Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Wassel / واصل

Tawfika Ahmed Nada – better known as Sharifa Fadel / شريفة فاضل  – was born in Cairo on January 7, 1938. She started acting at age 9, with her first film The Father / الأب in 1947 after being discovered by director Omar Gomai / عمر جامعي at the Institute of Performing Arts of Cairo. Soon after, she started her recording career. Her first big hit was “Amana Ya Bokra” / “أمانه يا بكرة “.

You can read more about Sharifa Fadel – as well as find more songs by her – over at the wonderful Arab Tunes blog.

The music for this track was composed by Baligh Hamdi / بليغ حمدي. Sublime Frequencies has recently released an overview of his music entitled Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970’s Egypt. Although he is not credited, that fuzz guitar is most likely Omar Khorshid / عمر خورشيد.

Catalog number 45 S 139 on Soutelphan of Cairo, Egypt. No release date listed.