Fayza Ahmed

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Fayza Ahmed ( Arabic فايزة أحمد, DMG Fāyiza Aḥmad ; * December 5, 1934 in Sidon ; † September 21, 1983 in Cairo ) was an Egyptian singer and actress of Lebanese-Syrian origin.

Ahmed grew up in a musical family and sang the songs of Asmahan and Leila Mourad at the age of six . At the age of eleven, she began her vocal training, made her debut on Lebanese radio and appeared on the Aleppo radio station. She moderated galas there and eventually became a choir singer for the Damascus radio station. She was married at the age of thirteen, but separated from her husband after the birth of a daughter.

In 1954 she emigrated to Egypt, where she worked again for radio. There she soon met Mohamed El Mougy , who composed successful titles for her such as Ana Albi Lik Mayal , Yamma El amar Al Bab , Habibi Whichni and Tamr Hinna . The singer and composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab wrote for her, among others, Sitt El Habayb , Hammal El Assia and Tohgorny Bihkaya . In total, their discography includes around four hundred titles.

Between 1957 and 1963 Ahmed played in six films, including Leila, bint el shatie by Hussein Fawzi , Imsik harami by Fatin Abdel Wahab and Ana wa Banati by Hussein El-Mohandess . She also appeared in the operetta production Masr Balahan and the radio series Hadrett Acharifa by her husband Mohamed Soltan . After suffering from serious cancer, she died in Cairo in 1983.

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SURNAME Ahmed, Fayza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahmad, Fāyzat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Sidon
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1983
Place of death Cairo