Jul 01, 1919LebanonDied on 01 Jan 1983 (aged 63)Cancer
About Halim El Roumi
Halim el-Roumi (???? ??????) (July 1919 – 1983) was a singer and composer from Lebanon. Born in Lebanon to Lebanese parents, he began his amateur artistic career in 1935.
Later, as a radio chief in the Near East (Mahattat Ach-Charq Al Adna), he discovered the singer Fairuz.
He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.
El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (????? ??????) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.He was the father of Majida El Roumi.