Shababeek

Shababeek
Studio album by
Released1981
Length42:50
LanguageEgyptian Arabic
LabelSlam!
ProducerYehya Khalil Band
Mohamed Mounir chronology
Benetweled
(1978)
Shababeek
(1981)
Etkalemy
(1983)

Shababeek (Egyptian Arabic: شبابيك, romanized: Shabābīk, lit. 'Windows') is a 1981 studio album by Egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir.[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."El Leila Ya Samra" (الليلة يا سمرا Tonight, O Dark-Skinned One; Mohamed Hamam cover)Fouad HaddadAhmed Mounib5:40
2."Shababeek" (شبابيك Windows)Magdy NaguibMounib4:44
3."Shagar El Lamoon" (شجر اللمون Lemon Trees)Abdel Rahim MansourMounib4:53
4."Crescendo" (كريشندو)Shawky HegabYehya Khalil6:30
Total length:21:47
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ashky Lemeen" (أشكي لمين To Whom Can I Complain?; Mohamed El Helw cover)Hamdi6:35
2."Ya Zamany" (يا زماني O My Time)NaguibAziz El Nasser5:04
3."'Al-Madina" (ع المدينة To the City)MansourMounib4:49
4."El Koun Kolo Beydour" (الكون كله بيدور The Whole Universe is Spinning)MansourHussein Gasser4:35
Total length:21:03 42:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

  • Mohamed Mounir – performer
  • Yehya Khalil Band – performer, arrangement
    • Aziz El Nasser – acoustic and electric guitar
    • Fathy Salama – keyboards
    • Michael Kokios – electric bass
    • Yehya Khalil – drums, percussion
  • Tarek El Kashef – engineering

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Credited under the pseudonym "ابن النيل" (Ibn al-Nīl, 'Son of the Nile').[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Shababeek Album | A Revolutionary Album in Egyptian Music". Rabbit Trade. 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  2. 1 2 Shababeek شبابيك [Windows] (MS liner notes) (in Arabic). Mohamed Mounir. Egypt: Slam!. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)