Amr Diab (Arabic: عمرو دياب‎) (born Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab on October 11, 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of jil music. Diab has become one of the highest-selling Middle Eastern artists of all time. He was awarded "The World Music Award" 3 times (1998, 2002, & 2007), as being the best-selling Middle Eastern singer. His father worked for the Suez Canal Corporation as a porter in the marina, and was a part-time sheepherder.