In his songs, he expressed justice, humanity and equality, and stood in the face of injustice. In his famous song "Egyptian Hadith" he sang "I don't care about your name, I don't care about your address, I don't care about your color or your birth.. your place, I care about a person even if you don't have a title" and these are the words discovered by the late poet Abdel Al-Rahim Mansour, who discovered Munir in his early years, and used to call him “my son.”

The lyrical struggle is what distinguishes Mounir’s journey from the rest of the singers of his generation. Mounir, who celebrates his 67th birthday today, October 10, has formed a different lyrical situation, with the words of his easy songs that carry deep meanings at the same time, his unconventional performance, and his rebellion against the familiar form. For singers on stage, he became the singer of intellectuals who called him "The King" after his famous album of the same name.

Diverse culture

His birth in the village of Darwa in Manshiyat al-Nuba in the city of Aswan, where he spent his childhood before emigrating with his simple family to Cairo after the sinking of the Nubian villages after the construction of the High Dam, had a great impact on the state of rebellion that Mounir was famous for in his music and life and the formation of his awareness and wide culture In addition to his studies in the Department of Photography, Film and Television at the Faculty of Applied Arts.

At that stage, Mounir was singing for classmates, even after joining the army. He used to deal with singing as an amateur. He did not master singing until the poet and writer Zaki Murad listened to him by chance in the seventies of the last century. Mounir's training, not only on his tunes, but on the Nubian heritage.

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The influence was not only from the artist Munib, who formed the first features of Mounir's artistic career. His artistic stations were no less important, whether he was related to Hani Shenouda's music in his early days, through Kamal Al-Taweel and Baligh Hamdi.

As for the poets with whom Mounir collaborated in his career: Fouad Haddad, Salah Jaheen and Ahmed Fouad Negm, they contributed with their words to Mounir's connection with the class of intellectuals and the expression of their ideas.

Mounir had enough awareness to be the owner of an artistic career far from the stereotypical image of the singer who sings romantic words, so he brought about a revolution and a new shape for the song in its content.

Presented with Fouad Haddad, "The Night, Samra" and "Al-Jira wa Al-Ashra", which carried a different character in the way it was narrated.

With the poet Jahin, he presented “After the Flood,” which he sang in the movie “The Flood” with the late director Youssef Chahine, and “Idia in my pockets,” whose words say, “Idia is in my pockets and my heart is joyful. And "The Al-Kahli Apron" and with Abdel Rahman Al-Abnoudi "Mesh Dara, All Needs, Outside the Windows" and the songs of the "Zefta Republic" series.

star and revolution

Munir's voice and songs were associated with the chants of the January 25, 2011 revolution, through what he presented with the late poet and dissident Ahmed Fouad Negm, especially the songs of the play "The King is the King", which made Munir the singer of the revolution against injustice and tyranny, so that the audience called him "The King" after Introduced by the character of the revolutionary rejecting tyrants, he sang "Ali Aliwa, Sharm Bram, Tofi Al Noor, God Ya Dayem, Hadi Badi, Tannoush."

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However, the public’s view of Mounir changed a lot after the January revolution, especially as he contented himself with presenting patriotic propaganda songs such as his participation in the operetta “Egypt Is Close” which was produced to support tourism, and the duet “Cairo” with Amr Diab, it seems that he decided to stay away from political battles and be satisfied with songs that glorify The beauty and stability of the country.

On January 25, Mounir released the song "Men's Heroes", which he presented as part of the 69th Police Day celebrations, in which he praised the efforts and heroism of the policemen, ignoring the memory of the January revolution and its martyrs.

accusation of falsification

The state of change that accompanied Mounir's singing career also affected his acting experience, which he presented timidly with a few experiments, which he started in the eighties with director Shaheen, and through his films he also presented songs bearing human and revolutionary values ​​such as "Egyptian story" and her words say "Minardash trample some people, And Merdash dies, the atmosphere of my heart, Nida.. Mardash, the roots migrate to their land, and "Ali your voice is rich" in the movie "Al-Masir", passing through his experience with director Khairy Bishara in "A Sweet Day and a Bitter Day".

In 2016, Munir decided to present the series “The Singer”, which faced harsh criticism and accusations of falsifying facts to satisfy the authority. The Nuba people objected to the work addressing the crisis of the displacement of tribes from the Nuba. At the same time, film critic Tariq Al-Shennawi said in the “Artistic Stories” program on the channel, CBC said Munir's poor performance and his interference in the script spoiled the work.

health crises

After the series, Mounir had started a journey of treatment in Germany after he fell ill, and had to undergo surgical intervention more than once, including changing the pelvic joint, and remained under the care of doctors for a long time. cartilaginous.

Despite his health, Mounir released his album "Bab El-Gamal", which included 5 songs.