Walid Toufic, born Walid Toutounji, grew up with his
Sunni family in
Tripoli, Lebanon. He later relocated to western
Beirut and lived in the residential area of Ibn Rashd Street. His first
oud tutor was the blind Amin Azar. During this period, Toufic worked to raise enough money for his music lessons. Toufic became popular and made his big break in
Egypt. His acting career began soon afterwards where he starred in movies with various Egyptian and Arab stars in
Egyptian cinema, including
Farid al-Atrash,
Mariam Fakhr Eddine,
Madiha Yousri,
Samir Ghanem,
Laila Elwi,
Duraid Lahham,
Huda Sultan,
Saeed Saleh,
Raghda, and
Athar El-Hakim, among others. Songs like
Ehna El-Tayibin and
Sinin Ahbab were met with success. Meeting prominent 20th-century Arab-Egyptian singer and composer
Mohammed Abdel Wahab played a substantial part in influencing Toufic. Toufic's song subjects include love and patriotism of his home country, Lebanon, and the Arab world at large. His popularity in the Arab world has won him the title of
The Arab Star given to him by Lebanese journalist George Khoury
. He is married to
Georgina Rizk,
Miss Universe 1971. They have two children. == External links==