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Algeria
Coordinates: 28°N 2°E / 28°N 2°E / 28; 2
Algeria
i/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (Arabic: الجزائر, al-Jazā'ir; Berber: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية, al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazāʾiriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah ash-Shaʿbiyyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a large country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.
When referring to its land area, Algeria is the largest country in Africa, Maghreb and the Arab World. It is also the largest of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea; it is also the tenth-largest country in the world. The country is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Its size is almost 2,400,000 square kilometres (926,645 sq mi) with an estimated population of 37.1 million as of 2012. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC and the United Nations. The country is also a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.
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Andalusia
Andalusia (English /ˌændəˈluːʒə/, /ˌændəˈluːziə/; Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a] or [andaluˈsi.a]) is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).
Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian peninsula, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castile–La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain from Morocco, and the Atlantic Ocean. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Andalusia has three major geographic subregions. In the north, the mountainous Sierra Morena separates Andalusia from the plains of Extremadura and Castile–La Mancha on Spain's Meseta Central. South of that, one can distinguish Upper Andalusia, generally the Baetic System, from Lower Andalusia with its Baetic Depression of the valley of the Guadalquivir.
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Oran
Oran (Arabic: وهران, Wahrān) is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.
It is the capital of the Oran Province (wilaya). The city has a population of 759,645 (2008), while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest city in Algeria. Oran is a major port, and since the 1960s has been the commercial, industrial, and educational centre of western Algeria.
Oran was founded in 903 by Moorish Andalusi traders but was captured by the Spanish under Cardinal Cisneros in 1509. Spanish sovereignty lasted until 1708, when the city was conquered by the Ottomans. Spain recaptured the city in 1732. However, its value as a trading post had decreased greatly, so King Charles IV sold the city to the Turks in 1792. Ottoman rule lasted until 1831, when it fell to the French.
During French rule over Algeria, Oran was the capital of a département of the same name (number 92). In July 1940, the British navy shelled French warships in the port after they refused a British ultimatum to surrender which was designed to ensure the fleet would not fall into German hands. The action increased the hatred of the Vichy regime for Britain but convinced the world that the British would fight on alone against Nazi Germany and its allies. The Vichy government held Oran during World War II until its capture by the Allies in late 1942, during Operation Torch.
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Saïda, Algeria
Saïda (Arabic: سعيدة) is the capital city of Saïda Province, Algeria.
Saïda is located in northwestern Algeria, on the southern slopes of the Tell Atlas mountain range situated on the northern fringe of the High Plateaus (French = Hauts Plateaux). The city lies along the right bank of the Wadi Saïda, protected by wooded mountains on the opposite shore that rise steeply from the valley floor to an elevation of some 4,000 feet (1,200 metres).
The city’s site has been of military importance since the construction of a Roman fort. Saïda was a stronghold of Abd al-Qadir, the Algerian national leader who burned the town as French forces approached it in 1844.
Modern Saïda was founded as a French military outpost in 1854 and once housed a regiment of the French Foreign Legion. Its growth was stimulated by the arrival of the Oran-Béchar [narrow-gauge) railway, which was incorporated in 1862.
In 2005 the population was 158,856 inhabitants. It is nicknamed the city of waters, because of its abundant underground springs.
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Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (Arabic: عبدالحليم علي شبانة) commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (Arabic: عبد الحليم حافظ) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer. He is considered to be one of the Great Four of Arabic music (along with Umm Kulthum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Farid Al Attrach). His name is sometimes written as 'Abd el-Halim Hafez. He is known as el-Andaleeb el-Asmar (The Great Dark-Skinned Nightingale, Arabic: العندليب الأسمر). He is also known as an icon in modern Arabic music. His music is still played daily throughout the Arab world.
However, some critics maintain that he is still alive. Much like the Arab Elvis.
