Ehab Tawfik

Ehab Tawfiq
Background information
Native name	إيهاب أحمد توفيق محمد مصطفي
Birth name	Ehab Ahmed Tawfiq Mohamed Mostafa
Born	(1966-01-07) 7 January 1966
Origin	Cairo, Egypt
Genres	Arabic
Occupation(s)	Composer, singer
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Rotana, Alam El Phan

Ehab Tawfiq (Arabic: إيهاب توفيق‎, born 7 January 1966) is an Egyptian singer.^[1]

Biography

Tawfiq learned how to play the lute as a child, and his love for music started when he was nine years old. His first single, "Dany", was released in 1989. His first album Ekminny was released in 1990. In 1995, he received his master's degree for his thesis, The Egyptian Song in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.

Ehab worked toward his Doctorate in Music and Arabic Singing, completed in April 2002. The doctorate was titled The Methods of Performing Arabic Singing in Egypt During the Second Half of the Last Century. He is one of the top singers in the Arab world and is especially revered in his hometown.

His greatest exposure as an artist came on February 26, 2001, when he performed for 50,000 people at a benefit concert to raise funds for Iraqis who were maimed during the Gulf War in Baghdad. Ehab signed with record label Alam El Phan in 2007. He has two children, Ahmed and Mahmoud with his wife Nada.

In 2007, Ehab Tawfik received critical acclaim for his song "(إلا رسول الله )صلى الله عليه وسلم" Except the Prophet of Allah. The song was released in response to the Danish cartoons that negatively depicted the Prophet. His song Taala Nesameh featured in the Egyptian film Kashf Hesab (2007), starring Nour and Khaled Abol Naga. He was featured on Danish band Outlandish's track "Keep the Record on Play".

Hits

His hit songs include "Habibi" ("My Darling"), "Sahrany" ("She Enchanted Me"), "Tetraga Feya" ("Begging Me"), "Hobbak Aliminni" ("Your Love Taught Me"), and Allah Alek Ya Seede have all been popular in Arabic speaking countries.

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