From Baghdad to the world, Majid Al Mohandes, the journey of a legendary artist

Majid Al Mohandes, nicknamed the "Prince of Arabic Singing", is an Iraqi singer with a pleasant voice. He is very famous in the world of art for his great successes and his high artistic talent. He has presented many, many songs and albums. He has excelled in Gulf and Arab singing in general. Therefore, in this article, we will explain some information about the stations in his personal artistic life.

The origin of the artist Majid Al Mohandes His full and real name is Majed Abdul Amir Adhir Al-Atabi. He was born on October 25, 1971 in the city of Al-Thawra in Baghdad, meaning he is 52 years old. He also has three brothers and two sisters. His early life was working with his father in tailoring, then he moved with his family to live in Kuwait. He loved art when he was young and was influenced by Nazem Al-Ghazali and Saadoun Jaber. We find that his studies are aeronautical engineering. When he discovered his talent for singing, he moved to Jordan despite his father’s disapproval of his entry into the artistic field, leaving his studies in the field of aeronautical mechanical engineering to focus on his talent. Therefore, he was nicknamed and became famous as Majed Al-Muhandis.

From Tailor to Star: Majid Al Mohandes' Journey When Majed Al Mohandes moved to Jordan to start his artistic career with one of his friends, in honor of the artist Nazem Al Ghazali and Saadoun Jaber, he found his friend had left the Hashemite Kingdom seeking political asylum in Australia without telling him about it, so he relied on himself and was forced to work in sewing, which was one of his favorite hobbies when he worked in the sewing profession and practiced it for a number of years with his father, as he loved this profession, and he could not find a place to sleep on the table used for ironing clothes.

Through his daily sustenance from this work, he bought his first “oud”, which he practiced on and developed his talent on his own. He worked as a skilled tailor during the day and as a musician, singer and composer at night in one of the nightclubs and cameras, which he began to get to know little by little.

his personal life The artist Majid Al Mohandes has an only child, "Mohammed", who was born in 2002 to a Tunisian woman who holds French citizenship, whom he married and then announced his separation from her, without disclosing any other details about the marriage or the classics, except for his son, who, when there were problems between him and his ex-wife about the custody of the child, sang the song (Your love killed me, Mohammed), which he specifically asked one of his poet friends to compose.

Artist Majid Al Mohandes' artistic career In 1991, the first song of the distinguished Iraqi artist Majid Al Mohandes was titled "Al Moshkala", where he met the artist Faeq Hassan by chance while working and singing in hotels and cafes in Jordan, who supported him and later became his business manager. Then his fame increased and his reputation spread in many Arab countries in 1998, when Majid Al Mohandes joined Al Khuyool Company for Artistic Production, which produced for him approximately three classical singing albums, namely "Mo Bas Hobak" and also "Ent Atjann" with "Dakat Qalbi".

The year 2001 was the year of his singing career, through his first participation in the Arab Song Festival in the city of Manama, after winning the first prize for the Arab song. After that, he also participated in the Jordan Festival.

Successes continued with participation in many festivals, which made the audience fall in love with him and loved his beautiful, unique, singing voice, especially the Gulf audiences who began to request him by name at concerts and singing festivals, forcing him to move and reside permanently in the UAE.

In 2004, the engineer moved to cooperate with the famous Ghazali production company, Rotana, owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, where his artistic fame increased.

While contracted with Rotana, he released an album in 2005 titled “I Miss You So Much,” followed by “Ingeniet” in 2006 and “Insa” in 2008.

He was also asked to compose the operetta of Janadriyah 31, so Saudi newspapers began calling him the Saudi artist Majid Al Mohandes, even though he did not give up his Iraqi citizenship. His fans, who number in the millions from all countries of the Arab world, called him the Prince of Arab Singing and also the owner of the diamond voice.

During the year 2011, he participated in singing at the “February Nights” Festival, then he moved on to singing some of the intros and titles of the series during the Gulf Ramadan marathon, including the series “Waja’ Al-Intizar.”

During his artistic singing career in general, Majed loved to collaborate with many male and female singers in the Arab world, including the great artist Kazem El Saher, as well as Hussein Al Jasmi, the great Mohammed Abdo, Amal Maher, Rashed Al Majed, and others.

In 2021, he released the album "Wahesh El Donia", and in 2022, he sang the album "Mushtaklek".

During the last years of 2023 and 2024, he released and moved towards single songs, including distinctive songs in his famous mini-album, Al-Badaa, with his participation in the song and operetta "Balali", which was dedicated to be released during the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the King of Jordan, King Abdullah II, assuming power.

His most memorable songs The most important and prominent songs of Majid Al Mohandes that remain in the memory are the song “I Confess” with the participation of the artist Amal Maher, and the song “I Am Ana” with the participation of the artist Rashed Al Majid, and also the song “ The Rule of Your Conscience and God Hasibak”, with “Why, My Love, and My Master, Come”.

The most famous songs of the engineer The singer Majid Al Mohandes is also famous for a large number of songs, the most prominent of which are the following list:

You ask me. I love you to death. You are crazy. Remember me. Rule your conscience. I did not guide myself. As you wish my heart beats. I miss you. I am nostalgic. Not up to you. There is nothing left. Between hands. I beg you. His latest songs The latest work and singing of the artist Majed Al Mohandes was the promo song for the movie “Gawazat Toxic”, which was a promotional song for the movie “Gawazat Toxic” starring the beautiful artist Laila Elwi in cooperation with the comedian Bayoumi Fouad.

Also, the song "Law Zalan Men" is the first singing experience of the engineer in the Egyptian dialect in a movie.

As for albums, the mini album “Al-Bada’a” is his latest release, as he is preparing to release a mini album called “Al-Bada’a” which includes four songs.

It is noteworthy that the last song released by the artist Majid Al Mohandes was his participation in the song "Bal Alali", which was released on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the accession of King Abdullah II, King of Jordan.

Engineer Awards and Technical Achievements In 2014, the engineer was chosen as an ambassador and advertising face for the well-known Mouawad men’s watch brand, known for its luxury. He also won the Best Arab Singer Award in Lebanon during the Murex D'Or Awards ceremony. In 2022, he was honored and awarded the title of Favorite Artist at the Saudi Joy Awards. It is noteworthy that the Iraqi singer Majid Al Mohandes obtained dual citizenship, which is Saudi citizenship, since 2010 through a special royal grant from the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, but he still retains and is proud of his Iraqi citizenship. This was days after the Janadriyah operetta. This came after he obtained Saudi citizenship amidst anger and severe attacks from the Iraqi public at that time, with some attacking him, asking why he agreed to give up the citizenship of his ancient country, Iraq.

In the end, it became clear to us and to you that we were in front of a great Arab singer and composer, the artist Majid Al Mohandes, with his high feelings and pure voice.