Halim el-Roumi () (July 1919 – 1983) was a singer and composer from Palestine.
Born in Tyre, Lebanon. He began his amateur artistic career in 1935. Later, as a radio chief, he discovered the singer
Fairuz
Nouhad Wadie' Haddad ( ar, نهاد وديع حداد, ; born November 21, 1934), known as Fairuz ( ar, فيروز, ; also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz), is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists a ...
. He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.
[Biography of Fairuz (Hall de la chanson)]
/ref> El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.
He is famous for composing the poem ''La Volonté de vivre'' (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi ( ar, أبو القاسم الشابي, ; 24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, ''Humat al-Hima'' (''De ...
for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[Ali Ouertani, "La poésie chantée de Chebbi", ''La Presse de Tunisie'', 1 March 2009]
/ref> He is the father of Majida Al Roumi
Majida El Roumi Baradhy ( ar, ماجدة الرومي برادعي; born 13 December 1956) is a Lebanese soprano singer and UN, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
Early life
Majida El Roumi Al Baradhy was born on 13 December 1956 in Kfarsh ...
.
References
20th-century Lebanese male singers
Lebanese composers
Lebanese people of Palestinian descent
1919 births
1983 deaths
Palestine Melkite Greek Catholics
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
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