Al-Noor Wal Amal to perform in the Citadel Festival Aug. 14

CAIRO – 14 August 2018: Salah el-Din Citadel International Festival for Music and Singing resumes the events of its 27th round as two special shows are expected to be held today, Aug. 14.

Al-Noor Wal Amal orchestra is expected to perform at 8 p.m. on the Mahka 1 Theatre in Salah el-Din Citadel, with Maestro Mohamed Sa’ad Basha being in the lead.

The show is going to include the most significant Arabic and international musical compositions such as “Hungarian Dance No.5” by Johannes Brahms, “The Russian and Chinese Dance” by Tchaikovsky and “Yamama Helwa” (Beautiful Pigeon) by Abu-Bakr Khairat, among others.

It is worth mentioning that Al-Noor Wal Amal is the only orchestra in the world that consists of blind girls who amazed the world with their performances in several events as they were able to perform on musical instruments without being able to read the musical notes.

Al-Noor Wal Amal is originally an organization that supports blind women in Egypt. The blind women adopted by the organization created an orchestra and amazed the world in numerous concerts in which the ladies' performance left the audience stunned.

The special event in Salah el-Din Festival is a great humanitarian initiative to raise the talented blind ladies' spirit and provide them with the support they deserve.


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Additionally, renowned singer Khaled Selim is going to perform on the Mahka 2 Theatre located in the historical citadel on the same night at 10 p.m.
The star is going to perform a selection of his most popular songs such as “Lekol Ashek Watan” (There is a home for every lover), “Ana Habeit” (I’m in love), “Enta Akid Men Alam Tany” (You are from another world) and others.

Selim is also going to perform a collection of songs performed by stars of the golden age such as Abdel Halim Hafez and Warda al-Jazaereya.

Selim was born in Kuwait on Nov. 6, 1975. He managed to establish a successful musical career in Egypt, performing numerous songs that captured the hearts of fans in Egypt and across the Arab world.

Selim released four albums and participated in three movies. He is a singer, an actor and a great performer on stage. The star is considered one of the biggest icons in modern Egyptian pop music and film.

The star’s decade-long career has earned him a special position among the Arab stars.Living in Kuwait in his early childhood, Selim had a great opportunity to explore various types of music from different parts of the globe, a fact which helped broaden his musical culture.