hi everyone,
I am new to the forum, started beginner belly dancing class few months ago, and came across lots songs by Amr Diab... well, i know who he is before i started to learn belly dancing thanks to my husband.
well, I have to say for the last 5 years or so, never a single non Arabic person i came across has pronounced his name right, his name is Amr Diab, should be pronouced ah-mu-row dee-yab, not AMEEER DIALB, Amir is a totally different name to Amr, its not just the spelling, its a totally diffrent name.
How do I know this? well, as I said, thanks to my husband, he is also called Amr Diab!!!:lol: you will see his frustration on his face every time when someone calls his Amir...and some people will auto corret his name on offical documents to Amir so he always spells his name Amro, since the age of 2(because he was born in England and my parents in law relised people cant pronounce it right).
so next time you want to pull out one of Amr Diab's song and you can confidently say, its a song by AH-MU-ROW DEE-YAB!
Cheers!
Tina
I am new to the forum, started beginner belly dancing class few months ago, and came across lots songs by Amr Diab... well, i know who he is before i started to learn belly dancing thanks to my husband.
well, I have to say for the last 5 years or so, never a single non Arabic person i came across has pronounced his name right, his name is Amr Diab, should be pronouced ah-mu-row dee-yab, not AMEEER DIALB, Amir is a totally different name to Amr, its not just the spelling, its a totally diffrent name.
How do I know this? well, as I said, thanks to my husband, he is also called Amr Diab!!!:lol: you will see his frustration on his face every time when someone calls his Amir...and some people will auto corret his name on offical documents to Amir so he always spells his name Amro, since the age of 2(because he was born in England and my parents in law relised people cant pronounce it right).
so next time you want to pull out one of Amr Diab's song and you can confidently say, its a song by AH-MU-ROW DEE-YAB!
Cheers!
Tina