Ehab Tawfik

Ehab Tawfik (Arabic: إيهاب توفيق is an Egyptian singer and actor.[1] He performs mostly in the shababi genre of Egyptian popular music. He has also recorded songs in the watani (nationalistic) tradition, among them "Set saʿat" ('Six Hours'), released as an overtly pro-military video shortly after the military coup d'état which removed Mohamed Morsi from power in 2013.[2]

Ehab Tawfik
إيهاب توفيق
Background information
GenresArabic
Occupation(s)Composer, singer, actor
Years active1989–present
LabelsSonar, Pigeon Records, High Quality, Rotana, Alam El Phan, Delika, Ehab Tawfik Productions

Personal life

Tawfik married Nada Rizk after the age of 40, with whom he has a twin boys, Ahmad and Mahmoud in 2008, and a girl, Jude in 2014.[3]

His father, Ahmad, died from a blaze in his villa in Nasr City in January 2020, six years after his wife died.[4]

Hits

His hit songs include "Habibi" ("My Darling"), "Sahrany" ("She Enchanted Me"), "Tetraga Feya" ("Begging Me"), "Hobbak Aliminni" ("Your Love Taught Me"), and Allah Alek Ya Seede have all been popular in Arabic speaking countries.

References
  1. Harris, Craig. "Ehab Tawfiq". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. Abdelmoez, Joel W. (27 November 2020). "Performing (for) Populist Politics: Music at the Nexus of Egyptian Pop Culture and Politics". Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. 13 (3): 300–321. doi:10.1163/18739865-01303007. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "إيهاب توفيق.. لم .. شاهد". kollelngoom.com (in Arabic). 1 April 2016.
  4. ""الصور الأولى" من جنازة والد إيهاب توفيق". kollelngoom.com (in Arabic). 9 January 2020.
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