Abdel Basset Diab, Amr’s Father, graduated from the faculty of commerce at the University of Alexandria in 1958. His mother, was a French teacher in the Lycee Francais school of Port Said. The mesh was dubbed Mediterranean music, and The Very Best of Amr Diab displays Diab’s superb skill in creating it.»Īccording to the BBC, Diab «has ruled the Arab music world, especially Egypt and the Middle East, since the mid ’80s, continually breaking sales records».Īmr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt to a highly educated middle class family. Valdivia of Allmusic said: «His music melded traditional Arabic sounds and textures with Western rhythms and instruments. In his analysis of The Very Best of Amr Diab album, Victor W. In The Mediterranean in Music, David Cooper and Kevin Dawe referred to his music as «the new breed of Mediterranean music».Īccording to author Michael Frishkopf, Amr Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially in his international hit, «Nour El Ain». He has created his own style which is often termed «Mediterranean Music» or «Mediterranean Sound», a blend of Western and Arabic rhythms. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998, 20.Īmr Diab is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music.
Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let’s Go Egypt.
Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (Arabic: عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب born October 11, 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of jeel music the contemporary face of Egyptian al-jeel pop music, according to World Music.
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