Hamada Helal

Mohamed Abdel-Fatah Mohamed Abdulaziz Helal (Arabic: محمد عبد الفتاح محمد عبد العزيز هلال‎; born March 20, 1982), better known as Hamada Helal (Arabic: حمادة هلال‎), is an Egyptian singer, actor, and composer who was born in Faqous, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. He now resides in Cairo. Hamada started his interest singing when he was 5 years old. He used to record his voice whilst singing on cassette tapes. Many great artists influenced Hamada, such as Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and Um Kulthum. At school, Hamada would sing during his school breaks and entertainment periods. One of his friends would be playing a drum, Hamada would be singing and a girl would be dancing. When Hamada was seven, one of his relatives heard him while he was singing and took Hamada to a musician. He learned the music basics and was encouraged. The musician told Hamada that he would introduce him to sing at a wedding of one of his relatives after three months. This was the starting point of his career. Hamada met a popular composer called Hassan Esh Esh who introduced him to Hamid Al-Shairi and presented him to a recording studio. They signed him to a contract straight away.

Hamada Helal
محمد عبد الفتاح محمد عبد العزيز هلال
Born	Mohamed Abdel-Fatah Mohamed Abdulaziz Helal (1980-03-20) March 20, 1980 Faqous, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Other names	Safir El-Qolob
Occupation	Singer Actor Composer
Years active	1994–present
Musical career
Also known as	Hamada Helal
Genres	World Music Egyptian Music
Instruments	Vocals

Hamada's first appearance as a professional singer was on "High Quality Album Part 3". After that he continued to release his own albums Dar El Zaman, Demoaa, and I'm afraid. Hamada was later known as a very respectful singer, never going too far with words in his songs as well as singing national and religious songs such as Muhammad nabina, Allah forgive me, and Asmaa allah el-hosna. His fame as a respectful person increased after saving a girl from rape in the middle of the night in Cairo.

He Made his first Cinematic Appearance in the movie "Eyal Habiba (Lover boys)" in 2005 which was widely appreciated by audiences and after that he released his album I miss you. One year later he made another appearance in "The boys escaped" as one of the main characters "Hassan". In the movie he sang 3 songs: "Azza", "Kan lazim", and "Mastool". Although the movie was not considered as good as his first one, it was still quite a step. In 2007 Hamada Helal starred in a third movie "El Hob keda" acting as one of the main characters "Seif". The movies response was on a wide scale but mainly positive. He sang one of his most famous songs "When You Touch Me" which would later be added to his 2008 album. Still pushing further, Hamada released his latest movie in 2008 "Dream of a lifetime" in which he acted as the role of a boxer who wanted to reach the world championship. Still in box office it is considered as his best movies yet. In addition to his movie he released his newest album Bahebak Akher Haja at the same time the movie was in box office, the album had two songs from his latest movie as well as one from the 2007 movie, Zainab. Hamada Helal's most impressive musical feat to date is the love song he wrote to children's television icon and absorbent rectangle, SpongeBob SquarePants, entitled "Spong Bob". In the accompanying video clip Hamada tackles his most challenging acting role to date, playing the world's most famous poriferan, whilst bouncing on a trampoline surrounded by balloons and fawning children. The song was a huge hit in Egypt and the whole Arabic-speaking world. In addition, Hamada Helal has popularity on Social media, his followers on Facebook reached more than 8 million, extension to Instagram he has 2 million followers.[1][2]

Personal life

Hamada Helal was born on March 20, 1980 in Faqous, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. He was raised in a family of seven children. He is now living in Cairo, Egypt. Helal married the Palestinian "Asmaa Samih" in 2009 and he was blessed with two children, daughter named Rama Helal and son Youssef Helal.

Discography

• Al-Ayam. (1996)
• Dar El Zaman. (1998)
• Demoaa. (2000)
• Bakhaf. (2002)
• Waheshni. (2004)
• Eyal Habiba. (2005)
• Bahebak Akher Haja. (2008)
• Matolhash. (2012)
• Eish Basha. (2017)

Filmography

• Eyal Habiba. (2005)
• El eial herbet. (2006)
• El Hob keda. (2007)
• Helm Elomr. (2008)
• Amn Dawlat. (2011)
• Mr. & Mrs. Ewis. (2011)
• Hamati Bithibbeni. (2014)
• Shantet Hamza. (2017)

References

1. "Hamada Helal (@hamadahelaleg) • Instagram photos and videos". instagram.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
2. "Hamada Helal". facebook.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

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