Sarudzo yake yekurega basa, aine makore makumi matatu nemasere, yakauya nekutadza kwefirimu rake rekupedzisira, "Al Habib al Majhoul" (The Unknown Lover), kurambidzwa kwenziyo yake, "With Unity, Order, and Work", ichirumbidza shanduko yeFree Officers ya1952 uye kutanga kwehondo ya1956
. Pasinei nokuzivikanwa kukuru kwemafirimu ake, basa rake rokuimba rakanga rakaputirwa naUm Kulthum uyo akatonga nzvimbo yemimhanzi yeEgypt uye, muna 1949, akanga ava mutungamiri weMusic Union. Mukutanga kwema1950 vamwe vaimbi vaizivikanwawo nevateereri vadiki, vakaita saAbdel al Halim Hafez, havana kuwana kuratidzwa kwakafanana paredhiyo saUm Kulthum.