Majida El Roumi

Majida El Roumi (born December 13, 1956) is a Lebanese soprano singer and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her father was the great composer Halim El Roumi, who discovered the Lebanese star Fairuz and chose for her the stage name Fairuz. Her mother was Egyptian. Since childhood, El Roumi was influenced by Arab singers and musicians such as Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Umm Kulthum, and Asmahan. Raymond...