Abdou_Cherif

Abdou Cherif

Abdou Cherif

Musical artist

Abdou Cherif (Arabic: عبده شريف, also Abdou Chrif, Abdo Sheriff, Abdo Shrif, Abdo Sharif; 1971 – 8 March 2024) was a Moroccan singer.

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Life and career

Native to city of Casablanca, Cherif was the nephew of Abdelwahab Agoumi, one of the most influential artists in the modernization of Moroccan classical music in the 1950s.[1] Following the teachings of his mentor Mahmoud Saâdi [2] (co-founder of the musical phenomenon of the 1970s which gave birth to the well-known groups of popular music Nass El Ghiwane and Jil Jilala[2]), Cherif saw his dream come true in 1999: to sing at the Khédival Cairo opera house in front of the public of his idol Abdelhalim Hafez. Egyptians gave him the nickname of "the New Nightingale", in reference to the "Brown Nightingale" Abdelhalim Hafez.

Cherif was also referred to by the Moroccan public as a crooner.[3]

Abdou Cherif died from a heart attack in Casablanca, on 8 March 2024, at the age of 52.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    L'âge d'or de la chanson marocaine(in French)
  2. [2]
    Nass El Ghiwane et Jil Jilala en deuil : Mahmoud Saâdi n'est plus (in French)
  3. [3]
    triomphe d'Abdou Cherif Archived 20 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
  4. [4]
    "Moroccan Singer Abdou Cherif Dies Due to Heart Attack". Morocco World News. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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