Saber Rebai (, ''Saber al Ruba'i''; born 13 March 1967) is a Tunisian singer, actor, and composer. He is known for his song " Sidi Mansour". Some albums carry the variant transliteration Saber el Rebaii. He is one of the most well-known artists in the

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Early life

Reabï was born in Tunisia. In 2006, while performing in

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, he spoke about his extreme pride of his Yemeni heritage.

Career

Besides being an accomplished violinist, he started the singing as his profession at 17 years old impressed by singers among which

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, Abd El Kader El Asaly,

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, Karem Mahmoud. Saber composed some of his songs melodies among which the song Word (Kalima). He worked with Hilmi Baker, Salah El Charnoubi and Dr. Abd El Rab Idriss.

International concerts

Saber Rebai went in tours across Europe, USA, Australia and also performed in Palestine and South Korea. He gave shows in the Olympia in Paris, Carthage and Cairo.

Awards

Saber Al Rubai won many awards for his participation in international festivals among which: *Cartage Festivals for many years *Arab Music Festival *Egyptian Opera House Award *Cairo International Festivals *Francophone Festivals *The Gold Microphone in Cairo Festivals

Distinctions

Commander of the Tunisian Order of Merit (2006)

Discography

;Albums *''Hayyarouni'' – *''Ya lilla'' – *''Yalli bjamalak'' – *2000: '' Sidi Mansour''- *2001: ''Khalas tarek'' – *2003: ''Share' elgharam'' – *2004: ''Atahadda al aalam'' – *2006: ''Ajmal nesaa aldounia'' – *2007: ''El ghorba'' – *2009: ''Waheshni giddan'' – ;Singles *2000: " Sidi Mansour" –

Personal life

He is the father of three children: two (Eslam and Safa) from his first marriage to a banker, and one (Jude Hedi) from his second marriage to a flight attendant, which took place in March 2013. He is also the uncle of the singer

Ahmed Rebai Ahmed Rebai (in Arabic : أحمد الرباعي, '' mɛd ʁebai' ?), by his full name Ahmed Ben Wajdi Rebai (أحمد بن وجدي الرباعي), born on October 27, 1997, in Tunis, is a Tunisian singer. Coming from a family of musicians f ...

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