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'''Ahmed Adaweyah''' ({{lang-ar|احمد عدوية}}) is an [[Egypt]]ian singer of ''[[sha'abi]]'' music. He has starred in 27 Egyptian films. Adaweyah was born in a working class area near Maadi in the mid 1940s and started his career as a cafe waiter, while he also performed songs using the language of the streets of Cairo, full of working class slang and double entendres. His recordings outsold many others and were circulated via audiocassette in the streets. Among them, "Salamit Ummih Hassan" referred to Egypt (as Umm Hassan) and its defeat in 1967; "Zahma ya Dunia, Zahma" lamented the crowded and hectic conditions in Cairo, "Ya Bint Sultan" became a favorite song performed for dancers. Like many shaabi (meaning of the 'people', or working class) singers Adaweyah was capable of delivering a strong [[Mawwal|mawal]] (vocal improvisation).<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42767|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Ahmed Adaweyah|last=Jackson|first=Leon |publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=10 April 2010}}</ref> Despite the disapproval of the music establishment,and that his music was not played on television or radio, his songs became wildly popular as it spread on audiocassettes. He advanced to singing in five-star hotels and the best nightclubs of the time. <ref> Sayed Mahmoud, “Singing in the Shadow.” Al-Ahram Weekly Online. 16-22 October, 2008. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/918/sc2.htm
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'''Ahmed Adaweyah''' ({{langx|arz|احمد عدويه}}) is a prominent [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] actor and singer of Egyptian ''[[Sha'abi]]'' music. He also starred in 27 Egyptian films.

==Biography==
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Adaweyah was born in 1945 in [[Minya Governorate]], [[Egypt]], to a livestock dealer, and he lived with 14 siblings,<ref name="sasapost">{{cite web|url=https://www.sasapost.com/ahmed-adaweyah/|title=عدوية.. تاريخ الشارع المصري في أغاني شعبية "رغم أنف المثقفين"|website=sasapost.com|language=Arabic|date=9 December 2016}}</ref> He later moved to Cairo and started his career as a cafe waiter, while he also performed songs in Cairo in 1969, full of working class slang and [[double entendre]]s. His recordings outsold many others and were circulated via audiocassette in the streets. Among them, "Salamit Ummih Hassan" referred to Egypt (as Umm Hassan) and its defeat in 1967; "Zahma ya Dunia, Zahma" lamented the crowded and hectic conditions in Cairo, "Ya Bint el-Sultan" became a favorite song performed for dancers. Like many ''Sha'abi'' singers, Adaweyah was capable of delivering a strong [[Mawwal|mawal]] (vocal improvisation).<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42767|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Ahmed Adaweyah|last=Jackson|first=Leon |publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=10 April 2010}}</ref> Despite the disapproval of the music establishment and the exclusion of his songs from television or radio, they became popular as they spread on audiocassettes. He advanced to singing in five-star hotels and the best nightclubs of the time.<ref>Sayed Mahmoud, "Singing in the Shadow". Al-Ahram Weekly Online. 16–22 October 2008. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/918/sc2.htm</ref> He also had some copyright issues with his song "essah eddah embo" with other performers.<ref name="sasapost"/>

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In 1989, Adaweyah was drugged and attacked by a jealous Kuwaiti emir, Talal bin Nasser.<ref>Andrew Hammond ''Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, Politics, and the Media'' 2007 9774160541 "On the streets a rhyming phrase was coined, Ahmed Adawiya, ba'd al- 'amaliya (Ahmed Adawiya, after the operation')."</ref> Officials claimed that he was found comatose after an overdose of [[heroin]] administered by person(s) connected to the jealous husband.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ibrahim |first=Youssef M. |date=1991-04-15 |title=Egyptian Drug Arrest: Kuwaiti Sheik |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/world/egyptian-drug-arrest-kuwaiti-sheik.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Adawiyya recovered sufficiently to sing again, although he is partially paralyzed. He has since appeared on various music programs. In 2009, he had a duet with [[Ramy Ayach]], singing "Alnas Alrayiqa".<ref name="sasapost"/> In 2018, he released a new song "Helw Wasl". Ukrainian dancer [[Alla Kushnir (dancer)|Alla Kushnir]] appears in the music video for the song.<ref>Helw Wasl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SAdD9lTmw</ref>

