Nawal Al Kuwaitiya, the lute of the Gulf and the unforgettable voice of emotion

The Kuwaiti artist Nawal is the guitar of the Gulf and a sophisticated, enjoyable and beautiful Arabic voice that deserves to be followed and listened to. She has a large audience in the Arab countries, especially the Gulf countries, so she is the first singing star in the Gulf. One of the reasons for her fame is that she used to do charitable work alongside artistic work, which indicates that she is a first-class person who deserves all respect and honor, and that she is one of the best singers in the Gulf and the Arab world. Therefore, we review the details of her artistic and personal life.

Nawal Al-Kuwaitiya's upbringing and family Nawal was raised in Kuwait to a Kuwaiti father and mother, thus holding Kuwaiti citizenship. She was born on November 11, 1966 in Kuwait. She married the famous composer, Mishaal Al-Arouj, in 2009. This marriage caused a great deal of controversy in the artistic community, because it is rare for two people from the same artistic community to marry and succeed. In addition, Mishaal Al-Arouj had previously been married twice.

She has two children: Hanin Al-Arouj and Suleiman Al-Arouj. Hanin was born in 2010.

As for her real name on her birth certificate, it is Nawal Zaher Habib Al-Zaid, and she is Kuwaiti.

Discovering her artistic talent The beginning of the Kuwaiti singer Nawal's artistic career was in 1983, where she worked with One Productions Ltd, and presented many types of art.

When she was studying at the institute, she interacted with the art scene and many singers, such as Abdul Karim Abdul Qader and Talal Maddah, appreciated her singing. She started her first songs in 1983, and the one who is credited with her appearance and singing on stage is "Rashed Al-Khidr". As for the musical instruments that Nawal plays, they are the oud, the flute, and the piano.

Nawal Al Kuwaitia's first steps in the world of art Nawal Al-Kuwaitiya began her artistic career at the Higher Institute of Musical Arts in the State of Kuwait. She loved art and music very much. She loved the Lady of Arabic Tarab, Umm Kulthum, Fairuz, Warda Al-Jazairia, and Abdel Halim Hafez.

The first time she stood on stage and sang was at the age of 17 in high school. She did not continue her university education because she was busy with the world of art and faced many problems. The most important problem she faced was the delay in obtaining her Kuwaiti citizenship because she was from the Bedoon category.

After that, she studied at the institute and learned all the matters and basics of singing, musical scales, voices with melodies and layers. She also studied loudness and nature and tried to dictate her musical sense, so she studied musical dictation, in order to strengthen her singing skill so that she could distinguish between the forms and types of international music.

Her artistic start was her first singing album. Nawal's first album was released in 1984, and what distinguishes her most is that she does not name her albums with names like other singing stars, but rather she only mentions numbers such as Nawal 89, Nawal 2000. When she was asked about the reason for that, her answer was that she cherishes all the songs on her album and does not prefer one song over another, and she left the album without a title so as not to impose a specific song on any listener, but rather he is the one who decides and determines the songs he wants to hear.

Many people were impressed by the beauty of the artist’s voice and praised her opinion that she is truly the guitar of the Gulf and has received many awards that include her being one of the most beautiful voices in the Arab world. We must give this artist her right to get to know her and her artistic and personal life so that we can get to know her more and because she has a large number of fans and lovers of her powerful voice.

Her singing works The Kuwaiti artist Nawal has released 16 albums, and filmed many songs through video clips. She is considered a pioneer in singing in using filming songs through video clips, and using 8D technology, meaning eight-dimensional sound. In 1998, she participated in the Janadriyah Festival, marking the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She participated only with her voice. For the first time, a female singer participated in the festival with an operetta entitled “Knight of Monotheism” by composer Mohammed Abdo, because he was the one who nominated her to sing in the operetta at the Janadriyah Festival. The operetta is considered a national song for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because of its Independence Day.

She was happy to participate in the centenary of the founding of the Saudi state, and that she presented this short song clip, as she had a distinctive contribution and performed what was required of her by participating in this operetta. She stopped working for years, but she resumed, to return to singing again in 2005 as the best Gulf singer.

The latest songs of Nawal Al Kuwaitia As for the latest songs of the singer Nawal this year, the song "Zeina Ayami" from her new album called "Al Hanin", with lyrics by Turki, distribution by Issam Al-Sharaiti, and music by Tariq Muhammad, the song was released on YouTube for Nawal to present bold and innovative forms in the Gulf song, and for this reason she has released 17 albums throughout her artistic career, and the latest album of Nawal Al-Kuwaitiya includes 15 songs and was released at the end of 2023, which are:

If they talked song. All people song. The song of my days. One question song. Oh God song. The song of a heart that forgot me. The song of the rosary. Don't blink song. Get out of my imagination song. The song of a heart that forgot me. Enough song. Al-Haqwi song. Slow down song. Song of poems. Song on where. Her personal life As for the private life of the artist Nawal Al Kuwaitia, she is married to the artist Mishaal Al Arouj and they have a son and a daughter.

The artist also participated in humanitarian and charitable works and worked as head of the jury for the Kant Theatre Talent Competition.

She delivered the opening speech at the 6th International Adult Mental Health Conference and was an advisory member of the Arab Women Award.

She also won the London 2017 Award for her singing career, and she had many titles, including the Gulf Guitar, the First Gulf Star, the Sheikh of Tarab, and the Best Gulf Singer. She participated in the Zain advertisement with several Arab singers, and the musician Elias Rahbani called her the classic romantic singer.

Her artistic achievements and awards The artist Nawal has received many awards and honors, including:

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Information honored her for her many contributions to Kuwait, among other honorings of some artistic figures. 1995 She won an Oscar with the duet Abdullah Rashad. In 1998, she was honored at a ceremony at the Cairo International Festival. Her dignity is the State of Kuwait and her generosity is the Kuwait Club for the Disabled. 1999 Honored by the Arab Pioneers Festival. 2000 She was honored in the Viewers Studio program in Italy. In 2000, she won the Best Look award from Zahrat Al Khaleej magazine, which was at the Hala February Festival and Dubai Nights. The song "Ya Musabir Al-Maw'oud" won as the best song in ten years on Tunisian Radio. In 2000, she was honored by the Hala February Festival in the State of Kuwait. 2001 Honored by the Arab Music Festival in Lebanon. I was honored by the Doha Festival in Qatar. In 2000, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal honored her at the Stars Gala in Egypt at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit. 2002 Best Female Singer of the Year. In 2003, she won the title of Best Gulf Singer in the UAE. In 2016, she was honored by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the State of Kuwait. In 2017, she was honored by the UAE and Saudi Arabia. She won the Best Gulf Singer of 2018 in a poll by Sayidaty Magazine in the UAE. She has received many other awards and honors that have made her the young singer. As for the concerts she performed, she performed many concerts in many Arab and foreign countries. Nawal Al Kuwaitiya's elegance The Gulf singer Nawal Al Kuwaitia deserves the title of Best Gulf Singer on both the artistic and human levels. Receiving all these honors is the greatest proof that she is one of the best singing stars in the Arab world.