Hamada Helal

Who is Hamada Helal?

Mohamed 'Hamada helel" Abdel Fatah Helal is an Egyptian singer who was born in Sharqia, Egypt. He now resides in Cairo. Hamada started his interest singing when he was 5 years old. He used to record his voice whilst singing on cassette tapes. Many great artists influenced Hamada, such as Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Um Kulthum.

At school, Hamada sung during the school breaks and entertainment periods. One of his friends would be playing a drum, Hamada would be singing and a girl would be dancing.

When Hamada was seven, one of his relatives heard him while he was singing and took Hamada to a musician. He learned the music basics and was encouraged. The musician told Hamada that he would introduce him to sing at a wedding of one of his relatives after three months. This was the starting point of his career.

Hamada met a popular composer called Hassan Esh Esh who introduced him to Hamid El Shaerry and presented him to a recording studio. They signed him to a contract straight away.

Hamada's first appearance as a professional singer was on High Quality album Part 3 After that he continued to release his own albums Dar el zaman, Demou3, and Ba5af.

Hamada was later known as a very respectful singer, never going too far with words in his songs as well as singing national and religious songs such as Muhammad Nabina, Allah forgive me, 3aref, and asma2 Allah el hosna. His fame as a respectful person increased after saving a girl from rape in the middle of the night in cairo.