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

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, 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" –

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