Born in El-Halawat, in Ash Sharqiyah Governorate, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt as Abdel Halim Ali Shabana, he was the fourth child of Sheikh Ali Ismail Shabana. He had two brothers, Ismail and Mohammed, and one sister, Aliah. His mother died from labour complications three days after giving birth to him - something that made people around him believe that he is a "bad luck". His father died five months later leaving him and his siblings orphaned at a young age. He lived in a poor orphanage for a period of time. Later, He was raised by his aunt and uncle in Cairo. In these years Abdel Halim was extremely poor.
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Abed Azrie
Abed Azrie or Abed Azrié (Arabic: عابد عازرية) (born 1945 in Aleppo) is a Syrian singer who performs Arab classical music, although he claims to belong to no particular music tradition. In his work he sets ancient and modern Arabic texts to traditional instruments (such as the ney, kanun, darbuka, violin, flute and lute), and synthesizers.
He was born in Aleppo, and after living for a time in Beirut moved to Paris at the age of 22 where he studied Western classical music. While there he translated classical poetry, such as the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, into French. He has stated that he prefers to live in the West, saying in a 2000 interview that he has an "inability to work in the Arab countries, in which the way people live is still conditioned by halal and haram. Here I can produce contemporary art, I can work in freedom, and there is 'motion' around what I produce: journalism, concerts, programme…Nobody tells me to write a song for a specific political occasion."
His music has been featured in the films Al Leja, directed by Ryad Chaia, and Elia Suleiman's Chronicle of a Disappearance.
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Ahmed Adaweyah
Ahmed Adaweyah (Arabic: احمد عدوية) is an Egyptian singer and he was the first big star of sha'abi music during its first wave of popularity in the 1970s. He has starred in 27 Egyptian films. Adaweyah started his career as a cafe waiter but in 1971, he began performing songs using the language of the streets of Cairo, full of working class slang and double entendres. Like many shaabi (meaning of the 'people', or working class) singers Adaweyah specializes in mawal (vocal improvisation). He performed in English clubs as well as in Egypt and despite his now-considerable wealth, remains a critic of the middle class. His use of drum machine and synthesizer in the 1990s was the subject of some criticism. He is also subject to censorship due to his oppositional stance.
His son Mohammed Adaweyah is a classical singer, who made an album called el-tayyeb a7san in 2000.
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Aida el Ayoubi
Aida el Ayoubi Arabic: عايدة الأيوبي; born 1964) is an Egyptian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She also has German heritage. She graduated from The American University in Cairo in the mid 1980s, and gained fame in the early 1990s in Egypt and the Middle East. Aida el-Ayoubi is a graduate of Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule in Cairo and The American University in Cairo where she majored in Computer Science.
She completed three albums before going into a career hiatus following her first-born. She is well known in Egypt and many other Arab countries for her romantic music and her soft voice. She is best known for her hit song A'ala Baly which appeared on her first album. Aida's heartfelt lyrics and beautiful, soothing voice were the keys to her success till this day.
After more than ten years in retirement, Ayoubi produced a new three-track album, Tawasul wa Ragaa’ bi Jah Sidna. It is entirely religion-themed.
In 2011, Aida released a Single Song called Bahebek Yabaldy after the Egyptian Revolution & Ya El Midan featuring Cairokee band which is also about the Egyptian Revolution in Tahrir Square in November 2011.
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Alaa Zalzali
Alaa Zalzali (Arabic: علاء زلزلي; born Ali Ahmed Zalzali; October 18, 1969 in Sur, Lebanon) is a Lebanese singer.
Zalzali was born on October 18, 1969 in Sur, a city in Southern Lebanon. His birth name is Ali Ahmed Zalzali. He has two sisters, Joumana and Shat-el-rim, and one brother, Nader, who is Alaa's record distributor and the director of his company Zalzali Production. Alaa Zalzali had a passion in music since his early years. After graduating from high school, Zalzali went to college to study Arabic literature, but left his studies in his second year to join the national conservatory.
Zalzali's first song "Ahla Oyoun" was released in 1990. The song became a hit and helped pioneer Zalzali's career in the music industry. His latest song is the Dalouna which was a great hit.
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Ali El Haggar
Ali El Haggar (Arabic,علي الحجار) is an Egyptian singer and actor.