==Personal life==
Adaweyah married in 1976, he has a daughter, Warda, and a son, Mohammed, who is also a singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elfann.com/news/show/1242757/%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A|title=قصة أحمد عدوية تعود للأضواء: غيرة أمير كويتي وهيروين وإخصاء وزوجة تؤكد على رجولته|website=elfann.com|language=Arabic|date=19 May 2019}}</ref>


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He was drugged and attacked by a jealous Kuwaiti husband in 1990.<ref>Andrew Hammond ''Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, Politics, and the Media'' 2007 9774160541 "On the streets a rhyming phrase was coined, Ahmed Adawiya, ba'd al- 'amaliya (Ahmed Adawiya, after the operation')."</ref> Officials claim that he was found comatose after an overdose of heroin administered by person(s) connected to the jealous husband.<ref>Youssef M. Ibrahim, "Egyptian Drug Arrest" Kuwaiti Sheik. New York Times, April 15, 1991. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/world/egyptian-drug-arrest-kuwaiti-sheik.html</ref> Other sources attribute the attack, in which he was supposedly surgically castrated to Saudis. In any case, Adawiyya recovered sufficiently to sing again, he is partially paralyzed, and has appeared on music programs. His latest song (2018) is Helw Wasl and the Ukrainian dancer Allah Kushnir appears in the music video. <ref>He continued singing to now (Helw Wasl) here with Alla Kushnir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SAdD9lTmw</ref>
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Ahmed Adaweyah
احمد عدويه
Background information
Born (1945-06-26) 26 June 1945 (age 79)
Minya Governorate, Egypt
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active1969–present

Ahmed Adaweyah (Egyptian Arabic: احمد عدويه) is a prominent Egyptian actor and singer of Egyptian Sha'abi music. He also starred in 27 Egyptian films.

Biography

Adaweyah was born in 1945 in Minya Governorate, Egypt, to a livestock dealer, and he lived with 14 siblings,[1] He later moved to Cairo and started his career as a cafe waiter, while he also performed songs in Cairo in 1969, full of working class slang and double entendres. His recordings outsold many others and were circulated via audiocassette in the streets. Among them, "Salamit Ummih Hassan" referred to Egypt (as Umm Hassan) and its defeat in 1967; "Zahma ya Dunia, Zahma" lamented the crowded and hectic conditions in Cairo, "Ya Bint el-Sultan" became a favorite song performed for dancers. Like many Sha'abi singers, Adaweyah was capable of delivering a strong mawal (vocal improvisation).[2] Despite the disapproval of the music establishment and the exclusion of his songs from television or radio, they became popular as they spread on audiocassettes. He advanced to singing in five-star hotels and the best nightclubs of the time.[3] He also had some copyright issues with his song "essah eddah embo" with other performers.[1]

In 1989, Adaweyah was drugged and attacked by a jealous Kuwaiti emir, Talal bin Nasser.[4] Officials claimed that he was found comatose after an overdose of heroin administered by person(s) connected to the jealous husband.[5] Adawiyya recovered sufficiently to sing again, although he is partially paralyzed. He has since appeared on various music programs. In 2009, he had a duet with Ramy Ayach, singing "Alnas Alrayiqa".[1] In 2018, he released a new song "Helw Wasl". Ukrainian dancer Alla Kushnir appears in the music video for the song.[6]

Personal life

Adaweyah married in 1976, he has a daughter, Warda, and a son, Mohammed, who is also a singer.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "عدوية.. تاريخ الشارع المصري في أغاني شعبية "رغم أنف المثقفين"". sasapost.com (in Arabic). 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ Jackson, Leon. "Biography: Ahmed Adaweyah". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  3. ^ Sayed Mahmoud, "Singing in the Shadow". Al-Ahram Weekly Online. 16–22 October 2008. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/918/sc2.htm
  4. ^ Andrew Hammond Popular Culture in the Arab World: Arts, Politics, and the Media 2007 9774160541 "On the streets a rhyming phrase was coined, Ahmed Adawiya, ba'd al- 'amaliya (Ahmed Adawiya, after the operation')."
  5. ^ Ibrahim, Youssef M. (15 April 1991). "Egyptian Drug Arrest: Kuwaiti Sheik". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  6. ^ Helw Wasl" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SAdD9lTmw
  7. ^ "قصة أحمد عدوية تعود للأضواء: غيرة أمير كويتي وهيروين وإخصاء وزوجة تؤكد على رجولته". elfann.com (in Arabic). 19 May 2019.
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