Walid Toutanji ( ar, وليد توفيق; also known as Walid Toufic; born April 8, 1954), is a Lebanese singer and actor.

Biography

Walid Toufic, born Walid Toutounji, grew up with his

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family in

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, Lebanon. He later relocated to western

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and lived in the residential area of Ibn Rashd Street. His first

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tutor was the blind Amin Azar. During this period, Toufic worked to raise enough money for his music lessons. Toufic became popular and made his big break in

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. His acting career began soon afterwards where he starred in movies with various Egyptian and Arab stars in

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, including

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, and Athar El-Hakim, among others. Toufic had the opportunity to present songs from Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, resulting in a collaborative friendship between them. Songs like ''Ehna El-Tayibin'' and ''Sinin Ahbab'' were met with success. Meeting prominent 20th-century Arab-Egyptian singer and composer

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played a substantial part in influencing Toufic. Toufic's song subjects include love and patriotism of his home country, Lebanon, and the Arab world at large. His popularity in the Arab world has won him the title of ''The Arab Star'' given to him by Lebanese journalist George Khoury''.'' He is married to

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1971. They have two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toufic, Walid 1954 births Living people 20th-century Lebanese male singers Lebanese Sunni Muslims People from Tripoli, Lebanon 21st-century Lebanese male singers Lebanese male film actors Lebanese male television actors Singers who perform in Classical Arabic Singers who perform in Egyptian Arabic