Fahad Al Kubaisi ( ar, فهد الكبيسي; born April 12, 1981) is a

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i singer, record producer, human rights activist, and fashion model. His voice has been described as a "tender"

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. He became successful in

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and

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. He is also famous for producing a sophisticated genre of Khaliji music.

Early life

He was born in

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and grew up in a devoted

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family. He is the second son among eight children (eight boys). He holds a bachelor's degree in physical education and sports science from

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. In his childhood he was influenced by

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, Khaliji music, and

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Career

Islamic singing (1997–2005)

He began his artistic career as an Islamic singer when he was in high school. He performed several Islamic songs solo in 1997 and in 2001 he released his first album ''Jamaal El Rouh'' (The Beauty of the Soul), and in 2005, when he was a university lecturer, he released his second album '' Ela Rouhi'' (To my Soul).

Non-Islamic singing (2006–present)

He moved to the non-Islamic singing field with the help of Qatari composer Matar Ali al-Kuwari in 2006. In the same year he recorded his first non-Islamic album '' Layesh'' (Why?), which was produced and distributed by Rotana. In 2008 he released his second non-Islamic album ''Asela'' (Questions), the first album produced and distributed by Platinum Records. In 2010 he released the third album ''Sah El Nawm'' which was produced and distributed by Platinum Records. In 2012, Fahad's career jumped to a new level of success and popularity when he released his fourth album ''Tejy Neshaq'', as his first album produced by himself. He worked on the music industry in collaboration with many musicians and poets, and ranked first in many countries including

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and the

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Albums

Music videos

In 2014, Fahad filmed his solo song ''Wbadin'' in

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in the selfie way. cu music video has been very successful as selfie Video Clip is the first of its kind in the history of the

industry. Fahad held a selfie stick and started walking around the streets of

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. In 2015, he released a single song ''Batalna'' (We finished) in the style of

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; it is the first music video in the Middle East filmed in the

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way.

Soundtracks

* 2011: '' Black Gold''

References

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External links

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