Amarain

Amarain
Studio album by Amr Diab
Released	28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)
Studios	M. Sound (Cairo, Egypt) Plus XXX (Paris, France) Cargo (Montreuil, France) Artistic Palace (Paris, France) Libra (Athens, Greece)
Length	33:13
Language	Arabic
Labels	Alam El Phan EMI Arabia
Producers	Tarek Madkour Hamid Al Shaeri Farid Awamer
Amr Diab chronology
Awedony (1998) Amarain (1999) Tamally Maak (2000)

Amarain or Amarein (Egyptian Arabic: قمرين, romanized: Amarēn, lit. 'Two Moons', IPA: [ʔɑmɑˈreːn]) is a 1999 album by Amr Diab that contains his international hit "Amarain" of the same name.

The album also contains two international cooperations of Diab, one with the famous raï musician Khaled in "Alby" (Arabic: قلبي) and the second with Angela Dimitriou in the bilingual Arabic/Greek "Bahebbak Aktar" (Arabic: بحبك أكتر).

Track listing

Amarain track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Amarain" (قمرين Two Moons)	Mohamed Refai	Sherif Tag	4:26
2.	"Ana" (أنا I Am)	Abdel Moneim Taha	Amr Mahmoud	4:55
3.	"Alby" (قلبي My Heart; with Khaled)	Magdy El Naggar	Tag Khaled	4:23
4.	"Bahebbak Aktar" (بحبك أكتر I Love You More Σ' αγαπώ πιο πολύ; with Angela Dimitriou)	Refai Panos Falaras	Tag	3:36
5.	"Betwhashny" (بتوحشني I Miss You)	Adel Omar	Ibrahim Fahmy	3:49
6.	"We Lessa Bethebboh" (ولسه بتحبه And You Still Love Him)	Ayman Bahgat Amar	Walid Saad	4:41
7.	"Khalik Fakerny" (خليك فاكرني Always Remember Me)	Omar	Amr Mostafa	3:27
8.	"Hekayati" (حكاياتي My Stories)	Amar	Amr Diab	3:56
Total length:				33:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Recording locations

• All tracks were recorded at M. Sound Studios in Cairo, Egypt
• Parts of tracks 1 and 2 were recorded at Studio Plus XXX in Paris, France
• Parts of track 3 were recorded and mixed at Studio Cargo and Artistic Palace Studios in France
• Parts of track 4 were recorded at Libra Studio in Greece

Musicians

• Amr Diab – primary artist
• Tarek Hamouda – guitar solo (track 1)
• Antoine Abardonado – guitar solo (track 1)
• Gerard Ferrer – guitar (track 1)
• Ahmed Ragab – bass guitar (tracks 1, 7)
• Tarek Madkour – piano (track 1)
• Orlando Poleo – percussion (track 1)
• Ayman El Hambouli – cello (track 1)
• Yves Le Carboulec – trumpet (track 2)
• Pino Fares – guitar (tracks 2, 7), guitar solo (track 8)
• Hussein Saber – oud (tracks 2, 3, 6)
• Khaled – guest artist (track 3)
• Reda Bedair – nay (track 3)
• Maged Sorour – qanun (track 3)
• Angela Dimitriou – guest artist (track 4)
• Yannis Bithikotsis – bouzouki (track 4)
• Yehia El Mougy – violin (track 4)
• Ahmed El Ayadi – percussion (track 4)
• Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 5)
• Ibrahim Fathy – kawala (track 5)
• Said El Artist – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8)
• Hisham El Araby – riq (tracks 5, 6, 8)
• Raafat Misso – saxophone (track 6)
• Nabil Bergas – nay (track 6)
• Mohamed Mabrouk – guitar (track 8)

Technical

• Tarek Madkour – arrangement (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8), digital mastering
• Hamid Al Shaeri – arrangement (tracks 5, 6)
• Farid Awamer – arrangement (track 3)
• Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement (tracks 1, 3, 7)
• Amir Mahrous – engineering (tracks 1–4, 7, 8), mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
• Ahmed Gouda – engineering, mixing (tracks 5, 6)
• Jean Lamoot – engineering, mixing (track 3)
• Pascal Garnon – engineering (tracks 1, 2)
• Tolis Ketselidis – engineering (track 4)

Artwork

• Khaled Roshdy – poster, cover design
• Thierry Gicquel – inside photos
• Ahmed Mokhtar – poster, cover