Ahmed Bukhatir is a name
synonymous today with any lover of
music, specially the ‘acapella’ style of
singing. A singer, par excellence,
with over 10 million fans that span
across 5 continents, truly an artiste
who proves that ‘music is a universal
language’. He has sung in 3 different
languages at this point, English,
Arabic and French, He looks forward
to be able to get his message across
in as many languages as possible, as
he quotes, ‘we should be able to
surpass the barrier of languages and
communicate in whatever medium
possible as the more the world seems
to get closer, the more far apart, we
as human beings are growing’.
Ahmed Bukhatir hails from the
United Arab Emirates and was born
in 1975 to one of the biggest
business families. Ahmed Bukhatir
has played many diverse roles at a
very young age; he currently serves
as a Senator for the Sharjah
government. When he was asked to
serve, he dutifully stepped up to
perform his civic duties.
Ahmed’s songs have been about,
character, values, relationships,
about how one should go about
trying to be a good human being trying to be a good human being trying to be a good human being trying to be a good human being and
value whatever he or she has been
given by God before it is taken away.
To cite a few examples of the
messages in his songs, his song, ‘Ya
Bunaya’, gives one a look into the
relationship between a father and
son, ‘Ummi’ gives one a glimpse into
the relationship of a mother and
child, he is one of the few artistes in
the world that has highlighted how
important the relationship of a wife
and husband is in his song ‘Zawjati’,
his song ‘last breath’ is a reminder of
how fragile and unpredictable life is.
Ahmed Bukhatir is one of the few
artistes whose every album has made
waves upon its release. Be it his
commercially successful and
critically acclaimed album, “Entacritically acclaimed album, “Entacritically acclaimed album, “Entacritically acclaimed album, “Entasaf
Al-Lail" which became the bestselling
album in UAE and GCC countries or
his “Al Quds Tunadeena”, “Fartaqi”,
“Samtan”, were all major bestsellers.
His album “Da’ni”, sold hundreds of
thousands of copies across the globe
and encompassed English songs along
with the Arabic. In 2007, he released
his album "Hasanat" which topped
Virgin Top 10 Chart across the
Middle East for 7 weeks. His latest
release, ‘Moments with Allah’, had
yet again proven to be a huge
success with the international
audience and achieved another mile
stone, for he was the first singer
from the GCC to sing a song in
French called ‘Pourquoi les hommes
pleurent’, which has been a rage
amongst the French audience.
An International artiste in the true
sense, he wishes to use music as a
platform to get the message of peace
across the globe. He is currently also
championing the cause of child
hunger and wishes to support the
United Nations, World Food
Program, in bettering the excellent
job they are already doing.
Performances
Ahmed Bukhatir made many
performances inside the United Arab
Emirates in Sharjah, Dubai, Ras Al
Khaimah, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Um Al
Quwain and audiences were between
2000- 3000, beside the grand
performance in Kuwait attended by
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(London) Global Peace and Unity
attended by more than 35 thousand
audience. He also preformed in
Australia (Melbourne & Sydney),
South Africa (Durban), Yemen
(Sana’a) and India (Mumbai(Sana’a) and India (Mumbai(Sana’a) and India (Mumbai(Sana’a) and India (Mumbai).
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