Alexandria Opera House to Celebrate Warda's 84th Birth Anniv. on July 14

Alexandria Opera House will celebrate the 84th birth anniversary of the late Algerian singer Warda, fondly known as The ”Princess of Arab Singing”, on Friday, July 14.

Under the direction of Maestro Ahmed Amer, the outstanding Nuira band will perform a selection of Warda's remarkable songs and iconic pieces from her extensive repertoire, reminding people of the legacy and spirit of the late singer.

The celebration will also offer an opportunity to hear Dalia Abdel Wahab, Shaima Nagi, Somia Wagdi, and Farah El Mogy, who will sing pieces like "Hekaity ma'a' Zaman", "Fe Youm we Leila", "Akdab Alik", and "Lailina".

Warda who is widely regarded as one of Arab’s greatest singers of all time alongside Umm Kalthoum and Fayrouz, passed away in 2012, leaving a gaping hole in the Egyptian music industry.

Born in France in 1939 to an Algerian father called Fatouki and a Lebanese mother named Yamout, she began her showbiz career as a young singer at the Tam-Tam, a cabaret owned by her father Located on rue Saint-Séverin, in the Latin Quarter in Paris.

Throughout her long-standing career, Warda featured in many remarkable Arab films, such as ‘Amirat Al Arab’, and ‘Hekayti maa al-Zaman’, starring Rushdi Abaza and Samir Sabri, and also performed several concerts across the world.

Her breakthrough came with “Al-Watan Al-Akbar” (the greater homeland) performance, a pan-Arabist song composed by late Egypt’s iconic star Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Following her overwhelming success with Abdel Wahab and other Egyptian musicians, she decided to stay in Cairo for the rest of her life.

She passed away in 2012, leaving a gaping hole in the Egyptian music industry.