No cause of death has been revealed.<\/span><\/p>\nTributes for El Haggar were led by Egypt’s Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem who praised the singer for his four-decade career.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cArabic music has lost a brilliant star that\u2019s distinguished by an authentic voice and a delicate sensitivity,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Egyptian pop star Tamer Hosny also went online to pay his respects.<\/span><\/p>\n“We ask for prayers for the death of the great artist Ahmed Al-Hajjar, brother of the artist Ali El Haggar,\u201d he said. \u201cWe extend our condolences to him and his generous family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nIt was a sentiment echoed by Syrian singer Assala Nasri. \u201cMay God have mercy on the great artist Ahmed El Haggar, and my condolences to his brother, the great professor Ali El Haggar and all his family,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\nSinger Mohamed Fouad praised the late artist\u2019s talent and character, writing: \u201cSincere condolences on the death of the dear brother, the pure person and great artist Ahmed El Haggar.”<\/span><\/p>\nBorn in 1956 in the Egyptian governorate of Giza, El Haggar was raised in a musical household led by his father, the illustrious singer and composer Ibrahim El Haggar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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He followed in the footsteps of his senior by also enrolling into Cairo’s Higher Institute of Arabic Music, studying the oud and piano, in addition to eastern and western music modes.<\/span><\/p>\nThe knowledge kept him in good stead as El Haggar became an in-demand composer for Egyptian singers such as Mohamed El Helou, Medhat Saleh and Hisham Abbas.<\/span><\/p>\nWhen it came to his solo career, El Haggar found some success with tracks such as\u00a0Lamlemt Khoyoot El Shams<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Lahdat Wadaa<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\nLinking them all together were his evocative melodies rooted in the Arabic folk music tradition and orchestral flourishes partly owing to western classical.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHe made works that expressed the feelings of an entire generation,\u201d Abdel-Dayem said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\u201cThey will remain immortal as signs in the world of modern and contemporary music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nEl Haggar was buried on Wednesday after funeral prayers in Masjid Al Sayyida Nafeesah in Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\nwww.thenationalnews.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Egyptian singer and composer Ahmed El Haggar has died aged 65. The news was announced by his brother Ali El Haggar, also a music artist, on his\u00a0Facebook channel\u00a0on Tuesday. No cause of death has been revealed. Tributes for El Haggar were led by Egypt’s Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem who praised the singer for his […]<\/p>\n
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