Amal Khudhair

Amal Khudhair
Birth nameAmal Khudhair Dawud Al-Timimi
Born (1950-07-01) July 1, 1950 (age 74)
Basra, Kingdom of Iraq
GenresIraqi music, Arabic music
Occupation(s)Singer, painter, actress, presenter.
Years active1973–present[1]

Amal Khudhair (Arabic: أمل خضيّر; born 1 July 1950 in Basra) is an Iraqi singer who lives in Baghdad and is known by some fans as the “Century's Singer”.[2][3][4]

Career

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Khudhair began singing in Basra, and then moved to Baghdad with her sister Salima in 1963 to start her career. In the late 1960s she worked as a broadcaster and in the 1970s as an actress.[1]

Khudair has performed in Iraq, Qatar, Russia, Germany, Spain and the United States.[5]

Discography

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Khudair's songs include:[6]

  • Mur Fargak
  • Ala Dhayyak ya Gomar
  • Cristal
  • Ahawel Ansa Hubbak
  • Aini w Ba'ad Ainak
  • Yal Alametnil Hawa
  • Menel-Shubbak
  • Ya Alef Wasfa w ya Hayf
  • Fedwa Fedwa
  • Ta'al
  • Laysh Nasini
  • Aany Men Yes'al Alayya
  • Ya Yumma Thari Ehwai
  • Mali Shughol bes-Sug
  • Gulli ya-Helo
  • Alal-Mi'ad Ejaytak
  • Sallam Alayya
  • Chi Mali Wali
  • Raqi
  • Analli Rabbayt
  • Ya Sa'ad
  • Ya Bu la'yon es-Sood
  • Ma A'aruf Hachel Wajhayn
  • Wain Rayeh
  • Wen ya Galob
  • Wa'adetni
  • Oyooni
  • Foog Elna Khel
  • Ghayatek
  • Men Ghayr Amal
  • Boya Smallah
  • Ana men Ashoof Ehwai
  • Ana Et'abet
  • Atawba Imnel Mahabba
  • Awen Wanti
  • Sallem Ba'yonak el Helwa
  • Ana ya Tayr
  • Ghaltana
  • Dhal Bali Alayk
  • Men Beda Aowal
  • Allah ya Aen Eshkuthor
  • Khallina Enshofak
  • Shellak Alayya ya Zaman
  • Sabah el Khayr
  • Galaw Helo Kulen-Nas Tehwak

Theater

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  • The Ghost
  • The Soil
  • Christ's Thorn
  • The Earth
  • Lamps

Awards

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Personal life

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Amal was secretly married for a short time in mysterious circumstances, then separated from her husband, and still divorced.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Amal Khudhair: I will return with a new album after an absence", Al-Gardenia
  2. ^ "Interview with the singer Amal Khudhair", Al-Bayyna New
  3. ^ "Thursday Gathering honors the artist Amal Khudhair", Al-Noor
  4. ^ "Amal Khudhair: The Iraqi song is in danger", Al-Zawraa Paper
  5. ^ "Interview with Amal Khudhair", Ankawa
  6. ^ "Amal Khudhair's Songs", Sm3na
  7. ^ a b "I regret to enter the world of art". sada-press.com.
  8. ^ "Satellite channels have imposed singers who do not deserve the fame and have published bad songs". alsharqpaper.com.
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