Shaaban Abdel Rahim (Arabic: شعبان عبد الرحيم), also known as Sha'bola (Arabic: شعبولا), (15 March 1957 – 3 December 2019)[1] was an Egyptian pop (Sha'abi) singer, formerly working as makwagi (man who irons clothing) and known for catchy songs with political lyrics.
[2][3] Sha'bān Abdel Rahīm was born in Cairo in a poor family ,his birth name was qassem but he is known by his stage name sha'ban, he worked for many years as a foot-operated laundry presser before his songs catapulted him into stardom.
His poor background, informal language, and frank lyrics have made him very popular with the Egyptian public.
During 2010 Ramadan season, an episode with Sha'bān, in Ibrahim Issa's Hamra (Red) television talk show, was focusing on defending the right to smoke hashish.
[10] In 2017 he released a song called "trump is crazy" mocking America's president Donald Trump and attacking Trump's decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and blaming the inaction of Arab states [11] Islām Khalīl, the songwriter and an Arabic teacher at an elementary school in Qalyubia responsible for "I hate Israel", "Bombing Iraq" and other politically contentious songs sung by the performer, said he had to teach Abdel Rahīm the meaning behind some of the ideas behind his songs.