Amr Diab(I)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Amr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt into an artistic family. His
father Abdul Basset Diab worked for the Suez Canal Corporation where he
was chairman of Marine Construction & Shipbuilding. He possessed a fine
singing voice and encouraged the young Amr to sing. One evening, when
Amr was only 6 years old, his father took him to the July 23rd Festival
at Port Said. There they visited the local broadcasting station and Amr
made his first singing appearance on Egyptian Radio performing the
National Anthem "Biladi, Biladi". He was praised by the Governor of
Port Said who gave him a guitar as a prize. Amr began his music studies
at the music faculty of the Cairo Academy Art and from which he
graduated in 1986. His first album, "Ya Tareeq", followed shortly and
it was an instant success. There have been, since then, a further 16
top selling albums in a prolific recording career which has established
him as the super star of the Arab World.
