See how these 25 Egyptian singers' looks have changed

Do you know how your favorite artist looked at his or her very first performance?

If you look at the pictures of the most prominent singers in Egypt, you will find a huge difference between their appearances at the beginning of their journey as artists and today.

Below are pictures of 25 Egyptian singers demonstrating how much they have changed.

Before he became a great artist, Amr Diab, who was born in 1961, appeared on broadcasts for the first time at the age of 6 when he sang the Egyptian national anthem.

Diab started his journey as a singer in 1983 when he recorded his first song entitled “Al Zaman” and released his first album called “Ya Tariq” in this same year.

Mohamed Fouad, who was born in 1961, joined the “M4” band after the artist Ezzat Abou Aouf discovered Fouad’s talent.

Fouad presented along with the band his first album called “Fil Sekka” in 1983.

Before he released 19 albums, including his most recent “Omri Ma Ansa,” he started his journey by participating with a group of talented singers in a musical album.

He released his own solo album “Ekmeni” in 1991.

Mohamed Mounir, born in 1954, first appeared in the album “Allamouni Eneiki” produced in 1977.

The music composer Hani Shanouda believed in Mounir’s talent and worked with him, producing “Benetweled” in 1978 which marked the start of Mounir’s fame.

Mostafa Qamar, born in 1966, started his singing career at the age of 22.

He presented his first album “Wassaf” in 1991

Khaled Agag, who was born in 1962, released his first album “Shaka” in 1991, in which he cooperated with the artist Hamid Al-Shairi.

The music composer of Libyan and Egyptian origins was born in 1961. His first album “Ouyounha” was released in 1983 and his second album “Rahil” in 1984.

Born in 1975, Khaled Selim had his first album “Alam Tani” in 2000, 4 years before he acted in his first film “Kam Yom Hobbak.”

Tamer Hosni, born in 1977 to an Egyptian father and Syrian mother, started his career in 2002 on an album with Sherine Abdel Wahab. In 2004, he released his first solo album, “Hob.”

Hicham Abbas was born in 1963 and released his first songs with the musical album “Sahari”. This album was released in 1990. A following album “Hala” was released in 1992.

Hakeem, whose full name is Abdel Hakeem Abdel Samad Kamel, was born in 1962. He became very famous when his first album entitled “Nathra” was released in 1992.

Saad El Sagheer’s first album “Shukran Al Akher” was produced in 2004 before he started to perform popular songs in musical films.

Hamada Hilal, whose real name is Mohamed Abdel Fattah Abdel Aziz Hilal, was born in 1980. He appeared for the first time in his album “Al Ayyam” in 1996 when he was 17 years old.

Medhat Saleh was born in 1960. His first album “Akeed” was recorded in the 80s and followed by several albums. However, the song “Ya Jarid Al Nakhel Al Alee” was his breakout hit.

Hani Shaker was born in 1952 and first appeared in the film “Sayyed Darwish” in 1966. In the film he played the role of the departed artist Omar Al Sagheer.

His talent was discovered by the musician “Mohamed El Mougi” at the end of 1972 when Shaker performed a song entitled “Helwa Ya Douniya”.

After the musician “Baligh Hamdi” discovered Ali’s talent, his journey in the world of fame began in 1977 with the song “Ala ad ma habbeina”. Haggar, son of the singer and composer Ibrahim Haggar, was born in 1954.

Ahmad Adaweya, originally named Ahmad Mohamad Morsi, became famous after his performance in the song “Essah Eddah Embou” in 1973.

Aftwards, Adaweya who was born in 1954 released several popular songs

Starting off as a composer in 1993, Essam Karika whose real name is Essam Abdul Aziz Mhamed Ahmad, was born in 1963 to a Sudanese father and an Egyptian mother. His song “Shankouti”, which was included in his first musical album “Batalt El Gharam”, was a major hit.

Prior to becoming famous in the Arab world and releasing more than 20 albums of which the latest is “Mosh Mesamha”, Angham started her journey with the album “ Fel Rokn El Baeed El Hadi” in 1987.

Before she becomes one of the top singers in the Arab world, Sherine who was born in 1980, kicked off her journey with a musical album that brought her together with Tamer Hosni.

Her first album was followed by several others that maintained her significant position in the world of music besides her acting experience in “Tariki” during last Ramadan.

Born in 1985, Amal Maher first appeared in the series “Om Kolthoum” in 1999 before she released “Es’alni ana” in 2006.

Ghada Ragab who was born in 1979 started her musical career after the journalist Ahmed Younes introduced her to the public through her performance of “Eid Al Qamh”.

Afterwards her father Reda Ragab, who is a violinist and former dean of a musical institute, introduced her to the public through Arab music festivals.

Donia Sameer Ghanem was born in 1985 and collaborated with the artist Ahmed Makki on several rap songs on her musical album “Free Mix – 4” in 2005.

She first started performing in 1995 when she acted in the film “Emra’a Wa Emra’a”.

Ruby, whose original name is Rani Hussein Mohamed Tawfik, was born in 1981. Her first album “Eb’a Abelni” was released in 2004 causing controversy in Egypt and the Arab world due to the seductive scenes in her music videos.

Anoushka or “Kartanous Jarbis Selim” was born in 1960 and started her musical journey with the album “Habbaytak” in 1988.

This article was originally posted on YallaFeed in Arabic.