Ehab Tawfik

Ehab Tawfik إيهاب أحمد توفيق محمد مصطفي
Background information
Birth name	Ehab Ahmed Tawfiq Mohamed Mostafa
Born	(1966-01-07) 7 January 1966
Origin	Cairo, Egypt
Genres	Arabic
Occupation(s)	Composer, singer, actor
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Sonar, Pigeon Records, High Quality, Rotana, Alam El Phan, Delika, Ehab Tawfik Productions

Ehab Tawfik (Arabic: إيهاب توفيق (Born January 7, 1966) is an Egyptian singer and actor.

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 a well-known singer in the Arab world, particularly in the Shababi genre.

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 (Arabic: إلا رسول الله, lit. 'Except the Prophet of Allah'). 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 (2007), starring Nour and Khaled Abol Naga. He was featured on Danish band Outlandish's track "Keep the Record on Play".

He won the first edition of Masked Singer Arab World, in 2020, dressed as a cobra.

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, Jude in 2014.

His father, Ahmad, died from a blaze in his villa in Nasr City in January 2020, six years after his wife died.

Hits

His hit songs include "Habibi" ("My Darling"), "Sahrany" ("She Enchanted Me"), "Tetraga Feya" ("Begging Me"), "Hobbak Aliminni" ("Your Love Taught Me"), and Allah Alek Ya Seede have all been popular in Arabic speaking countries.

Year	Title	English Artist credit
1990	Ekminny	Ehab Tawfik
1991	Marasil	Ehab Tawfik
1993	Rasamtek	Ehab Tawfik
1994	Hataddi	Ehab Tawfik
1995	Ada El Lail	Ehab Tawfik
1996	El Donia	Ehab Tawfik
1997	Yaashak Amar	Ehab Tawfik
1999	Sahrany	Ehab Tawfik
2000	Habib el Alb	Ehab Tawfik
2002	Homma Kelmetain	Ehab Tawfik
2003	Leeh El Khesam	Ehab Tawfik
2004	Esmak Eih	Ehab Tawfik
2005	Hobek Alemni	Ehab Tawfik
2007	Ahla Menhom	Ehab Tawfik
2008	Ella Rassoul Allah	Ehab Toufik
2009	Lezem Tesmaa	Ehab Tawfik
2010	Ahla Samrah	Ehab Tawfik
2011	Arehina Ya Belal	Ehab Tawfik
2016	Kol Youm Yehlaw	Ehab Tawfik