Wayah

Wayah
Wayah
Studio album by Amr Diab
Released	28 June 2009
Studios	Metropolis (London, England)
Length	45:46
Language	Egyptian Arabic
Label	Rotana
Producer	Hassan El Shafei
Amr Diab chronology

Wayah (Egyptian Arabic: وَيّاه, romanized: Wayyāh, lit. 'With Him', IPA: [wæjˈjæːh]) is a 2009 album by Amr Diab. The album contains 12 tracks.

Public reception

Wayah was released for sale in stores but the album was leaked online and illegally downloaded. Diab fans began a massive boycott of those sites and went to stores to support the artist.

Commercial performance

The album topped the sales list, after selling more than 100,000 copies on the first day of its release, and has achieved sales of more than 3 million since its release in the summer of 2009.

Track listing

The unofficial italicised English titles listed below are the closest and most accurate translations of the original titles.

*Wayah* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wayah" (وياه With Him)	Tamer Hussein	Amr Mostafa	4:52
2.	"Ba'adem Alby" (بقَدِّم قلبي I Offer My Heart)	Ayman Bahgat Amar	Mostafa	2:59
3.	"Illa Habibi" (إلا حبيبي Except My Love)	Abdel Moneim Taha	M'hamed al-Amin Hassan Bey Amr Diab	3:24
4.	"Allah Ala Hobak" (الله على حبك Oh God, How Beautiful Your Love Is)	Magdy El Naggar	Mostafa	3:42
5.	"Yehemak Fe Eh" (يهمك في إيه What Does It Matter to You?)	Amar	Mohamed Yehia	4:08
6.	"Helwa El Ayam" (حلوة الأيام The Days Are Sweet)	Khaled Tag El Din	Diab	3:50
7.	"Tammeny" (طمنّي Reassure Me)	Tag El Din	El Badri Kelbash	2:52
8.	"Malak" (مالَك What's Wrong with You?)	Amar	Diab	4:08
9.	"Wehyati Khaliki" (وحياتي خليكي For My Sake, Stay)	Taha	Amr Tantawy	3:50
10.	"Einy Wana Shayfo" (عيني وأنا شايفه My Eyes as I See Him)	Bahaa El Din Mohamed	Mostafa	3:23
11.	"Ah Min El Fora'" (آه من الفراق Oh, the Pain of Separation)	Mohamed	Diab	4:27
12.	"Ba'edt Leh" (بَعِّدْت ليه Why Did You Leave?)	Hany Abdel Karim	Khaled Ezz	4:11
Total length:				45:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Studios

Recorded, mixed, and digitally mastered at Metropolis Studios (London)
Track 3 was recorded in Beirut, Lebanon

Musicians

Amr Diab – performer, music direction
Mostafa Aslan – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–8, 10–12)
Hany Farahat – violin (track 3)
Mohamed Saleh – bouzouki (track 3)
Ali Mazbouh – nay (track 3)
Ahmed El Ayadi – tabla (tracks 3, 8, 11)
Hisham El Araby – riq (tracks 3, 8, 11)
Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 8)
Jon Bishop – guitar (track 9)
Hassan El Shafei – piano (track 9)
Maged Sorour – qanun (track 11)
Reda Bedair – nay (track 11)

Technical

Hassan El Shafei – production, arrangement (all tracks)
Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement (tracks 8, 11)
Tamer El Zoueibi – engineering (tracks 1–6, 12), digital mastering (track 1)
Mohamed Sakr – engineering (tracks 7–11)
Tony Cousins – recording (tracks 1, 2, 4–12), mixing (all tracks), digital mastering (tracks 2–12)
Elie Saba – recording (track 3)

Artwork

Karim Nour – album photography, design, cover, poster

Awards

African Music Awards 2009 ( Artist of the Year – Song of the Year – Music Video of the Year – Male Act of the Year )

References

↑ Wayah by Amr Diab, 28 June 2009, retrieved 29 December 2021
↑ "سوق الكاسيت كشفت انهيار المبيعات واهتزاز النجوم". Alrai-media (in Arabic). 29 July 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
↑ ""وياه" لعمرو دياب يبيع 100 ألف نسخة". اليوم السابع. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
↑ "عمرو دياب و«روتانا».. مسيرة من النجاح تجاوزت 30 عاماً". روتانا | Rotana. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
↑ Wayah وياه [With Him] (CD booklet) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Egypt: Rotana. 2009. CD ROT 1519.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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[1] Wayah by Amr Diab, 28 June 2009, retrieved 29 December 2021

[2] "سوق الكاسيت كشفت انهيار المبيعات واهتزاز النجوم". Alrai-media (in Arabic). 29 July 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[3] ""وياه" لعمرو دياب يبيع 100 ألف نسخة". اليوم السابع. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[4] "عمرو دياب و«روتانا».. مسيرة من النجاح تجاوزت 30 عاماً". روتانا | Rotana. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[5] Wayah وياه [With Him] (CD booklet) (in Arabic and English). Amr Diab. Egypt: Rotana. 2009. CD ROT 1519.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)