- Gifted composer and musician who was considered to be the Beethoven of the Arab world.
- Composed Egypt's national anthem.
- Abdel Halim Hafez was one of his close friends.
- In 1924 he was taken under the wing of Ahmed Shawky, then known as the Prince of Poets.
- For his orchestration of the Egyptian national anthem, Anwar Sadat awarded him the rank of general.
- Hybridized Western song forms such as the tango, samba, and rumba.
- In 1964, Gamal Abdel-Nasser awarded Mohammed Abdel Wahab Egypt's highest honor, the Medal of Honor.
- Father of five children from his second marriage to Iqbal and they are Ahmed, Mohamed, Esmat, Effat and Aysha.
- Composed the United Arab Emirates' national anthem in 1971.
- He was given a military funeral.
- His first marriage was to an older woman whom as sources say produced his first film 'The White Rose' (1934). They divorced ten years later.
- Grew up in Bab Al-Sha'ryia with his parents and two sisters.
- Worked at a circus as a young boy so he could sing despite his family's objection.
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