Yasamin
10 Ya Leila Ody Tany


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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Shokolata  شيكولاتة

01 Mesh Garyee'
02 Chokolata
03 Ya Teer
04 Mazameer
05 El Aa'mmara
06 Shams El Magheeb
08 Barra El Shababeek
  
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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ -  El Malek Howa El Malek
 

01 Ali Alewwa
02 Shorom Borom
03 Tanoosh
04 Yamah Mwaeel El Hawa
05 Tafoo El Nour
06 Atshaan Ya Sabaya
07 El Sebooa
08 Hady Ya Bady
09 Allah Ya Dayem
10 Mawal El Sabr
11 Tek Tek

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Maadarsh


                          

01 Shedo El Setara
02 Ya Nouras Ya Abyad
03 Mein Yakhod Alby
04 Omr El Zaman
05 Ya Habiba
06  Fein El Sa'ada
07 Maqdarsh
08 Bandahak
09 Ayam Zaman
10 El Ward Kan Shook

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 Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ -  Ya Eskenderia يااسكندرية
 

01 El Maryala El Kohly
02 Ya Eskenderia
03 Alf Laa
04  Etkalemo
05 Amar Sefy
06  Kodouda
07 Aady
08 Balah Ebreem

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - El Tool We El Loon We El Horya الطول واللون والحريه

01 Ta'alalli
02 Sehr El Maghna
03 El Tool Wel Loun Wel Horreya
04 Sagheer El Sin
05 Nana
06 Asfour
07 Gedoo
08 Heaah


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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Eftah Albak  افتح قلبك

01 Ya Hal Tara
02 Ganenny Toul El Bo'ad
03 Eineik Taht El Amar
04 Law Batalna Nehlam Nemout
05 Eftah Albak
06 Alb El Watan Magrouh
07 Sameh Ya Baddah
08 Yaba Yaba

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Momk  مُمْكَن

01 El Leila Deyya
02 Nazra Wahda
03 Hawadeet
04 Burj Hamam
05 Ya Bent Yally
06 Sheta
07 Momken
08 Agmal Hekaya

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - Min Awel Lamsa من اول لمسه 

01 Albek Ala Albi
02 Belhaz We Belsodaf
03 Omr Einy
04 Ya Habibi Odly Tany
05  Ya Ana
06 Albak El Shater
07 Alb El Haya
08 Min Awel Lamsa
09 Abl Matehlam
10 Laila

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - El Farha الفرحه  
   

 

01 El Farha
02 Om El Khodod
03 Yalaly
04 Bagena Lee Ba'ad
05 Hader
06 El Forssa
07 Angod El 'Anab
08 Fin El Hagega
09 Enti
10 Seyya Seyya

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - Fi Ischk El Banat فى عشق البنات 

                                

01 Talab El Samaah
02 Fi Ischk El Banat
03 Khayef
04 Ya Tair Ya Tayer
05 Waschry
06 Dawwar Alla El Nas
07 Sidi
08 Hawwen Ya Lail
09 Ana Baschak El Bahr
10 Rabbak Lamma Yereed
11 Fi Ischk El Banat [2nd Version)

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 Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Habeebty 


 
                                                

01 Habeebty
02 El Fagr Shaqashaq
03 Beban El Alb
04 El Hob Zay El Tyour
05 Eyak Te'en
06  Lama Yeban El Tareeq
07 El Gamaheer
08 Taht El Matar 
09Ahy Amet Masr
10  Shababeek El Helm
11  Ya Shams - Min Horr Maly
12  Gondy Fe Genodek
13  Gerah El Gesm
14  Eghdaby Ya Donia
15  Heya Heya
 

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Mohamed Mounir محمد - Ana Albi Masaken Sha'beyyaانا قلبى مساكن شعبيه






                                       
 

