Majida El Roumi
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Portrait of Majida El Roumi in 1996
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| Background information | |
| Native name | ماجدة الرومي |
| Birth name | Majida Halim El Roumi Baradhy |
| Born |
13 December 1956 Kfarshima, Lebanon |
| Origin | Tyre, Lebanon |
| Genres | Arabic, classical, opera |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Lyricist, Actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | Early 1970s–present |
| Website | Majida El Roumi Official website |
Majida El Roumi Baradhy (Arabic: ماجدة الرومي برادعي; born 13 December 1956) is a Lebanese soprano. She is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador. She first garnered acclaim in 1974 when she participated in the talent show "Studio El Fan" on Télé Liban and performed songs for Asmahan and Layla Murad at the age of 16.
Majida El Roumi Al Baradhy was born on 13 December 1956 and descends from the “Al Baradhy” family from Tyre, South Lebanon. She is the daughter of the great Lebanese musician Halim El Roumi who was born in Tyre in 1919 and moved to Haifa in Palestine at the age of 2 with his whole family due to the crisis of World War I. When Halim moved to Egypt to follow his musical career, he met Marie Loutfy, a Melkite Greek Catholic woman. They got married in Port Said and had three girls Maha, Mona, Majida and a boy Awad. The whole family moved from Egypt to Lebanon and settled in Kfarshima, which is part of Greater Beirut when Majida was at the age of 6 as she grew up in an artistic environment and family of artists. Kfarshima is also home to many Lebanese singers, musicians and poets like Philimon Wehbe, Melhem Barakat and Issam Rajji. The residence of Halim El Roumi was a meeting place for many cultural figures as he worked with many singers with mentioning his discovery to many well-known artists, mainly the Lebanese star Fairuz.
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