Abdallah Al Rowaished

Abdallah Al Rowaished(Arabic: عبدالله الرويشد‎, born 1961 jul 18) is a popular Arab singer from Kuwait. To date, he has released over 30 albums. He is popular in his country Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and all the Arabian countries.

Biography

Abdallah Al Rowaished was born in 1961 in Kuwait. At a young age he discovered a love for [music] when he started to play the lute/oud. In 1973, Rowaishid established the Al Roba'y Al Kuwaiti group with three others, two of them being his friends and the remainder being his brother. The group was widely popular among the Persian Gulf countries. However, the group disbanded in 1979, since then Rowaishid has focused on his solo career.

Rowaished began his solo career in the early 1980s with the release of his first album with AlNazaer Music Production Company. Rowaished worked with many famous poets and composers such as Khaled El Sheikh. His first album achieved moderate success in the Persian Gulf region. Additionally, Rowaishid rendered one of the songs from this album as a music video, one of the first music videos by an Arab singer.

Rowaished continued to release albums throughout the 1980s, with increased popularity with each release. In addition to becoming a regional success, his popularity expanded to other regions of the Arab world, including Egypt. During the early 1990s, Rowaishid relocated temporarily to Egypt as Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. From there he continued his music career, including a short lived project with the famous Egyptian singer Mohamed Abdelwaheb. Unfortunately, Abdelwaheb died shortly after the start of the project.

After the end of the Persian Gulf War, Rowaished returned to Kuwait and continued with his music career He released several albums during the 1990s, usually one every year. In 1995, he signed a contract with the Saudi record company Rotana, since they offered him a better contract to which Farasan Music Production Company was paying, so he opted for the money, which is the logical thing to do. Rowaishid's first album for Rotana was "Lummi Bishouq," which was released in 1996. Rowaished has released an album with Rotana every year since then. His latest album, entitled "Ma Fee Ahad Mertah," was released in June 2005, and has been a big success for him. To date, he has released over 30 albums, participated in concerts in many countries, including the United States of America, and Canada. He also has opened his own music conservatory in Kuwait, and operates a store as well.

In addition to singing and performing, Rowaished also composes songs for other singers. Some of the singers he has worked with include Reem, Samar, Ahlam, Adel Al Rowaished" his brother", among others.

In 2001, Saudi cleric Hamoud bin Shuaib issued a fatwā against Rowaished, condemning him to death for insulting the Qur'an by allegedly including verses from its opening in his music. Kuwaiti clerics rejected the fatwā.^[1]

In 2008, he recorded the theme song for the Arab Press Production Center television drama series Oyoun Alya.^[2]

Discography

• Rahalti (1983)
• Ay Ma'aza (1984)
• Eb Ay Haal (1985)
• Astahmelek (1986)
• Mas-hour (1987)
• Rowaished 88 (1988)
• Rowaished 89 (1989)
• Abdullah Rowaished 1990 (1990)
• Abdullah Rowaished 1992 (1992)
• Abdullah Rowaished (1993)
• Rowaished 94 (1994)
• Ramady (1995)
• Lemni Ebeshouq (1996)
• Tasawer (1997)
• Wainek (1998)
• Sadiqini (1999)
• Watan Omri (2000)
• Wein Rayeh (2001)
• Efeeni (2002)
• Ah Ya Zeman (2003)
• El Shoug W El Dama'a (2004)
• Mafee A7ad Mertah (2005)
• 2006 (2006)
• 2008 (2008)
• Temana (2009)
• Laylat Omer (2010)
• Enty Helm (2011)

References

External links

• Official webpage (arabic)
• Official site
• Jordan Festival, Biography: Abdallah Al Rowaishid