من كاظم الساهر (بالانجليزية )

On September 12th of 1961 in Al-Mousel, Iraq, Kazem Jabbar Ibrahim - AKA Kazem El-Saher - was born into a modest and an already large family. Kazem’s father was in the military forces at the time and when he retired he opened his own small shop for fixing furniture.
Kazem’s creativity was first discovered when he started making his own toys from clay and wire due to the humble financial state of his family. Later he moved on to writing poetry and was so in love with music that he sold his bike when he was 11 and bought a Oud. It was then that the young and determined Kazem composed his first poem “Laki Anty”.

Kazem then began teaching music at a woman’s unity association at the age of 19. But, that was not all he did at the age of 19; the young star also got married to his cousin at that early age. After just two years, the promising singer enrolled in the Institute of Music. It was before he graduated that Kazem sang his first major hit; “Ladghat El-Hayya” (1987). Soon to follow were his other hits “Inni Khayartek” - by the great poet Nazar Qabanni - and “Abart El-Shat” (1988), that launched his fame in Iraq and the Arab countries.

Upon graduating in 1988, the young artist was dreaming of further invading the music field and actually achieved a lot by releasing his first two albums “Ghazal” in 1989 and then “Yal Aziz” in 1990. But his dreams were put on hold due to the Gulf war. However that was not going to stop this determined and self-built singer from following the road he had already started long ago.

Kazem moved to Lebanon and continued his career and dazzled the Arab world with his strong Patriotism in his hit song “Kathur Alhadeeth”. The year 1992 witnessed his next dazzling album “Haza Allon” and then came “La Ya Sadiki” in 1993. This was truly a masterpiece that further proved the singer’s vocal abilities. It was in 1994 that Kazem relocated to Cairo and in 1995 he faced the Egyptian audience for the first time with “Salamtek Men Elah” - which was an instant hit. The poem was written, composed and performed by Kazem and thus manifested his talents were multiple and exceeded singing.

The star was now well known and continued to sell thousands of copies of his albums. Next to come was “Baad Alhob” in 1995 which was no different than the previous albums. His ever popular album “Fi Madraset Al-Hob” came in 1996 as another much expected success story. By now the singer was far beyond proving his talents to anyone but was actually quenching the thirst of the audience who had been deprived of such meaningful poems and songs for so long.

Kazem’s couldn’t stop now even if he wanted to as his popularity grew worldwide. He released “Ana Wa Laila” in 1998 and in the same year he won a UNICEF award for his song “Tathakar” which he had earlier performed in the United States for the congress and United Nations. “Habebti wal matter” hit the markets in 1999 and “Al Hob Al Mostahel” came in the year 2000 to hit not only the Arab markets but the international markets also. His next album; “Abhathu Anki”, came in 2001 and was soon followed by another winner; “Kesat Habebayn”, in 2002 and then finally “Hafeyat Al Kadameen” in 2003. The rest is still to come from the singer who composes most of his music and goes on his tours fully equipped with 35 men in his orchestra.

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