The poet of royal peace and the jeweler of literary Hijazi necklaces, Ibrahim Khafaji. For Saudi art, with outstanding ingenuity, dozens of poets and people who were affected by it borrowed from its brilliance, and they still are.
The biography of Ibrahim Khafaji, who passed away (94 years) cannot come and the Saudi flag does not flutter in your imagination, and the music of the national anthem that he wrote with his own hands resonates in your ears.
Al-Khafaji, the owner of the “Brain of Music and Singer,” as he says, wrote the most famous works of art for a number of stars, as he formed the backbone of the artists Talal Maddah and Muhammad Abdo, and before them the musician Tariq Abdel-Hakim.
Among his most famous works are “You Believe and I Do Not Swear to You,” “As if You Didn’t Know Me,” “On His Own,” and others by Talal Maddah, and he wrote to Muhammad Abdo, “I see you every day, for us God, there is no need, my beloved, our miss, you are my beloved, the antelope of the south,” and others. . Al-Khafaji wrote the Janadriyah operetta “Brides of the Kingdom”, and he was honored with the Medal of Merit of the first degree with its patent in 1405 AH from King Fahd bin Abdulaziz, in appreciation of his efforts in writing the words of the national anthem of the Kingdom. British Radio (BBC) as the best song in the early seventies AD for his song (Blond and his hair is gold).
Khaled Al-Jarallah (Jeddah) @Okaz_online