Mohamed Mounir was born in Aswan. His pop-oriented music unmistakeably has its roots in the various genres of Arabic and African
music. And his lyrics are without exception social and political, with which Mounir sees himself as a mouthpiece for the cultural and religious
togetherness of the Orient and Occident. His music is also great to dance to his songs are played with pleasure at weddings or other celebrations,
and so Mounir is the darling of the Egyptian, secular-orientated youth.Mounir has also gathered experiences in film: the film Destiny from
Youssef Chahine a prominent outsider in Egyptian cinema and at the same time its most
internationally reknowned representative, is a reckoning with the growing fundamentalism of his country. Mounir plays the singer Marwan from the
12th century, who escapes an attempted assassination by stirred up fanatics the first time, but succumbs the second time - a reference the Algerian Rai
singer, but also Egyptian literary figures like Nagib Mahlus or Farag Foda.
After the attacks of 11th September, he brought out the album Earth ... Peace. The video to the title song Give Me Strength, O Messenger of God
could not be shown on Egyptian television for a long time. Earlier this year(2003) Mohamed Mounir gave a concert in Berlin. "They are sad days for
the whole of mankind," he says regarding the Iraq war. "But we are the ority. We are those who love peace, justice and music."
