About
Classical music composer best known for his opera "Anas el-Wugood," which was written between 1960 and 1965 and performed at the Cairo Opera House around 1970.
Before Fame
He studied composition with Aram Khachaturian at the Moscow Conservatory in the late 1950s.
Trivia
He had a number of pupils, including Jordanian composer Haytham Sukareya.
Family Life
His daughter Dr. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco was an ethnomusicologist and professor at the New University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal.
Associated With
He was a prominent musician in Egypt during the same era as Demis Roussos.
