Halim el-Roumi (حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a Lebanese singer and composer.

Halim el-Roumi حليم الرومي
Halim in his early years.
Background information
Birth name	Halim el-Roumi
Born	July 1919 Lebanon
Origin	Lebanese
Died	1 November 1983(1983-11-01) (aged 64) Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Arabic, classical
Occupation(s)	composer and singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	Early 1950s – 1970s

Born in Tyre, Lebanon to Lebanese parents, he began his amateur artistic career in 1935, when he was in Haifa, Palestine. Later, as a radio chief first in Haifa and then in Lebanon, he discovered the singer Fairuz.^[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.^[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.^[2]

He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.^[3] He is the father of Majida Al Roumi.