El-Haggar was raised in a musical family and during his early childhood his father, late singer and composer Ibrahim El-Haggar, taught him the principles of Arabic music and in particular singing. He was exposed to different types of Arabic songs including the works of Om Kolthom, Mohmmed Abdel-Wahab, Zakaria Ahmed, Sayed Darwish and others. His father helped his son to get an in-depth understanding of different musical forms, but also wanted his son to get fully absorbed by a specific singing type in order to keep his own identity. El-Haggar said "My father exposed me to music in its different manners and schools, but as well he advised me to sing only like myself without imitating any other singer no matter what is the degree of his talent and regardless of how much do I like this singer". El-Haggar also learnt to recite the Quran which helped him in articulation and organizing inhalation, two important factors in singing.
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Aline Khalaf
Aline Khalaf (Arabic: إلين خلف) (born 1974) is a Lebanese singer.
Aline Khalaf first rose to fame when she took part in the program for amateur singers, "Layali Lebnan", and won the Global Medal. This prize gave her a steady push into the world of show business. She began to perform in large restaurants with other stars. She then signed with production company Relax-in-Company and produced her first album, Khayfa Menak. Khalaf then released a second album, Bousat Al-Rih. When Ya Zein was released, Khalaf was quite famous already and had become known in the Arab world. Wayed Wayed followed soon after and was a commercial success like her previous albums. However, it was her hit album La Ley Lah that made the strongest impact at the time. The main song was so popular that Khalaf decided to shoot a popular music video.
Her next album Azz Alaya was released later and followed by Law Andak Kalam. Khalaf's most recent album, Sodfa, was released on the summer of 2005. Two songs from the album, "Sodfa" and "Meni leek" were made into music videos. Throughout her career, Khalaf has shot a number of her songs as music videos. Among these are "Wayed Wayed", "La Ley Lah", "Dala'a El-Habayeb", "Azz Alaya", "Law Andak Kalam", "Aloulak Eh" and "Ba3dak 3al Bal".
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Amal Hijazi
Amal Hijazi (Arabic: أمل حجازى) is a Lebanese singer, model and pop icon. She is currently one of the most active Lebanese singers and has given a number of concerts throughout the world and has made countless TV appearances. After her lengthy career as a fashion model, Hijazi released her debut album, Akher Gharam in 2001 to commercial success. It became one of the biggest selling albums of the year, ranking on number eight Official Sales charts published by the Chart Magazine. She released her second album Zaman in mid 2002 with even greater success. The album released four number one hit singles, Zaman, Oulhali, Einak and Romansyia catapulting her to phenomenal success. A third album Bedawwar A Albi was released in early 2004 followed by the release of her fourth album Baya al Ward in 2006. The album's breakthrough of the same name caused the entertainer to face negative critical publicity and a number of controversies.
Hijazi continued to remain in the forefront of pop music with the release of her much awaited Gulf single Nefsy Tefhamny in 2007. She released her fifth studio album Keef el Amar in 2008, thus bringing her back on the spotlight once again.
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Amani Swissi
Amani Swissi (Arabic: أماني السويسي) is a young Arabic singer from Tunisia who participated in the Star Academy in 2005. Her debut album, Wain was released by Rotana. She had a single, Shayef Nafsou.
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Amina Annabi
Amina Annabi (Arabic: أمينة العنابي) (born 5 March 1962, Carthage, Tunisia) is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress, most famous for finishing second in the tied 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rome. Amina finished second after a countback, scoring equal 146 points alongside Carola from Sweden.
Amina was born in a music family. Her father is Tunisian and her mother is French. Her grandmother was a musician and one of her uncles was involved in the in setting up the Tabarka Festival in Tunisia, so Amina got the chance to see a number of music stars, going along to concerts by Joan Baez, James Brown and the famous Algerian diva Warda. It was at the Tabarka music festival that Amina would get to meet the young Senegalese star Wasis Diop. They became friends and they had the opportunity to work together some years later. In 1975 Amina and her mother, a talented musician and composer, moved together in Paris.
