Tag Archives: Egyptian Music
The Last Dance Posted by aziza on Jun 5, 2017
This is one of my favourite songs! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Mostafa Amin (مصطفى أمين) is a young Egyptian singer whom I think is very talented. This is one of his most recent songs released in 2016. The lyrics are below, and video has the English translation. مزيكتنا…
“Habibty”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Dec 21, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “حبيبتي /Habibty/” which translates as “My Beloved”. Like all of Amr’s songs, the song is in the Egyptian slang Arabic (Cairene Arabic). The song “Habibty” is number six in the album “أحلى و أحلى /Ahla…
Opera Aida; by Verdi Posted by Fisal on Nov 18, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Probably, most of you have heard of Verdi’s famous masterpiece “Opera Aida أوبــرا عــايــدة” but does anyone know the story behind that great epic opera? Well, in 1869, The Suez Canal was opened with huge celebrations by Isma’il Pasha who was the Khedive of Egypt at the time. In the…
Amr Diab; “With Him” Posted by Fisal on Sep 30, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “ويــَّــاه /Wayyah/” which translates literally as “With Him”. Surprisingly, slang Arabic can address females in the form of males, so Amr means “With My Love”. Slang or dialectic Arabic is a…
Amr Diab; “Living With You” Posted by Fisal on Aug 20, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “Living With You عــايــش مــعــاك“. In the song, Amr shows how much he is in love and how much he is happy living with his beloved. It is customary in the Arab culture to…
“Like Angels”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on May 17, 2015
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is widely known by the name “Like Angels زى الــمــلايــكــة” though in the album it has the name of “She is Indescribable مــا يــتــحــكــيــش عــلــيــهــا“. In the song, Amr compares his beloved to angels. He…
“I Am Not Selfish”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Nov 23, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “I Am Not Selfish أنـــا مـــش أنـــانــِــي“. It was written by the Egyptian poet Tamer Hussien تــَــامــِــر حــســيــن and composed by Islam Zaki إســلام زكــي . The song is about five minutes long and…