Kadim Al Sahir
12 September 1957 – present
Kadim Al Sahir is an Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter born in 1957 in Mosul and raised in Baghdad, where he trained at the city's music academy. He became widely known across the Arab world from the late 1980s and is particularly associated with his settings of poems by the Syrian writer Nizar Qabbani. He has lived outside Iraq since the early 1990s and has performed and recorded internationally.
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Life events
Born into a large family that later moved to Baghdad, where he grew up.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted a multi-year course in music, having taught himself guitar as a boy.
Started his professional singing career on Iraqi radio and television.
The song's lyrics drew objections from Iraqi authorities and it was restricted from broadcast, while becoming widely popular.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved abroad in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War and later also worked from Egypt.
The partnership with the Syrian poet produced a series of songs and albums that became central to his repertoire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook on an ambassadorial role supporting the agency's work on children's welfare.
Appeared as one of the coaches on the Arabic-language edition of the format.
Source: en.wikipedia.org