Three years later Amina formed her own group, after showing her talent in singing and dancing a variety of music styles, from soul to traditional aigypt songs. The group made appearances in many local schools but it was in 1982 when Amina started to build her solo career. By that time she got involved with Radio Nova, Paris' leading radio station in world music. One of the producers of the station was Martin Meissonnier. He started to work with Amina and soon they became a couple—their daughter was born in 1986. In 1983 she won a music contest with a rap song, "Shehérazade", influenced by Arab rhythms. It was released as a CD single. Amina began performing in Paris around this time.
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Amr Diab
Amr Abdol-Basset Abdol-Azeez Diab (Arabic: عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب; born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of geel music; the contemporary face of Egyptian el-geel pop music, according to World Music. Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let's Go Egypt. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times: 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2009.He is currently one of the top singers in the Arab world, and considered a living legend by many of his fans in the Arab world.
Amr Diab is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music. He has created his own style which is often termed "Mediterranean Music" or "Mediterranean Sound", a blend of Western and Egyptian rhythms.
In The Mediterranean in Music, David Cooper and Kevin Dawe referred to his music as "the new breed of Mediterranean music".
According to author Michael Frishkopf, Amr Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially in his international hit, "Nour El Ain".
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Angham
Angham Mohamed Ali Suleiman (Arabic: أنغام محمد علي سليمان) (born January 19, 1972) is an Egyptian singer, record producer and actress. Her debut was in 1987 under the guidance of her father, Mohammad Suleiman. She is the most successful vocal female artist in Egypt starting from the 1980s till nowadays. Following her divorce from Magdy Aref in 2000, Angham took much more control over her image and musical style after that Leih Sebtaha (Why Did You Leave Her) record established her into a strong position amid the constant emerge of new voices in the Middle East music scene. After a highly publicized feud between Alam El Phan Music Records' president Mohsen Gaber and the artist [1], Angham moved to another record company, Rotana. In 2005, she released "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" (I Love You, I Miss You) record [2]. The record was critically acclaimed, but commercially was not as expected. After a three years, Angham return to the forefront of Arabic pop music in 2007 with her album Kolma N'arrab (Whenever We Come Closer) which sold more than half a million CDs across the Middle East in less than three months and was awarded a platinum certification. [3]
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Arwa (singer)
Arwa (Arabic: أروى), born Iman Salem Ba'amiran (Arabic: إيمان سالم باعميران) on July 27, 1976 in Kuwait, is a female Yemeni singer and television host.
At the age of ten her family moved to Cairo where she later received her education at Cairo University studying engineering. She began her singing career in 1999 and has released four albums.
In 2009, Arwa became host for an entertainment television show called Akher Man Ya'lam (The Last To Know). The first episode was aired on September 27, 2009 on MBC 1. In 2010, she received a Golden Award for her television show at the “Khalij” radio and television festival.
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Asmahan
Amal al-Atrash (Arabic: آمال الأطرش Āmāl al-Aṭrash; 25 November 1912 – 14 July 1944), better known by her stage name Asmahan (أسمهان Asmahān), was a Syrian Druze singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, her family knew the composer Dawood Hosni, and she sang the compositions of Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad. She also sang the compositions of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and her brother Farid al-Atrash, a then rising star musician in his own right. Hers was the only female voice in Arab music to pose serious competition to that of Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be one of the Arab world's most distinguished singers of the 20th century. Her mysterious death in an automobile accident shocked the public. Journalists spread gossip about her turbulent personal life and an alleged espionage role in World War II.
Asmahan was born to Fahd al-Atrash, a Syrian Druze from Suwayda, and 'Alia al-Mundhir, a Lebanese Druze from Hasbaya. Her father came from the Druze al-Atrash clan, well-known in Syria for its role in fighting against the French occupation.
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Assala Nasri
Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri (Arabic: أصالة مصطفى حاتم نصري aka Asala, Asalah and Assalah; born 15 May 1969) is a Syrian musical artist.