01 So Ya So
02 Betebe'deeny
03 Hekayty Maa El Zaman
04 Ana Albi Masaken Sha'beyya
05 Lamma El Naseem
06 Einek Helween
07 Shey' Mn Ba'eed
08 Okhrog Mn El Bebaan
09 Fi Dayret El Rehla
10 El Nawasy
11 So Ya So [2nd Version]

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - El Ard, El Salam الارض .. السلام


                                      



01 Maddad Ya Rasul Allah
02 Sali Ya Waheb El Safa
03 Allahoo Ya Allahoo
04 Salatun Fi Sirri wa Gahri
05 Salatu Allah Ya Mawlay
06 Salatun ala Mustapha
07 Absheru Ya Shabab
08 Ashraku El Badr
09 Maddad

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - Ahmer Shafayef   احمر شفايف   

                                        
 

01 Ikrar
02 Bannat
03 Ahmer Shafayef
04 Bahr Elhaya
05 .Asmarani
06 Shamandura
07 Horreya
08 Lola Sahar
09 Ibki
10 Haneena

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير -Hawadeet   حواديت

 

                              

01 Hawadeet
02 Momken
03 Ente
03 Ya Ana
04 Albak El Shater
05 Ya Bent Yaley
06 Sheta
07 Agmel Hekaya
08 El Liala Deya
09 Albak Ala Albi
10 Elforsa
11 Elfarha

  

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - Embareh Kan Umri E'shreenامبارح كان عمرى عشرين

                               

          

                                                                                                        
                                    


01 Amar El Hawa [Love Got His Hands on Me]
02 Wailli, Wailli [Poor Me]
03 Eidiya Fe Geyobbi[Hands in My Pockets]
04 Embareh Kan Umri E'shreen [Yesterday I Was Only Twenty]
05 Alb Fadi [An Empty Heart]
06 Beningerrih [Worn Out]
07 Hikaaytto Hekaya [So Gorgeous]
08 Sutik [Your Voice]
09 Sayyad
10 Hader Ya Zahr [O.K.My Tough Luck]
11 Sayyad [Remix]

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Taam El Biyout طعم البيوت 





                                             
 


01 Yunis
02 Mesh Mehtag Atoub
03 Men Gheir Kusouf
04 Taam El Biyout
05 Yabo El Ta’iyya
06 Maaki
07 Kan Fadel
08 NaygiriBeh
09 Lezaman
10 Taht El Yassmina
11 Soaal
12 Yunis (Karaoke)

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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير - Ad3eya

01 Aeb Wa Mastor
02 Al Lail Tawil
03 Ana Badaye
04 Ana Wa Geyleh
05 Aolt Aaoz Rabe
06 Aolt Ya Reet
07 Ater Taeb
08 Bagre Ala Mahle
09 Bakeet fe Grobe
10 Dwam El Hal
11 Gany El Reh
12 Helw We Mor
13 La Ellah Ila Allah
14 Leh Baket
15 Norhom Ben Ayadehom
16 Norhom Taher
17 Rab El Arbab
18 Rabe Ahmeny
19 Reza El Roh
20 Samehny Ya Raby
21 Sobhan Allah (Alnor Wahag)
22 Sobhan Allah
23 Tayboon We Taybat
24 Tobt Ya Rabe
25 Ya Allah
26 Ya Rab Ana Zanby
27 Ya Rabe Hazen Ana
28 Ya Taer El Roh
29 Zaret Sokkar
30 Zo Al Glala  
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Mohamed Mounir محمد منير‎ - Ya Ahl El Arab Wel Tarab   يا أهل العرب و الطرب

01 A'youn
02 Ya Romman
03 Ya Ahl El Arab Wel Tarab
04 Albi Mayshbhnesh
05 Harat El-Saqayeen
06 El Bo'od Naar
07 Ya Abu El-Taqya Shebika
08 Fe A'iniky Ghurba
09 Layaly 1
10 Elaya
11 Belady Ya Arab
12 Eftaho Ya Hamam - El Salam
13  Amgad Ya Arab - Yegy Zaman
14 Ya Hamam
15 Layaly 2

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