Walid Toutounji (Arabic: وليد توفيق), also known as Walid Toufic, born April 8, 1954,[1] is a Lebanese singer and actor.
Walid Toufic, born Walid Toutounji, grew up with his Sunni family in Tripoli, Lebanon.[citation needed] He later relocated to western Beirut and lived in the residential area of Ibn Rashd Street.[2] His first oud tutor was the blind Amin Azar. During this period, Toufic worked to raise enough money for his music lessons.[3]
Toufic had a longstanding collaboration with Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi.[4] Songs like Ehna El-Tayibin and Sinin Ahbab were met with success. Meeting prominent 20th-century Arab-Egyptian singer and composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab played a substantial part in influencing Toufic.[citation needed]
Toufic's song subjects include love and patriotism of his home country, Lebanon, and the Arab world at large.[4] His popularity in the Arab world has won him the title of The Arab Star given to him by Lebanese journalist George Khoury.[4]