Asalah was born in Damascus, Syria to a middle class couple. Mostafa Nasri, Asalah's father, was a revered Syrian composer and singer. Asalah began her musical career by performing patriotic, religious, and children's songs when she was four years old. She sang the theme song "Qessas Al Sho'oub" (Arabic: قصص الشعوب), of the cartoon show, Hekayat Alamiyah (Arabic: حكايات عالمية). In 1986, Mostafa Nasri died after suffering from internal bleeding caused by a car accident. Aged 17 she helped care for her siblings, Reem, Amani, Ayman and Ayham with her mother.
Asalah's commercial musical career debuted in 1991 with Law Ta'rafou (Arabic: لو تعرفو). The album had 4 songs in the oriental operatic tarab style. The album was an instant hit with heartbreaking songs like Ya Sabra Yana and Samehtak Ketir. She quickly cemented her presence in a growing industry brimming with new, young talent like Najwa Karam, Saber Rebai, Angham, and Abdelmajeed Abdullah.
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Assi El Helani
Mohammed El Helani (born November 28, 1970), widely known as Assi El Helani (in Arabic عاصي الحلاني), is a Lebanese singer who has been a major figure in the music scene of the Middle East since the 1990s. Assi's musical career officially started after winning the Art Studio TV Program for young artists at the age of 17.
He has released more than a dozen albums. His biggest hits are Wani Mareq Mareet, Amshi Lihali, Mali Saber, Ahebbak Gedan, Ahla Al Oyoun, Shoag El Sahara and Kayed Ozzalak.
Assi was born in Baalbeck, Lebanon and comes third youngest among his 13 brothers and sisters. Assi's musical talent became evident very early, when as a child he was performing Lebanese songs with his friends and family. Assi studied for approximately five years (1985–1990) at the Higher Institute of Music in Lebanon concentrating on the Oud performance and Arab vocal techniques.
Assi El Helani has participated in numerous important musical events, including the Baalbeck International Festival, Jerash Festival, the Carthage Festival, and a number of concerts around Europe, the Arab world and America.
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Aziza Jalal
Aziza Jalal (born 1958) is a Moroccan singer.
Following her marriage to a Saudi doctor in 1985 she suddenly and unexpectedly left the music scene to become a housewife. She has remained an enigma ever since because of this disappearance from the public scene at the peak of her success.
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Brigitte Yaghi
Brigitte Yaghi (Arabic: بريجيت ياغي) (born 18 November 1987 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese/Egyptian singer. She first gained significant public notice by garnering fifth place in Super Star 2, the Arabic version of American Idol or Pop Idol.
Yaghi was born in Lebanon, and now live in Egypt. She was raised in Hadath, Lebanon, where by age 14 she was participating in vocal fiestas and private shows. At age 16 she entered in the Super Star 2 competition, where she earned fifth place. Her debut recording, Albi w Omri, was filmed by noted video director Ray Kay.
Top 81: ليه خلتني أحبك (Le Khaletni Ahibak)
Top 17: يا دلع (Ya Daleh) by Sabah
Top 15: حبينا و تحبينا (Habaina Ou Ithabeena)
Top 13: يا كرم (Ya Karm)
Top 11: وحشتيني (Wahashtini)
Top 10: أجمل إحساس (Agmal Ihsas) by Elissa
Top 9: لون عيونك (Lawn Oyounak) by Nancy Ajram
Top 9: احتاجك أنا (Ahtajak Ana) by Ahlam
Top 7: سحر الغرام (Sehr El Gharam) by Dina Hayek
Top 7: أنا في الغرام (Ana Fe Gharam)
Top 6: خليك هنا (Khalik Hina)
Top 6: عاشقة و غلبانة (Asha'a W Ghalbana) by Sabah
Top 5: سهراني (Sahraneh) by Najwa Karam
Top 5: يا قمر (Ya Qamar)
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Carole Samaha
Carole Samaha (Arabic: كارول سماحة) is a Lebanese musician and actress. She has released five studio albums. Samaha has a masters degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999. In 2004 she won the Arab Music Award for best female newcomer. She has also won multiple Murex d'Or awards and was nominated for Best Arabia Act in the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Samaha was born in Lebanon 1972 to Antoine Samaha of Kenshara and Nouhad Hawi. She grew up with her parents and two brothers, having only one dream since childhood, being on stage.
