The biography of Abdelhalim Hafez

Collection title

The story of an Egyptian legend

ID

ERU00501

Source

ERTU (EG)

First broadcast date

1991

Production year

1991

Abstract

The birth of the artist Abdelhalim Hafez, the conditions in which he grew up, the reasons for his coming to Cairo, the beginning of a long artistic career and his first meeting with Oum Kaltoum.

Type

audio

Production companies

• ERTU - Own production

Broadcaster

ERTU - European Program

Audiovisual form

Portrait

Personalities

• Hafez Abdelhalim

Primary theme

Music and songs

Secondary themes

• Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Credits / Cast

• Sheble Mohamed - Theatre director

Period of events

• 1991

Map locations

• Egypt - Middle Egypt

Original language

English

Media running time

30m20

Additional information