Tamer Hosny
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| Birth name | Tamer Hosny Sherif Abbas Farghaly |
| Also known as | Tamer Hosny |
| Born | August 16, 1977 |
| Origin | Cairo, Egypt |
| Genre(s) | Egyptian pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Lyricist, Composer, Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Free Music (1998–2009) Allam el Fan 2009 |
| Website | Official Website |
Tamer Hosny (Arabic: تامر حسني; born in Cairo, on August 16, 1977) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. He was initially featured on Free Mix mixtapes from Free Music, an Egyptian music production company. His breakthrough single "Habibi Wenta B'eed"(Sweetheart, When you're far away) gave him success.
Tamer's mother is Syrian, but she had lived all her life in Egypt. She brought up Tamer and his elder brother Hossam in the absence of their father, Hosny Sherif. Tamer Hosny grew up with a passion for soccer and played it professionally for nine years.He was recognized by Mahrous, manager and owner of Free Music. He later on signed a contract with Free Music in 2002. Tamer didn't debut, as most people believe, with Sherine's first mixtape. instead he was featured in previous mixtapes, and one of them featured other artists like Khaled Agag and Mohamed Mounir. He graduated from October Six University, with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies.
Hosny starred in the 2003 Egyptian movie, Halet Hobb (A State of Love) starring tamer hosny and Hany Salama. The movie featured music by Hosny himself.He produced songs called Aktar Haga Heya Di, Eragly,and Soutek
In 2004, he released his first studio album as a solo artist. Titled Hobb, the album featured the single "Arrab Habibi". His hit, "Arrab Habibi", was played on satellite music channels and became popular.
The movie Sayyed El Atfy was released in 2005, and featured 2 songs. "Koll Marra" and "Nour Einy", both were performed within the movie. The full versions of the songs accompanied the performance in addition to scenes from the movie were made into music videos. They were initially exclusive to Melody Hits channel.
In 2005, Hosni was embroiled in a trial case in which he was charged with forging a passport and avoiding conscription.[1] It was a heavily publicized case in the media, since he and fellow Egyptian artist Haytham Shaker were both convicted with the same charges. It has been reported that they both went to professional forgers to create a document that they completed military service in Egypt. This came in the middle of Hosny's preparations for a new album and a movie(Omar and Salma). It was also reported that the news leaked after the forger himself confessed to a close friend of his.
They were both sentenced to three years in jail, and were fined 50,000 L.E each. He was released from jail in 16 September 2006.
At the end of March 2007, Hosny released his latest album "Ya Bent El-Eih". The album featured 13 songs, nine of them were stolen and leaked on the internet a week before the official release.
At the beginning of June 2007, Tamer released his latest movie Omar & Salma with Mai Ezzedine.
In 2007 Tamer Hosny released an album of Islamic and Ramadan themed songs, called Il Ganna Fe Biotna (Heaven is in our Homes). It was released on 10 September 2007.
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[edit] 2008 - Present
Tamer is featured in the new movie "Captain Hima" which was released in the beginning of June 2008. Also, his new album Arrab Kaman was released on the 25th of June. The first single is called Arrab Kaman . Also in the works is the sequel to Tamer hosnys movie "Omar Wa Salma" "Omar Wa Salma 2" coming out June 2009.
[edit] 2009 Present
Tamer Hosny has released his new Album "Ha'esh Hayaty" on June 29th 2009. He also released his new movie "Omar Wa Salma 2" at 19th May .
[edit] Discography
- Free Mix 2000 (2000)
- Free Mix 3 (2002)
- Hob (2004)
- Free mix 4 (2005)
- 3enaya Bet7ebak (2006)
- Ya Bent El-Eih (2007)
- ElGana Fi Byotna the first Islamic-based album for him(2007)
- Arrab Kaman (2008)
- Ha'esh Hayaty (2009)
[edit] Movies
- Halet Hob (2004)
- Sayed El Atefy (2005)
- Omar We Salma (2007)
- Captin Hima (2008)
- Omar We Salma 2 (2009)
