Tunisian singer and musician, and one of the sons of the Rashidiya School (the oldest artistic school of musical heritage in Tunisia). He became famous in the Arab world. He sang to ancient poets and composed his great composers, combining

 modern songs with the Sufi heritage, "Malouf" and invocations.

Birth and upbringing


Lotfi Bouchnak was born on January 8, 1965, in the capital Tunis, and grew up in the Halfawin neighborhood in the old city of Tunis.

Studying and training


he received the principles of singing, playing and methods of controlling the sound, when he was 15 years old, in the Rashidiyya School, which was established in 1934 to revive the stock of the authentic Tunisian musical heritage, especially the “Malouf”, as he was taught by a group of Tunisian and Arab musicians.

Jobs and responsibilities are


devoted to musical art and he did not hold any positions in the state, and in 2004 the United Nations selected him as an ambassador of goodwill in his country, and in 2003 he obtained a diplomatic passport from Palestine for his support of the Palestinian cause.

Artistic experience


Bouchnak's artistic journey began in the seventies with the great singers, musicians and composers of the Errachidia School, where he was educated by the late musician Ali Sriti, one of the most famous musicians in Tunisia.

In 1979, the Egyptian musician Ahmed Sidky composed the song "Gara Eh Al-Dunya" which presented him to the Tunisian and Arab art scene and classified it among the high-end musical sounds.

He then sang to many of the giants of Arab composers, such as the Egyptian Sayed Mekkawi, the Iraqi Fathallah Ahmed, and the Tunisian Anwar Braham, who composed the song for him "I want you what we know where."

He also sang, in high quality, the poem "Layla" composed for him by the well-known Yemeni musician Ahmed Fathy, and it was a great success in the Arab world.

Bouchnak believes that the ideal role for the artist is to be a witness to his time, defending the causes of the homeland and the nation.

Although his songs are not devoid of politics, he declares in his statements that he does not practice politics and does not adopt any thought or ideology.

He defended the causes of the oppressed peoples in the world. He sang for the children of Palestine, the children of Iraq and the children of Sarajevo. He also sang for the Arab revolutions and the values ​​of freedom and democracy.

After the fall of Ben Ali, he was prevented from ascending to "Rak Carthage", and some music union circles attacked him for his association with the former regime and his appeal to the ousted president to run for the 2014 elections, something he apologized for because his name was thrown in him without his knowledge.

Bouchnak entered the world of acting and participated in the third season of the Tunisian drama "Maktoob" in 2012, and in 2014 he participated in the epic "The Clusters of Light", which is considered the largest theatrical work in history about Islam.


His

artworks include

many songs such as: "My Two Human Brothers", "Apology", "Peace Song", "Sarajevo" and other songs about Qana and Jenin.

Among his most prominent new songs are "Ana Mouatin" and "Al Sissi and Al Krasi", a song full of messages critical of the political tensions in Tunisia after the revolution.

Among his most famous albums are: “Asma Allah al-Husna”, “Do Not Ask But Allah,” “Musikat al-Halafawin”, “Live Ya Baladi”, “I Want You What We Know Where” and “Layla”.

In the second half of 2014, he released a new song, entitled "Gaza Continue", as a contribution to support Gaza and its resistance to the Israeli devastation machine.

Awards and honors He


has won many awards in the Arab world, in Europe, Asia and America, including the award for the best Arab singer in 1997 in Washington, and the award of the Arab World Institute in Paris.

He also won the prize for the Arab Music Festival organized by the Egyptian Opera House in Cairo, and the management of the Marrakech International Festival of Folk Arts in 2006 awarded him the Golden Rabb Prize, and he received the Medal of Cultural Merit in Tunisia in 2009.