Hamid Al-Shaeri ( ar, حميد الشاعري; born Abdel-Hamid Ali Ahmed; 29 November 1961) is an Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician residing in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
. He is known as representative of
Westernized synthesizer in Arabic songs. Born in Benghazi, to an Egyptian mother, and a Libyan father. His best known songs include "Law laki" (If Not for You), sung by the Libyan artist
Ali Hemeida, and "Jaljili", which he sang himself.
On 19 February 2011, Hamid el Shaeri condemned the actions of
Muammar Gadaffi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spelling ...
, his native country's ruler, against the Libyan people and issued a popular call to the fellow Egyptians to aid them.
He has four children: two daughters,
Nabila Nabila, and its variant spellings Nabeela, Nabillah, a Nabeelah, is the feminine variation of the given name Nabil, meaning ''noble''. Notable people with the name include:
* Masuma Rahman Nabila, Bangladeshi film actress and model
* Nabila Eb ...
and Nora EL Shaeri, and two sons, Nadeem and Nouh El Shaeri.
In 2017,
Pitchfork described his song "Ayonha" as the "most arresting track" on
Habibi Funk's seventh release.
Discography
Notable Studio Albums
Notable Collaborations
Notable Production for Other Artists
References
1961 births
Living people
20th-century Egyptian male singers
Singers who perform in Egyptian Arabic
20th-century Libyan male singers
Rotana Records artists
21st-century Egyptian male singers
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