Hakim (singer)

Abdel Hakim Abdel Samad Kamel (Arabic: عبد الحكيم عبد الصمد كامل; born October 7, 1962), known by the mononym Hakim (Arabic: حكيم), is an Egyptian shaabi singer.

Hakim عبد الحكيم عبد الصمد كامل
Background information
Birth name	Abd El-Hakim Abd El-Samad Kamel
Born	(1962-10-07) October 7, 1962 (age 62) Maghagha, El Minya, Egypt
Origin	El Minya, Egypt
Genres	Folk, shaabi, Middle Eastern, belly dance,
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Years active	1992–present

Biography

Hakim was born in Maghagha, a small town in el-Minya, Egypt. He grew up with the sound of working- and middle-class tradition of Egyptian Sha'abi music, and admired the great Egyptian Sha'bi singer Ahmed Adaweyah. He reportedly began singing at the age of 8, and practiced mawawīl, the vocal improvisations which often begin an Egyptian Sha'bi song. He formed a band while in high school, obtained his college degree in Cairo, and then returned to el-Minya to continue making music, before moving back to Cairo.^[1] He had collaborated with several international singers throughout his career, such as: Narada Michael Walden and Olga Tañon in 2002, James Brown in 2004 and Don Omar in 2007.^[2]

Musical styles

• Shaabi
• Middle Eastern
• Belly dance
• Al Jeel
• Egyptian
• World music

Discography

• Nazra (1992)
• Nar (1994)
• Efred (1997)
• Hayel (1998)
• Yaho (2000)
• The Lion Roars – Hakim Live in America (2000)
• Talakik (2002)
• Taminy Alek (2004)
• El Youm Dol (2004)
• Kolo Yoross (2005)
• Lela (2006) (with James Brown and Stevie Wonder)
• "Tigy Tigy" (with Don Omar) (2007)
• Ya Mazago (2011)
• Ala Wadaak (2017)