Mohamed Mounir

Mohamed Mounir is an Egyptian actor and singer born in a village in Aswan Governorate in 1951 He moved with his family to Cairo after the Nubian villages were submerged by Lake Nasser created by the Aswan High Dam Mounir graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts at Helwan University He was discovered by the renowned communist activist Zaki Murad who introduced him to the poet Abdel Rahim Mansour At the same time he also met the artist Ahmed Mounib whose songs he later performed In 1978 Mounir collaborated with the musician Hani Shenouda and his band on his debut album Bentawlad We Are Born He later collaborated with the jazz artist Yehia Khalil and his band on subsequent albums achieving numerous successes and becoming one of the most popular singers to this day Some of his most successful albums include Shababik Windows Shokolata Chocolate Momken Possible Men Awal Lamsa From the First Touch and Fi Eshq El Banat In the Love of Girls Mohamed Mounirs work was not limited to music alone but his activity also extended to cinema and theater where he presented a number of important films most notably An Egyptian Tale A Bitter Day A Sweet Day The Sixth Day Destiny Dunya