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Mohammed Mounir - محمد منير
Mohammed Mounir is the best-known Artist of Nubian origin in Egypt and in the Arab World. He was born in the village Durr, in the Aswan region in Old Nubia. He loved singing since he was a child. According to his words, "in Nubia you just give a bump to your friends, and they start singing."
After his primary education in Aswan, and the flooding of his village due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam, he moved to Cairo with his family. Afte he graduated in film, photography and TV from Helwan university, he often sang for his friends at the army. The famous Nubian poet Zeki Mourad introduced him to poets and to Ahmed Mounib, the great Nubian Artist and composer of the time. It's with him that Mohammed Mounir started his career.
At the beginning Mohammed Mounir sang mainly traditional Nubian heritage songs; these are the ones on which we concentrate in our website. Mounir soon became interested in Jazz and Western-style music and mixed it into his songs. His charisma and theatrical movements on the stage gained him a large audience, mainly within the youth and popular circles. Mohammed Mounir moved further away from Nubian art, and finally left Egypt for Germany. Nonetheless he remains one of the most acclaimed singers of Egypt.
Mohammed Mounir is the best-known Artist of Nubian origin in Egypt and in the Arab World. He was born in the village Durr, in the Aswan region in Old Nubia. He loved singing since he was a child. According to his words, "in Nubia you just give a bump to your friends, and they start singing."
After his primary education in Aswan, and the flooding of his village due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam, he moved to Cairo with his family. Afte he graduated in film, photography and TV from Helwan university, he often sang for his friends at the army. The famous Nubian poet Zeki Mourad introduced him to poets and to Ahmed Mounib, the great Nubian Artist and composer of the time. It's with him that Mohammed Mounir started his career.
At the beginning Mohammed Mounir sang mainly traditional Nubian heritage songs; these are the ones on which we concentrate in our website. Mounir soon became interested in Jazz and Western-style music and mixed it into his songs. His charisma and theatrical movements on the stage gained him a large audience, mainly within the youth and popular circles. Mohammed Mounir moved further away from Nubian art, and finally left Egypt for Germany. Nonetheless he remains one of the most acclaimed singers of Egypt.