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Halim el-Roumi (حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a singer and composer from Palestine.

Halim el-Roumi حليم الرومي
Halim in his early years.
Background information
Birth name	Halim el-Roumi
Born	July 1919 Palestine
Origin	Haifa, Palestine
Died	1 November 1983(1983-11-01) (aged 64) Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Arabic, classical
Occupation(s)	composer and singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	Early 1950s – 1970s

Born in Tyre, Lebanon. He began his amateur artistic career in 1935. Later, as a radio chief, he discovered the singer Fairuz.[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.[2]

He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[3] He is the father of Majida Al Roumi.

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