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Amal Maher to Present Unplugged Concert at Pyramids Tonight


Fri 12 Jun 2020 | 01:58 PM
Yara Sameh

Egyptian superstar, Amal Maher will take the stage Friday evening for her first unplugged, acoustic concert, at the Giza Pyramids. It is scheduled to be held without any audience.

The concert, scheduled to broadcast on MBC Misr and live-stream on Shahid at 10:00 PM KSA – 09:00 PM (Cairo local time), aims to uplift people spirits with music amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The concert organizers previously confirmed in a press release that the rules of social distancing between the performers will be taken into account in the designing of the stage.

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The novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide. It also hit several celebrities and top political figures around the world.

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

Coronavirus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.

The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

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2020 is a good year for Amal Maher

Maher has been in a state of artistic activity since the beginning of 2020, when she released a new single, “Matsebnish” on Valentine’s Day, which was filmed in the French capital, Paris. She also performed a concert on Valentine’s Day,

The singer also released another single entitled “Enta Wahdak”, as well as performed “Elly Qadra”, the theme song for Egyptian actress, Amina Khalil’s TV series “Leh la” (Why not), on her official “YouTube” channel.

“Elly Qadra” has reached over 6.5 million views. The theme song is by the lyrics of Nader Abd Allah, and composed by Khaled Ezz.

The TV series, consists of 15 episodes, is written by Mariam Naoum and directed by Mariam Abou Ouf.

Leh la also stars Sherine Reda, Hala Sedki, Hany Adel, Omar Al Saeed, Sherine, Mohsen Mohy El-Din, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra, and others.

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It is worth mentioning that Maher, born on February 19, 1985, is an Egyptian singer. She started singing in 1988 at the age of 13 in many important national celebrations.

Great Musician Mohamed El Melegy discovered her after watching her performance in a school concert; she left school to join the Arab Music Institute.

Salah Aram listened to her voice in Musical Syndicate tests and then introduced her to the legend Ammar ElShereiy who chose her to participate in “Oum Kalthoum” Series.

She has a unique experience in Gulf Music with great poets and musicians.

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Maher performed her first concert on the stage of Egypt Opera House in 2000, and although she was so young she proved her talent in the presence of a lot of important political and musical figures.

In 2009, she performed in the opening ceremony of “Bayt ElDeen” festival in Lebanon in presence of the president Al-Imad Micheal Soliman.

Maher opened Holland’s Arts festival on “Royal Carre” Theatre in 2010, which the tickets were sold out within two weeks before the date of the concert, in which the “Oster Park” where the concert broadcasted was full of audience.

In 2012, she threw “Aaraf Menin” album’s concert in “Sa’yet ElSawy”.

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She performed in a lot of important concerts, such as the Arab Music Festival closing ceremony, Talal’s Honoring ceremony with Abady ElGohar, Febrayer Kuwait with Mohammed Abdu, and Oum Kalthoum Memorial in Muscat’s Royal Opera House in Oman.

In 2019, Maher released her latest album “Asl Al Ahsas” (The origin of sense) on her official YouTube channel, which is produced by Violin Entertainment Production Company, and witnesses her comeback to singing after four years of absence.

In the album, she cooperated with a large number of Poets and composers including poets, Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Tamer Hussien, Nader Abdallah, and others.

Maher also cooperated in the album with composers, Tamer Ashor, Yasser Majid, Khaled Ezz, and others.