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A tender voice that sang sweet and soft melodies, a musical giant loved by all, and a bequest of national pride: Abdel Halim Hafez is an Egyptian icon. Born as Abdel Halim Ali Shabana in El Sharqiya in 1929, the young boy was orphaned at an early age of five years old. He was raised, alongside his three siblings, by his maternal uncle. His love for music was nurtured by his older brother, Ismail, who was a public school music…