Cairo: A K F .
Al Amir Kamal Farag website www.alamirkamalfarag.com has specialized the song by the famous Egyptian singerDalida to be a distinctive mark to celebrate the anniversary of her death, which resolved on 3 May.
The Supervisor of the site Amani Yassin said that "the site has decided to commemorate the Egyptian singer Dalida, who was born and lived in Egypt, and was famous around the whole world.She a wide range of the finest musical acts, which have affected the global musical heritage. She also left a group of the most beautiful national songs for Egypt, for the occasion of the anniversary of her death, which falls on 3 May each year. "
She added that: "the site decided to take a beautiful song for Dalida which is called :" Helwa Ya Balady " – that’s mean How Beautiful is My Country - by Marwan Saeed to be distinctive song, so the song is playedautomatically when the user switches the site, and for the user to wait to hear the song on or off by Keyboard clear under the Logo option.
Yassin also confirmed that :"this is just a simple gesture, a symbolic expression of appreciation for the history of the singer that is full of beauty and emotions for the love of Egypt, and the values of citizenship that must be deployed everywhere."
Dalida Yolanda Cristina or Gejluota (54 years) (January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987) is an Italian artist and an Egyptian singer born in Shubra district of Cairo-based parents of immigrants and their origins goes back to the island of Calabria in southern Italy.
She began her participation in the Miss Egypt contest and won it in 1954. Then she began her career in France and sang in nine languages: Arabic, Italian, Hebrew, French, Greek, Japanese, English, Spanish and German.
Dalida had sung more than 500 songs in several languages, and received many prizes. Besides she was honored by the French General de Gaulle, giving her the title of (The Medaille de la Presidence de la Republique) or the presidencymedal.
Dalida’s song was listed as one of the ten best songs around the world, from Canada to Japan, from Egypt to Argentina. In1978, she was listed among the first who recorded their songs as a video clip in France, she also acted in 12 films, in 1986, she presented the Egyptian film “thesixth day" directed by Youssef Jaheen.
The poet Marwan Saadawrote her thefamous song "Helwa Ya Balady”. The poet Salah Jaheen wrote her a collection of the most beautiful national songs that have spread and achieved great fame, including the "AhsanNass – that means in English “the best people" and "Songs of Songs," and "beautiful picture”.She died at 3 May 1987.
After her death, she was honored by the French government by putting herportrait on a postage stamp, and it held the statue in natural size on her grave in 2001. All peopleare still chanting her beautiful songs eagerly.
Al Amir Kamal Farag web site www.alamirkamalfarag.com is a non-profit project created by writer Amir Kamal Farag, a columnist, in 2013, and launched a number of voluntary campaigns, including the" calligraphy life", Safe Internet ", " my grandfather's legacy ", " the Free Sweetest Egypt," Nile .. a matter of life or death, " soldiers of the sun, and" Black and white . along with some other campaigns as a celebration of the memory of last innovators such as calligrapher Muhammad Ghozzi, the artist Mohammed Salima, poet Dr. Mohammad Mohsin, and poet ElDesoki Sayed Abbas.