The 20th Century was a time when Egyptian arts, and especially music, had ripened and matured to an extent that raised the bar for many generations of artists to come. To honour the Egyptian musicians and singers who are considered pillars of Egyptian culture, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture announced on Sunday its intentions to build a museum that preserves the history and heritage of the Egyptian greats of music. According to the statement released by the ministry, Abdel Wahed Al-Nabawy, Egyptian Minister of Culture stressed on “the necessity of established a museum under the name “Museum of Egyptian Art” to include the heritage of numerous Egyptian musical greats, with Abdel Halim at the forefront.” Dubbed one of the Great Four of Arabic music (among Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Farid Al Attrash), Abdel Halim Hafez, who was both an actor and a singer, is considered as in icon in modern Arabic music. In the light of the announcement, Al-Nabawy paid Abdel Halim’s family a visit at the late artist’s home on Sunday. Abdel Halim’s niece who hosted the minister agreed to provide the ministry with all the possible…
