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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 started his career as a cafe waiter |
'''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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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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Revision as of 01:39, 20 September 2018
Ahmed Adaweyah (Template:Lang-ar) is an Egyptian 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 mawal (vocal improvisation).[1] 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. [2]
He was drugged and attacked by a jealous Kuwaiti husband in 1990.[3] Officials claim that he was found comatose after an overdose of heroin administered by person(s) connected to the jealous husband.[4] 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. [5]
References
- ^ Jackson, Leon. "Biography: Ahmed Adaweyah". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ Sayed Mahmoud, “Singing in the Shadow.” Al-Ahram Weekly Online. 16-22 October, 2008. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2008/918/sc2.htm
- ^ 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')."
- ^ 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
- ^ He continued singing to now (Helw Wasl) here with Alla Kushnir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-SAdD9lTmw
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