What is Hamdi Benani?
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Hamdi Benani | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Hamdi Benani | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1 January 1943 | birth_place = [[Annaba]], [[French Algeria]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|09|21|1943|01|01}} | death_place = Annaba, [[Algeria]] | nationality = [[Algerians|Algerian]] | other_names = | occupation = Singer <br/> Musician | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Hamdi Benani''' ({{lang-ar|حمدي بناني}}; 1 January 1943 – 21 September 2020) was an Algerian singer and musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reporters.dz/hamdi-benani-est-mort/|title=Hamdi Benani est mort|date=21 September 2020|work=Reporters Algerie|language=fr|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001164340/https://www.reporters.dz/hamdi-benani-est-mort/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dzmusique.com/Artiste-Hamdi-Benani.php|title=Hamdi Benani - maloufe musique|work=Dzmusique|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524091624/http://www.dzmusique.com/Artiste-Hamdi-Benani.php|archive-date=24 May 2007|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> ==Career== He was known for his 1963 song ''Ya Bahi El Djamel'', which drove him to pursue a career in singing and violin. He brought new life to the Malouf genre of music with the tracks ''Mahbounati'' and ''Adala Ya Adala'', which earned him great public success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.algerie1.com/societe/deces-du-virtuose-de-la-musique-malouf-hamdi-benani|title=Décès du virtuose de la musique Malouf Hamdi Benani|date=21 September 2020|work=Algérie1.com|language=fr|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001204923/https://www.algerie1.com/societe/deces-du-virtu