Mahmoud Abdulaziz


Mahmoud Abdulaziz was a popular Sudanese singer-songwriter. Mahmoud Abdulaziz was born in Khartoum in 1967, and died in Amman in January 2013. His music was a blend of traditional music from Sudan and western popmusic with occasional other African influences. At the time of his death, he had become a symbol for those wanting a more secular or less strictly religious Sudan. Abdulaziz produced more than 30 records and several of the many YouTube videos with his music have more than one million views. A token of his popularity is that in January 2017, several tens of thousands of his fans attended a commemoration gathering in Khartoum.

Trivia

During a concert, a disabled fan, who could not get as close to the stage as he would have wanted, sought to catch the attention of his idol, and started waving his hands. This worked, and Abdulaziz mimicked his movements, and also came to greet the fan. Later, it became habitual for the artist to greet his devoted fans in this way, at every concert. Subsequently, crossed arms with index fingers pointing outwards became his symbol, and was in turn taken up by other fans. Even on his deathbed, Mahmoud was photographed in this pose.

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