
Born Abdel Halim Shabaana (عبد الحليم شبانة) in al-Halawaat, Sharkeyya (Delta of Egypt), graduated from the Higher institute of Arabic Music - Composing Department in 1948. For four years, he taught music for school children in Tanta, Zagazeeg and finally Cairo. In 1959, he resigned and joined the Cairo Radio Orchestra as an oboe player. His first radio broadcast song was “Lekaa". His first appearance on the silver screen was in “Lahn Al-Wafaa”. Abdul Haleem joined “Sawt al-Fann” production company, with the world famous composer Abdul Wahhaab and director of photography Waheed Fareed, which produced a great number of films and audio works. His acting was characterized with simplicity and spontaneity. Haleem did not only sing in Egypt, but also in all of the Arab countries and some European countries. Almost all of the composers of the Arab world composed the music of his songs. His patriotic songs outnumbered 300 songs and poems. All the Arab audiences still remember some of his famous scenes on the silver screen. Abdel Halim never married, yet rumors say that he was married to superstar Soaad Hosny.

أرجوك لا تفهمني بسرعة
TV • 1973

A Day of My Life
MOVIE • 1961

Adham Al-Sharqawi
MOVIE • 1964

Our Best Days
MOVIE • 1955

Dalila
MOVIE • 1956

My Father Is on the Tree
MOVIE • 1969

The Love Street
MOVIE • 1958

The Empty Pillow
MOVIE • 1957

Alkhataya
MOVIE • 1962

The Girls in Summer
MOVIE • 1960

Ismail Yassine Is A Military Policeman
MOVIE • 1958

The Man of My Dreams
MOVIE • 1957

Maa'boudat Al-Gamahir
MOVIE • 1967

Days and Nights
MOVIE • 1955

قاضى الغرام
MOVIE • 1962

Love Story
MOVIE • 1959

Girls of Today
MOVIE • 1956

Appointment with Love
MOVIE • 1956