Ehab Tawfik


Ehab Tawfik is an Egyptian singer.

Biography

Tawfiq learned how to play the lute as a child, and his love for music started when he was nine years old. His first single, "Dany", was released in 1989. His first album Ekminny was released in 1990. In 1995, he received his master's degree for his thesis, The Egyptian Song in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.
Ehab worked toward his Doctorate in Music and Arabic Singing, completed in April 2002. The doctorate was titled The Methods of Performing Arabic Singing in Egypt During the Second Half of the Last Century. He is one of the top singers in the Arab world and is especially revered in his hometown.
His greatest exposure as an artist came on 26 February 2001, when he performed for 50,000 people at a benefit concert to raise funds for Iraqis who were maimed during the Gulf War in Baghdad. Ehab signed with record label Alam El Phan in 2007. He has two children, Ahmed and Mahmoud with his wife Nada.
In 2007, Ehab Tawfik received critical acclaim for his song. The song was released in response to the Danish cartoons that negatively depicted the Prophet. His song Taala Nesameh featured in the Egyptian film Kashf Hesab, starring Nour and Khaled Abol Naga. He was featured on Danish band Outlandish's track "Keep the Record on Play".

Personal life

Tawfik married Nada Rizk after the age of 40, with whom he has a twin boys, Ahmad and Mahmoud in 2008, and a girl, Noreen in 2014.
His father, Ahmad, died from a blaze in his villa in Nasr City in January 2020, six years after his wife passed away.

Hits

His hit songs include "Habibi", "Sahrany", "Tetraga Feya", "Hobbak Aliminni", and Allah Alek Ya Seede have all been popular in Arabic speaking countries.
YearTitleEnglish Artist credit
1990EkminnyEhab Tawfik
1991MarasilEhab Tawfik
1993RasamtekEhab Tawfik
1994HataddiEhab Tawfik
1995Ada El LailEhab Tawfik
1996El DoniaEhab Tawfik
1997Yaashak AmarEhab Tawfik
1999SahranyEhab Tawfik
2000Habib el AlbEhab Tawfik
2002Homma KelmetainEhab Tawfik
2003Leeh El KhesamEhab Tawfik
2004Esmak EihEhab Tawfik
2005Hobek AlemniEhab Tawfik
2007Ahla MenhomEhab Tawfik
2008Ella Rassoul AllahEhab Toufik
2009Lezem TesmaaEhab Tawfik
2010Ahla SamrahEhab Tawfik
2011Arehina Ya BelalEhab Tawfik
2016Kol Youm YehlawEhab Tawfik