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Les Petits Chats
Les Petits Chats (Little Cats) was a well-known Egyptian rock band from Cairo that was formed in the 1960s. It was founded by Wagdi Francis. The group has an important place in the history of Egyptian rock music. Background The group was founded by Wagdi Francis. He started off playing bass but then moved over to vocals. Sadek Gallini also sang lead for the group. It was formed in 1967, just after the Arab-Israeli war. Besides Francis, the other founding members were Ezzat Abou Aouf, Omar Khairat, Freddy (Farid) Rizk and Beirge Andreassian and They rivaled The Black Coats, a group that included Ismaiel El Hakeem, who is the son of Tawfiq al-Hakim, the famous Egyptian writer. In addition to their own country, they also toured other countries which included Syria and Lebanon. They also had a massive cult following and were a visible part of the modern Egyptian culture. Career 1960s to 1970s In 1971, Sadek Gallini and the group, The Cats had a single released on the Sono Cairo lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Khairat
Omar Khairat (born November 11, 1948) ( ar, عمر خيرت) is an Egyptian musician. Early life Born in Cairo, Omar was raised in a family of musicians. His uncle, Abu Bakr Khairat, a composer and architect, established the Cairo Conservatoire. Career Omar was a drummer for the Egyptian rock band Les Petits Chats until 1971. Works In January 2019, Omar Khairat performed a live concert in Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia. See also *List of Egyptian composers *Music of Egypt Music has been an integral part of Egyptian culture since antiquity in Egypt. Egyptian music had a significant impact on the development of ancient Greek music, and via the Greeks it was important to early European music well into the Middle A ... References External linksOmar Khairat's web page* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khairat, Omar Egyptian composers Musicians from Cairo Egyptian pianists Egyptian classical pianists 1948 births Living people Egyptian film score composers 21st-century classical piani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezzat Abou Aouf
Mohamed Ezzat Ahmed Shafiq Abou Aouf ( ar, محمد عزت أحمد شفيق أبو عوف; 21 August 1948 – 1 July 2019) was an Egyptian actor and composer. Abou Aouf obtained his bachelor degree in medicine. His acting debut was in 1992 in ''Ice Cream in Gleam (Ays Krim fi Glym)'' with the Egyptian singer Amr Diab Amr Diab ( ar, عمرو دياب, link=no, ; born on 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 sell .... References 1948 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Egyptian artists Egyptian composers Egyptian male actors 20th-century Egyptian physicians {{Egypt-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawfiq Al-Hakim
Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( arz, توفيق الحكيم, ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that are represented by the reception of his enormous output of plays are emblematic of the issues that have confronted the Egyptian drama genre as it has endeavored to adapt its complex modes of communication to Egyptian society. Early life Tawfiq Ismail al-Hakim was born on October 9, 1898, in Ramleh city in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother. His father, a wealthy and illustrious Egyptian civil officer, worked as a judge in the judiciary in the Egyptian village of al-Delnegat, in central Beheira province. His mother was the daughter of a retired Turkish officer. Tawfiq al-Hakim enrolled at the Damanhour primary school at the age of seven. He left primary school in 1915 and his father put him in a public school in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Today
''Egypt Today'' is an Egyptian English-language monthly news magazine owned by Egyptian Media Group. History and profile ''Egypt Today'' was first published in 1979. It covers Egyptian current affairs and some international news. The magazine is published by IBA media, which also publishes '' Business Today Egypt'', another monthly magazine. Both magazines are based in Cairo. In March 2005, the magazine was banned in the country due to its article on the 2005 presidential election. The 2013 circulation of the magazine was about 14,500 copies. See also * List of magazines in Egypt The history of magazines in Egypt is long, dating back to the 1890s. The earliest magazines included women's magazines as well as those published in Turkish from 1828 to 1947. In 1919 there were nearly more than thirty women's magazines in the co ... References External links Official website 1979 establishments in Egypt Censorship in Egypt English-language magazines Magazines established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With A Little Help From My Friends
"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1967 album '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and sung by drummer Ringo Starr (as Sgt. Pepper band leader, Billy Shears), his lead vocal for the album. As the second track on the album, it segues from the applause of the title track. A subsequent recording of the track by Joe Cocker became a success in 1968—topping the UK Singles Chart—and an anthem for the Woodstock era. In 1978, the Beatles' recording, paired with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", was reissued as a single, and peaked at number 63 in Britain and number 71 in the United States. Starr has regularly performed the song in concert as a solo artist. The song was ranked number 311 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Background and composition Lennon and McCartney finished writing the song in mid-March 1967, written specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Independent
''Egypt Independent'' is an online newspaper that formerly published a weekly 24-page English-language edition of the Egyptian newspaper, ''Al-Masry Al-Youm''. History On 24 November 2011, the first print edition of ''Egypt Independent'' was published. It had evolved from the English edition of ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'', which was previously published as a weekly supplement to the newspaper. After being banned to publish their second edition by the editor in chief of ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'', ''Egypt Independent'' acquired its own license and resumed publishing its weekly edition separate from ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' in 2012. In April 2013, the management of Al-Masry Media Corporation informed the ''Egypt Independent'' editorial team that the print news operation was being shut down, though the website continues to publish new stories, daily. In June 2013, some former employees of ''Egypt Independent'' including Managing Editor Lina Attalah began publishing ''Mada Masr''. Accusations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Petits Chats (film)
'' Les Petits Chats'' is an 2015 documentary film about the popular Egyptian rock band Les Petits Chats Les Petits Chats (Little Cats) was a well-known Egyptian rock band from Cairo that was formed in the 1960s. It was founded by Wagdi Francis. The group has an important place in the history of Egyptian rock music. Background The group was founded ... which was formed in 1967. Background Work on the film started in 2009. On September 28, 2015, a trailer for the documentary was posted online on Facebook. In a week, it attracted more than 55,000 views. According to ''Cairo Scene'', film would take a closer look into the lives of the band members around the time of their popularity as well as prior to and post that period. Also to be looked at was the changes in personnel that took place over the years. The film took six years to complete from its original start date in 2009 and it was made during that period when Egypt was going through an upheaval from 2011 to 2016. The directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Musical Groups
Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history ** Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt * Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa ** Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt ** A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt * Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC ** Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt ** Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style ** Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt ** Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family * Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority ** Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
