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Saber Rebai
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Saber ibn Al-Hadi El-Rebai
صابر بن الهادي الرباعي 13 March 1967 Sfax, Tunisia
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| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, musician, actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Genres | Classical Arabic, Arabic pop |
| Instruments | Vocals, oud, violin |
| Labels | Rotana |
Saber Rebai (Arabic: صابر الرباعي, Saber al Ruba'i; born 13 March 1967) is a Tunisian singer, actor, and composer. He is known for his song "Sidi Mansour". Some albums carry the variant transliteration Saber el Rebaii. He is one of the most well-known artists in the Arab world.
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Early life
Reabï was born in Tunisia. In 2006, while performing in Aden, he spoke about his extreme pride of his Yemeni heritage.
Career
Besides being an accomplished violinist, he started the singing as his profession at 17 years old impressed by singers among which Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Abd El Kader El Asaly, Wadih El Safi, Abdel Halim Hafez, Karem Mahmoud. Saber composed some of his songs melodies among which the song Word (Kalima). He worked with Hilmi Baker, Salah El Charnoubi and Dr. Abd El Rab Idriss.
International concerts
Saber Rebai went in tours across Europe, USA, Australia and also performed in Palestine and South Korea. He gave shows in the Olympia in Paris, Carthage and Cairo.
Awards
Saber Al Rubai won many awards for his participation in international festivals among which:
- Cartage Festivals for many years
- Arab Music Festival
- Egyptian Opera House Award
- Cairo International Festivals
- Francophone Festivals
- The Gold Microphone in Cairo Festivals
Distinctions
Commander of the Tunisian Order of Merit (2006)
Discography
- Albums
- Hayyarouni – حيّروني
- Ya lilla – يا للا
- Yalli bjamalak – ياللي بجمالك
- 2000: Sidi Mansour- سيدي منصور
- 2001: Khalas tarek – خلص تارك
- 2003: Share' elgharam – شارع الغرام
- 2004: Atahadda al aalam – أتحدّى العالم
- 2006: Ajmal nesaa aldounia – أجمل نساء الدنيا
- 2007: El ghorba – الغربة
- 2009: Waheshni giddan – واحشني جدا
- Singles
- 2000: "Sidi Mansour" – سيدي منصور
Personal life
He is the father of three children: two (Eslam and Safa) from his first marriage to a banker, and one (Jude Hedi) from his second marriage to a flight attendant, which took place in March 2013. He is also the uncle of the singer Ahmed Rebai.
See also
In Spanish: Saber Rebaï para niños
