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In photos: Life of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez On the 38th anniversary of the death of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez, Ahram Online republishes photos exploring the life of the late music icon
Renowned Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez was born on 21 June 1929, and died on 30 March 1977. ## The child Abdel-Halim with his elder brother Ismail. ## ## Playing cards with the musician Baligh Hamdi and the Egyptian actor Omar Sharif in London. ## Abdel-Halim sitting on the floor and eating lettuce for the last time, after his doctor instructed him not to eat it again. ## The prominent singer Farid El-Atrache feeding Halim at a party. ## Halim with the Egyptian football player Saleh Salim raising three fingers as a symbol of the three goals Al-Ahly team scored at a match. ## Abdel-Halim was known as the Nightingale El-Asmar. Here he issinging with the Egyptian singerAhmed Adaweyah. ## Abdel-Halim trying to fix his car in the street; in the background the Nile is visible. ## A photo of Abdel-Halim using a searchlight during an air raid in war time. ## The famous actress and singer Soad Hosniserving a piece of cake to Abdel-Halim. ## Abdel-Halim playing guitar at the wedding of famed guitarist and movie star Omar Khorshid. ## Abdel-Halim Hafez in a wheel chair with Baligh Hamdi during the rehearsal of a song of his. ## Abdel-Halim with the famous Saudi singer Etab in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, in 1975. ## Abdel-Halim recording his only radio series in 1973. It was directed by Mahmoud Awad, and included actors Adel Imam and Emad Hamdi. ## Abdel-Halim greets legendary singer Um Kulthum. ## From the right, journalist and democratic political activist Fekry Abaza, Abdel-Halim Hafez, colloquial poet Salah Jahin and leading journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal. ## Abdel-Halim laughing and Farid El-Atrache clapping while watching the dance of famous belly dancer Nagwa Fouad. Film and television actor Kamal El-Shennawi and actress Laila Fawzy are also shown in the photo. ## Abdel-Halim playing with a baby. ## The singer wearing socks. ## Abdel-Halim with the Egyptian monologist Mahmoud Shokoko and media icon Amal Fahmy, who discovered the singer in her famous programme On the Corner. She also appeared with Abdel-Halim in his film Nights of Love in 1950. ## The singer talking on the phone while the prominent singer and composer Mohamed Abdel-Wahab holds his oud, waiting to start the rehearsal. ## A visit from the famous female singer and actress Sabah, who was known as Al-Shahroura(the Singing Bird), Farid El-Atrache and singer Moharam Fouad to Abdel-Halim during his illness, showing him an article about him in the newspaper. All photos courtesy of Ahl Misr Zaman on Facebook. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/126433.aspx
