Abdou Cherif ( ar, عبده شريف, also Abdou Chrif, Abdo Sheriff, Abdo Shrif, Abdo Sharif) is a singer native of the
Moroccan city of
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
. Abdou Cherif is the nephew of
Abdelwahab Agoumi, one of the most influential artist in the modernization of Moroccan classical music in the 50s. Following the teachings of his mentor Mahmoud Saâdi
[ (co-founder of the musical phenomenon of the 70s which gave birth to the well-known groups of popular music Nass El Ghiwane and ]Jil Jilala
Jil Jilala ( ''Generation of Majesty'') is a Moroccan musical group which rose to prominence in the 1970s among the movement created by Nass El Ghiwane and Lem Chaheb. Jil Jilala was founded in Marrakech in 1972 by performing arts students Mohame ...
[Nass El Ghiwane et Jil Jilala en deuil : Mahmoud Saâdi n'est plus](_blank)
), Abdou Cherif saw his dream come true in 1999: to sing at the Khédival Cairo opera house
The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mos ...
in front of the public of his idol Abdelhalim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana ( ar, عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( ar, عبد الحليم حافظ,) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teach ...
. Egyptians
Egyptians ( arz, المَصرِيُون, translit=al-Maṣriyyūn, ; arz, المَصرِيِين, translit=al-Maṣriyyīn, ; cop, ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, remenkhēmi) are an ethnic group native to the Nile, Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian ...
gave him the nickname of "the New Nightingale", in reference to the "Brown Nightingale" Abdelhalim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana ( ar, عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( ar, عبد الحليم حافظ,) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teach ...
.
He is also referred by the Moroccan public as a crooner.triomphe d'Abdou Cherif
Notes
References
Abdou Cherif celebrating the Valentine's day at the Cairo Opera House, Youm 7 News paperDécoration du Rebab d'Or
Le Matin : En concert unique à Casablanca : Abdou Chérif fait un triompheLeconomiste: Abdou Cherif: Pour rendre votre vie plus rose!
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Casablanca
20th-century Moroccan male singers