Mohamed Fawzi (musician)

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Mohamed Fawzi محمد فوزى OSA
Background information
Birth name	Mehammad Fawzi Abbas Elhaww
Born	(1918-08-15)August 15, 1918 Tanta, Sultanate of Egypt
Died	October 20, 1966(1966-10-20) (aged 48) Cairo, UAR
Genres	Egyptian music
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter actor filmmaker

Mohamed Fawzi (Egyptian Arabic: محمد فوزى, born Mohamed Fawzi Abbas Elhaw, August 15, 1918^[1] – October 20, 1966) was an Egyptian singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He was a leading entertainer and impresario in the thriving musical film scene of Egypt in the 1940s and 1950s. He founded the El-Sharq El-Awsat record plant on April 30, 1959, and turned it into Sono Cairo /Sout El Qahira (The voice of Cairo) Records on January 6, 1964. Fawzi composed the music for "Kassaman", the Algerian national anthem, with lyrics by "poet of the Algerian Revolution" Moufdi Zakaria.