This Egyptian artist is considered one of the artists who gained great fame, as her voice takes you to another world, and with her voice she threatened the throne of Umm Kulthum with her strong and sweet voice, at a time when the planet of the East was sitting on the hearts of the masses in the entire Arab world.
Soad Muhammad had another affair had it not been for her private life, which seems to have been a major reason for her distancing herself from the art scene, as she was not widely present.
Despite this, Souad Mohammed is considered one of the female singers who has a precious history; Where she sang 3,000 songs, at a time when she was very busy with her family.
Souad Muhammad was born to an Egyptian father and a Lebanese mother, so she had both Lebanese and Egyptian nationalities. She began her career in Cairo and got married three times, and the first time was to the Egyptian writer Muhammad Ali Fattouh, who is considered her discoverer.
He was about 30 years older than her; But she married him in order to escape from her brother’s criticism of her after entering the field of art.
She continued with him for 15 years and bore him six sons and daughters, “Fouad, Jawad Rashad, Hammad, Iyad, and Nohad”, then they separated. Her second marriage was to the Egyptian engineer Muhammad Baybars, and she bore him 4 children, becoming the mother of 10 children, but their marriage did not last.
She married for the third time to a Lebanese man, but she did not have children, and quickly separated from him. She was accused of smuggling jewelry from Egypt to Lebanon, and this position was after Souad Mohammed achieved great success in the Arab world and Egypt in particular.
She was prevented from entering Egypt after she was accused of smuggling jewelry to Lebanon, even though it was her own jewelry that she brought with her from Lebanon; Therefore, the decision was rescinded in 1960.
Souad Mohamed was the favorite singer of the late President Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, perhaps the biggest evidence of this is his issuing a special decision to continue her concert after 12 o’clock, although it was forbidden to continue concerts until after this time after the October War. Indeed, the curtain was closed in one of the concerts broadcast on television while Fayza Ahmed was singing.
But during Souad Muhammad’s performance of a party for the Lebanese community in Egypt in 1976, the party officials were surprised by a call from President Sadat himself ordering not to close the curtain, and Suad Muhammad continued to sing, so she continued to sing until three in the morning.
Also, King Hassan II of Morocco was keen to invite her on every occasion and award her the Nejmeh Medal. She was awarded many honors from Arab countries.
The beautiful artist, Souad Muhammad, expressed in a rare meeting with her her sadness that she did not obtain her full right to market her in the media, as was the case with Umm Kulthum. audience only
She confirmed that she continued to work, sing and produce works at her expense so that no one would accuse her of laziness; However, it did not receive support from the media.