Saber Rebai ( ar, صابر الرباعي, ''Saber al Ruba'i''; born 13 March 1967) is a Tunisian
pan-Arab singer, actor, and composer of Yemeni Origin. He is known for his song "
Sidi Mansour". Some albums carry the variant transliteration Saber el Rebaii. He has been signed since 2004 to the pan-Arab record label
Rotana.
Early life
Reabï was born in Tunisia to a
Yemeni
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
family from
Hadramout
Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saud ...
. In 2006, while performing in
Aden, he spoke about his extreme pride of his
Yemeni heritage.
Career
Besides being an accomplished violinist, he started the singing as his profession at 17 years old impressed by singers among which
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
''Mohamed Abdel Wahab'' ( ar, محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated ''Mohamed Abd El-Wahhab'' (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic ...
, Abd El Kader El Asaly,
Wadih El Safi
Wadih El Safi ( ar, وديع الصافي, born Wadih Francis; November 1, 1921 – October 11, 2013) was a Lebanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was a Lebanese icon and the forefather of the country's musical culture. He was the ...
,
Abdel Halim 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 ...
, Karem Mahmoud. Saber composed some of his songs melodies among which the song Word (Kalima). He worked with Hilmi Baker, Salah El Charnoubi and Dr. Abd El Rab Idriss.
International concerts
Saber Rebai went in tours across Europe, USA, Australia and also performed in Palestine and South Korea. He gave shows in the
Olympia in Paris, Carthage and Cairo.
Awards
Saber Al Rubai won many awards for his participation in international festivals among which:
*Cartage Festivals for many years
*Arab Music Festival
*Egyptian Opera House Award
*Cairo International Festivals
*Francophone Festivals
*The Gold Microphone in Cairo Festivals
Discography
;Albums
*''Hayyarouni'' –
*''Ya lilla'' –
*''Yalli bjamalak'' –
*2000: ''
Sidi Mansour''-
*2001: ''Khalas tarek'' –
*2003: ''Share' elgharam'' –
*2004: ''Atahadda al aalam'' –
*2006: ''Ajmal nesaa aldounia'' –
*2007: ''El ghorba'' –
*2009: ''Waheshni giddan'' –
;Singles
*2000: "
Sidi Mansour" –
References
External links
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Tunisian people of Yemeni descent
Living people
1967 births
Tunisian male film actors
Tunisian male television actors
Singers who perform in Classical Arabic
Tunisian composers
20th-century Tunisian male singers
20th-century composers
21st-century Tunisian male singers
21st-century composers
People from Sfax
Male composers