Biographies: Sami Al Shawa - Actor

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An Egyptian musician of Levantine origins, born in 1885 in the Bab El Shaariya neighborhood, Cairo. After his family moved from Aleppo to Cairo at the invitation of Ibrahim Pasha (son of Muhammad Ali), after he listened to them in Aleppo. He began studying the origins of Arabic music in his youth. He specialized in playing the violin, and then started his artistic path with great success.