Hany Shaker to Perform live in Tunisia on Aug. 15

“Prince of the Arab song” Hany Shaker will perform live at the second edition of Festival international de Siliana, in Tunisia, on August 15.

The festival kicked off two days ago and will run until August 19, under the slogan of "Zama memory".

Shaker took to his official “Instagram” account to express his happiness over meeting his fans in Tunisia.

The festival's activities include concerts, shows, and theatre performances.

Noteworthy, Shaker, also known as the Prince of the Arabic song, is an Egyptian singer and composer, with a repertoire consisting of more than 461 songs and 29 albums.

He made his music debut when he sang with Abd El Halim Hafez Choral Group in "Sora", then he played in film "Sayed Darwish" as the young Sayed Darwish.

Shaker began his career at a very early age - learning the piano as a child when his mother took on the role of his agent as well as supervisor of his professional training. After graduation from high school in the early 1970s, he started to study music at the prestigious Cairo Conservatoire.

He scored his first breakthrough hit in his second year of college in December 1972 with a song written by Mohammed El Mougi, “Heloua ya Dounia (It's a Wonderful Life), which his musical set him off on his musical career. Although at that time the biggest legends remained at their peak, Umm Kulthum, Farid al-Atrash, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez they recognized his potential and supported him, so that he was able to become known among all these legends.

Till now, Shaker claims he owes his greatest musical debt to Abdel Halim Hafez, a man who is very remarkable and who continues to exert a considerable huge influence on younger Egyptian and Arab musicians even after his death in 1977.

In 1974, he was invited to perform a concert in Lebanon, which turned out to be a huge success and ever since he remained extremely popular among the Lebanese.

From then, he produced a number of his early hits “Siboni Aheb” (Let me love), “Kisma w’nasib” (Destiny and fate) and one of his most popular “Kida Bardo Ya Amar” (It’s not fair, oh Moon”).

During the 70s Shaker presented two famous Plays “Cinderella” and “Egypt” and three romantic movies “When love sings”, “We live for love” and “I love this and want that”.

In the course of his long and successful career, he has proved he is not only a talented singer but also as a songwriter.