Actor Turned Singer Khalid El Sawy And His Band

The left leaning Egyptian actor who took on the streets early on to defy Mubarak and his regime is back in the news. He remains one of the most outspoken Egyptian celebrities who seems to be close to the pulse of the street. But when he is not politicking, he is now in a band.

He just has formed a band, an old school band, doing old Eastern melodies on some original material. Most important is his songs about the revolution and the activists in Egypt and he has some bold words to say the military. To his credit Khalid has done some singing in his movies in the past--Kabreeh was the movie where he placed a has been singer.

He sounds pretty interesting for the kind of music he sings--it's a sarcastic lyrics commenting on Egypt. This is a real band, not just some phase. Khalid won't be the last or the last actor to be part of a band--Hollywood is full of those too. Khalid plays the lute, and he gets help form two other vocalists in the band.


In other news, in some low key private party, Khalid has gotten himself engaged.
لقاء الفنان خالد الصاوى مع محمود سعد 20/1/2012