طارق عبد الحكيم

Tarek Abdel Hakim (1918 - 2012) was a Saudi Arabian composer. In 1939 he joined the Saudi Arabian military. He was granted a scholarship to study music in Egypt. He was called the founder of Saudi music and has composed the Saudi national anthem. He was elected twice to be the president of the Arab Music Academy in 1983 and 1987 and he also received the IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize in 1981. He died in Cairo in 2012.