{{Short description|Egyptian singer, actor and composer (1952–2026)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2026}} {{Expand Arabic|topic=bio}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Hany Shaker | native_name = هاني شاكر | native_name_lang = ar | image = صور هانى شاكر - بحث Google.png | caption = | birth_name = Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1952|12|21}} | birth_place = Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2026|5|3|1952|12|21}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|composer|actor}} | years_active = 1970–2026 | label = | website = }}
'''Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker''' ({{langx|ar|هاني عبد العزيز شاكر}}, {{IPA|arz|ˈhæːni ˈʃæːkeɾ|IPA}}; 21 December 1952 – 3 May 2026) was an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. His first public appearance was when he sang with Abd El Halim Hafez Choral Group in "Sora", then he played the young Sayed Darwish in the movie ''Sayed Darwish''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/256627/Arts--Culture/Music/Palestinian-president-honours-Egypt%E2%80%99s-Musicians-Sy.aspx|title=Palestinian president honours Egypt's Musicians Syndicate head Hany Shaker – Music – Arts & Culture – Ahram Online|website=english.ahram.org.eg|access-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/hany-shaker-resigns-chair-egypts-music-syndicate-following-satanic-concert-811154|title=Hany Shaker 'resigns' as Chair of Egypt's Music Syndicate following 'Satanic concert'|date=February 26, 2016|work=Al Bawaba|access-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref>
==Life and career== Hany Shaker began his musical career at a very early age{{snd}}learning the piano as a child, when his mother took on the role of agent as well as supervisor of his professional training.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} After graduation from high school in the early 1970s, he studied music at the prestigious Cairo Conservatoire.<!--Did he finish/graduate?-->
Shaker scored his first breakthrough hit in his second year of college in December 1972 with a song written by Mohammed El Mougi, "Heloua ya Dounia" (It's a Wonderful Life), which set him off on his musical career. Although at that time the biggest legends remained at their peak{{snd}}Umm Kulthum, Farid al-Atrash, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez{{snd}}they recognized his potential and supported him, so that he was able to become known among all these legends. Hany claimed he owed his greatest musical debt to Abdel Halim Hafez{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}, a man who continues to exert a huge influence on younger Egyptian and Arab musicians even after his death in 1977.
In 1974, Shaker was invited to participate in a concert in Lebanon, which turned out to be a huge success.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} Since then, Shaker has remained extremely popular among the Lebanese.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}
From then on Shaker produced a number of his early hits: "Siboni Aheb" (Let me love), "Kisma w’nasib" (Destiny and fate), and one of his most popular "Kida Bardo Ya Amar" (It's not fair, oh Moon"). During the 1970s Shaker presented two famous plays, "Cinderella" and "Egypt", and three romantic movies: ''When Love Sings'', ''We Live for Love'', and ''I Love This and Want That''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}
In the course of his long career, Shaker proved he was not only a talented singer, but also a songwriter of his own material, including the album ''Albi Maloh'', which included eight hits in the early 1990s, and songs such as "Ma’ak" and "Katabetli essenin", as well as working with composers including Salah El Sharnoubi, Tarik Akif, Yehia El Mougi, Mohamed Sultan, Baligh Hamdi, Mohamed Elmogi, khaled Elamir, Mounir Mourad, Elias El Rahbani, Ammar Elshereei, Mohamed Diaa Eldeen, Sami Elhefnawi, Hassan Abo Elsuood, and Ahmed Shata.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.filfan.com/news/details/59930|title=بالصور- هاني شاكر يستقبل طفلة في منزله بعد مكالمة عمرو أديب|access-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.iq-mag.net/2016/06/egyptian-promoter-arrested-sepultura-show/|title=Egyptian promoter arrested over Sepultura show {{!}} IQ Magazine|date=June 6, 2016|work=IQ Magazine|access-date=September 18, 2017}}</ref>
In spite of his love of traditional Egyptian music, Shaker also enjoyed modern songs which reflect contemporary society. He considered his own musical style a halfway point between tradition and modernity. In the late 1980s and the 1990s he started to act through his video clips, including Lao Ya’ni, Nesyanak Sa’b, Mat Hadidish, Albi Maloh and many others.
Shaker died in Paris on 3 May 2026, at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hany Shaker, the "Prince of Arab Singing," Passes Away After a Struggle with Illness |url=https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-119/Music/Hany-Shaker-the-Prince-of-Arab-Singing-Passes-Away-After-a-Struggle-with-Illness-51107 |access-date=3 May 2026 |publisher=Jordan News |date=3 May 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Twitter|HanyShaker}} * {{Facebook|HanyShaker}} * {{Instagram|hanyshaker}} * {{IMDb name|12928328}} * {{discogs artist|هاني شاكر}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaker, Hany}} Category:1952 births Category:2026 deaths Category:Cairo Conservatoire alumni Category:20th-century Egyptian male singers Category:21st-century Egyptian male singers Category:Singers who perform in Egyptian Arabic Category:Arabic-language Egyptian singers