Umay Shahab

Muhammad Arfiza Shahab (born 16 February 2001), better known as Umay Shahab is an Indonesian actor, singer, presenter and model. Umay Shahab began to be known when he starred in the Wulan (soap opera) and acted as Pandu, Wulan's son. However, his name began to be widely known thanks to his role as Bobby in the soap opera Eneng dan Kaos Kaki Ajaib (Eneng and Magic Socks). In addition, as a singer, Umay Shahab released his first album sponsored by KFC titled Umay Shahab. The album achieved success with triple platinum awards from its CD sales of 250 thousand copies. Through this album, Shahab also won the AMI Award for Best Children Male Solo Artist and AMI Award for Best Children Album at 14th Annual Anugerah Musik Indonesia. In 2009, he began playing movie with the personnel of Indonesian rock and roll band, The Changcuters entitled The Tarix Jabrix 2.

Early life
Umay Shahab was born in Haji Hospital Jakarta, Makasar, East Jakarta. He comes from Ba 'Alawi sada family of the Arab Hadhrami surnamed Aal Shihāb-Uddīn, his father was a private worker named Said Hanafi Shahab, while his mother is a Betawi woman named Yahni Dahmayanti. Shahab has a younger brother named Raffi Shahab.

Umay Shahab was born under the name of Muhammad Arfiza Shahab. At first he was called Umay, when he was still in the womb of his mother, at that time his mother often read a book that tells about the caliph of Islam, Umar bin Khattab. His mother then planned to give Umar's name to him, but since there were too many people named Umar, she then decided to change Umar's pronunciation to Umay. This innovation was finally approved by her husband, Said Hanafi Shahab. Although in the end, Umay Shahab name does not become its official name, but the name was then he used as a nickname and his famous name since childhood.

Commercials

 * KFC
 * Mie Sedaap
 * Kia Motors
 * Mountea
 * Indomie
 * Dancow
 * Biolysin Kids
 * Mentos
 * Yupi candy
 * Curcuma Plus
 * Masako
 * Marimas
 * and others

Book

 * KKPK Star: Umay Jagoan Cilik (2013), published by DAR! Mizan