# Ilham al-Madfai

> Ilham al-Madfai is an Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer. al-Madfai's synthesis of Western guitar stylings with traditional Iraqi music has made him a popular performer in his native country and throughout the Middle East. Beginning in 1999, al-Madfai released a string of albums on EMI's label, including his platinum eponymous debut, Ilham al-Madfai (1999), Live at the Hard Rock Cafe (2001), Baghdad (2003) and The Voice of Iraq: The Best of Ilham al-Madfai (2005). In 2009, Al-Madfai released Dishdasha. His Western-inspired compositions led to a nickname; "The Baghdad Beatle".

*Iraqi musician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ilham-al-madfai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1942
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 8.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/588661)
- [إلهام المدفعي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%8A)
- [الهام المدفعى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%89)
- [الهام المدفعی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%DB%8C)
- [Ilham al-Madfai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilham_al-Madfai)
- [الهام المدفعی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%DB%8C)
- [Ilham Al Madfai](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilham_Al_Madfai)
- [Ilham al-Madfai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilham_al-Madfai)
- [الهام المدفعی](https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%DB%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%8A)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1fea7ea9-d5b9-4fc7-901e-85606a5af91c)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029094)

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