Amarain

Amarain
Amarain
Studio album by Amr Diab
Released	28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)
Studio	M. Sound (Cairo, Egypt); Plus XXX (Paris, France); Cargo (Montreuil, France); Artistic Palace (Paris, France); Libra (Athens, Greece);
Length	33:13
Language	Arabic
Label	Alam El Phan; EMI Arabia;
Producer	Tarek Madkour; Hamid Al Shaeri; Farid Awamer;
Amr Diab chronology

Amarain or Amarein (Egyptian Arabic: قمرين, romanized: Amarēn, lit. 'Two Moons', IPA: [ʔɑmɑˈreːn]) is a 1999 album by Amr Diab that contains his international hit "Amarain" of the same name.¹

The album also contains two international cooperations of Diab, one with the famous raï musician Khaled in "Alby" (Arabic: قلبي) and the second with Angela Dimitriou in the bilingual Arabic/Greek "Bahebbak Aktar" (Arabic: بحبك أكتر).¹

Track listing

*Amarain* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Amarain" (قمرين Two Moons)	Mohamed Refai	Sherif Tag	4:26
2.	"Ana" (أنا I Am)	Abdel Moneim Taha	Amr Mahmoud	4:55
3.	"Alby" (قلبي My Heart; with Khaled)	Magdy El Naggar	Tag Khaled	4:23
4.	"Bahebbak Aktar" (بحبك أكتر I Love You More Σ' αγαπώ πιο πολύ; with Angela Dimitriou)	Refai Panos Falaras	Tag	3:36
5.	"Betwhashny" (بتوحشني I Miss You)	Adel Omar	Ibrahim Fahmy	3:49
6.	"We Lessa Bethebboh" (ولسه بتحبه And You Still Love Him)	Ayman Bahgat Amar	Walid Saad	4:41
7.	"Khalik Fakerny" (خليك فاكرني Always Remember Me)	Omar	Amr Mostafa	3:27
8.	"Hekayati" (حكاياتي My Stories)	Amar	Amr Diab	3:56
Total length:				33:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.²

Recording locations

All tracks were recorded at M. Sound Studios in Cairo, Egypt
Parts of tracks 1 and 2 were recorded at Studio Plus XXX in Paris, France
Parts of track 3 were recorded and mixed at Studio Cargo and Artistic Palace Studios in France
Parts of track 4 were recorded at Libra Studio in Greece

Musicians

Amr Diab – primary artist
Tarek Hamouda – guitar solo (track 1)
Antoine Abardonado – guitar solo (track 1)
Gerard Ferrer – guitar (track 1)
Ahmed Ragab – bass guitar (tracks 1, 7)
Tarek Madkour – piano (track 1)
Orlando Poleo – percussion (track 1)
Ayman El Hambouli – cello (track 1)
Yves Le Carboulec – trumpet (track 2)
Pino Fares – guitar (tracks 2, 7), guitar solo (track 8)
Hussein Saber – oud (tracks 2, 3, 6)
Khaled – guest artist (track 3)
Reda Bedair – nay (track 3)
Maged Sorour – qanun (track 3)
Angela Dimitriou – guest artist (track 4)
Yannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki (track 4)
Yehia El Mougy – violin (track 4)
Ahmed El Ayadi – percussion (track 4)
Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 5)
Ibrahim Fathy – kawala (track 5)
Said El Artist – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8)
Hisham El Araby – riq (tracks 5, 6, 8)
Raafat Misso – saxophone (track 6)
Nabil Bergas – nay (track 6)
Mohamed Mabrouk – guitar (track 8)

Technical

Tarek Madkour – arrangement (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), digital mastering
Hamid Al Shaeri – arrangement (tracks 5, 6)
Farid Awamer – arrangement (track 3)
Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement (tracks 1, 3, 7)
Amir Mahrous – engineering (tracks 1–4, 7, 8), mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
Ahmed Gouda – engineering, mixing (tracks 5, 6)
Jean Lamoot – engineering, mixing (track 3)
Pascal Garnon – engineering (tracks 1, 2)
Tolis Ketselidis – engineering (track 4)

Artwork

Khaled Roshdy – poster, cover design
Thierry Gicquel – inside photos
Ahmed Mokhtar – poster, cover

Notes

Except track 4 partly composed of Greek lyrics.

References

"المراجعة الكلاسكية: ألبوم "قمرين"، ضمان استمرارية نجاحات عمرو دياب". billboard (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
Amarain قمرين [Two Moons] (MC liner notes) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Palestine: Alam El Phan and New Sound. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] Except track 4 partly composed of Greek lyrics.

[:0-2] "المراجعة الكلاسكية: ألبوم "قمرين"، ضمان استمرارية نجاحات عمرو دياب". billboard (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-01-30.

[3] Amarain قمرين [Two Moons] (MC liner notes) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Palestine: Alam El Phan and New Sound. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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