Abdallah Al Rowaished

Biography

Abdallah Al Rowaished was born in 1961 in Kuwait. At a young age he discovered a love for [music] when he started to play the lute/oud. In 1973, Rowaishid established the Al Roba'y Al Kuwaiti group with three others, two of them being his friends and the remainder being his brother. However, the group disbanded in 1979, since then Rowaishid has focused on his solo career.

Rowaished began his solo career in the early 1980s with the release of his first album with AlNazaer Music Production Company. Additionally, Rowaishid rendered one of the songs from this album as a music video.

Rowaished released albums throughout the 1980s. During the early 1990s, Rowaishid relocated temporarily to Egypt as Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. From there he continued his music career, including a short lived project with the famous Egyptian singer Mohamed Abdelwaheb. Unfortunately, Abdelwaheb died shortly after the start of the project.

After the end of the Gulf War, Rowaished returned to Kuwait and continued with his music career In 1995, he signed a contract with the Saudi record company Rotana, since they offered him a better contract to which Farasan Music Production Company was paying, so he opted for the money, which is the logical thing to do. Rowaishid's first album for Rotana was "Lummi Bishouq," which was released in 1996. His latest album, entitled "Ma Fee Ahad Mertah," was released in June 2005.

In 2008, he recorded the theme song for the Arab Press Production Center television drama series Oyoun Alya.

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