Mohamed Mounir to Perform Live at Cairo Opera House on July 16

Cairo Opera House will host “The king” Mohamed Mounir's first concerts, following the easing of coronavirus lockdown rules.

It is scheduled for the king to perform live at the opera house on Thursday, (July 16) in the presence of an audience. The concert will begin at 08:00 PM (Cairo local time).

The show will be held in accordance with precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the public and performers.

This will be Mounir's second concert to perform amid the outbreak. He performed on March 29 a viral concert to spread joy and uplift the people spirits with music during the country’s battle against coronavirus pandemic, which includes self-quarantine to stem its spread of the coronavirus.

The shows received positive response and support from the public, which encouraged more performers to repeat the experience.

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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.

The virus is a new member of the Coronaviruses group, which was never identified in humans. The viruses’ family also includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), which cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases.

Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Humans and animals such as mammals and birds can be affected by the disease.

The name coronavirus is derived from the Latin corona, meaning “crown” or “halo”.

On February 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19, taken from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”.

In December 2019, an outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was given the interim name 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was later renamed SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

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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It is worth mentioning that Mounir, born on October 10, 1954, is an Egyptian singer and actor. His family is from Nubia, Southern Aswan, Egypt.

Mounir released his 1977 debut solo album, “Alemony Eneeki” on the Sonar record label, after completing his military service.

The 65-year-old superstar has released over 22 official albums and featured on six soundtrack albums under several different record labels.

Mounir, whose musical career spanned over three decades, presented various genres into his music, such as classical Egyptian Music, Nubian music, blues, jazz, and reggae.

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The superstar's lyrics are quite famous for its philosophical content as well as for its passionate social and political commentary.

He is affectionately known by his fans as "The King" due to his album and play "El Malek Howwa El Malek" (The King is The King).

Along with his singing career, Mounir also embarked on an acting career, during which he presented nearly 12 movies, 4 television series, and 3 plays.

He made his acting debut in 1982, where he starred and performed the soundtrack of Youssef Chahine’s film 'Hadouta Masreia” (An Egyptian Story).