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Baligh Hamdi

Baligh Hamdi, born Baligh Abdel Hamid Hamdi Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, on October 7, 1931, was an Egyptian composer and musician who died in Paris, France, on September 12, 1993, at age 61. Learning the violin at age 9 and the oud at age 11, he became a professional musician in 1954. He composed hit songs for prominent Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez starting in 1957, including “Khosara Khosara” and “Tkhounoh”, before beginning a collaboration with Umm Kulthum in 1960 with the song “Hob Ayeh”. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he composed classic standards for both performers, includ...