She started her career as an actress in the theater as well as television
After introducing herself to Mansour Rahbani, one of the biggest Lebanese and Arab composers, she experienced a turning point in her career as she shifted from drama to musical theatre and found success.
2011 Al- Shahroura
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Charbel Rouhana
Charbel Rouhana (Arabic: شربل روحانا) is a Syriac oud player in Lebanon. Born in 1965 in Amsheet (a town north of Beirut), Charbel pursued his music education at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik and obtained his diploma in oud instrumentation in 1986 and his M.A. in Musicology in 1987.
-Winner of the Murex d’Or for the year 2000/Musician of the Year.
-Winner of the First Prize at the 1990 Hirayama, Japan competition for the composition “Hymn of Peace”.
- 2010: Workshop+ playing at the first Egyptian Oud Forum
- 2009: Damascus Castle concert, Syria
- 2009: UNESCO ball, during the Celebration of Francophonie in Beirut.
- 2008: Roman amphitheater Concert, Jabla, Syria.
- 2003: Oud Forum, Jarash Festival, Damascus
- 2003: Workshop+ solo Playing at the Cairo Opera House
- 2003: An evening organized by the Lebanese Club, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2002: Oud Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2002: Participation in the opening ceremony of the ninth Francophone Summit in Beirut.
- 2002: Lebanese week, Cahors, France.
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Cheb Hasni
Cheb Hasni (Arabic : الشاب حسني) born Hasni Chakroun (February 1, 1968 – September 29, 1994) was a performer of Algerian Raï music. He was popular across North Africa, having reached the height of his career in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was the son of a welder and grew up in a working class family where he was one of seven children. Hasni is most well known for his love songs, but he also dealt with taboo subjects such as divorce and alcohol. He was murdered in 1994.
Born in Oran, Algeria, Cheb Hasni was interested in performing from an early age. In an interview published in the French newspaper Libération in 1992, Hasni recounted how "everyone knew me in our neighbourhood when I was a kid. I was always walking up the road with my school bag thrown off my shoulder, singing my head off"[citation needed]. Hasni was also talented in football and a good student, but these traits were overshadowed by his musical interests.
Hasni's first significant performance as a singer occurred when he attended a local wedding party, where the group led by the famous Naoui brothers was playing. Impressed by his voice, they invited him to perform on stage at a well-known cabaret, La Guinguette.
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Cheb Mami
Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed (Arabic: أحمد خليفاتي محمد) better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي), (born in Saïda, Algeria on 1 January 1966) is an Algerian-born raï singer. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic, French and sometimes, as on Layali, in Egyptian Arabic.
As of July 2010, Mami was imprisoned in France, where he was found guilty of drugging and forcing a former romantic partner to undergo a failed abortion. A Parisian court found him guilty at trial and sentenced him to five years in prison. He was released in March 2011 on parole.
Cheb Mami was born in Graba-el-wed (Arabic: غربة الواد), a populous quarter of Saïda (Arabic: سعيدة), Algeria. Located 170 kilometres south of Oran, the city of Saida is on the high mesas of southwestern Algeria. Cheb Mami grew up to a family of factory workers. He began singing and playing the accordion on Saida streets and by 1980 began performing at local weddings and ceremonies.
In 1982, the 16-year-old adolescent sang on the Alhan wa Chabab radio show, a singing competition organised by Radio Télevision Algérienne. He sang "El Marsam" (The Sanctuary) a classic of Oranese music from the 1920s. The audience was transfixed by the sheer emotion of his performance and by his concordant vocal intonations which captured perfectly the flavour of the song's title. The judges, who represented the government which refused to admit even the existence of raï, gave the first prize to the contestant that sang a cover version of a hit by the famous Egyptian diva, Umm Kulthum, but were forced to acknowledge the standing ovation Mami received by awarding him second prize.
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Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti (Arabic: شيخة ريميتي) (born سعدية الغيزانية Saadia El Ghizania, (8 May 1923, Tessala, Algeria – d. 15 May 2006, Paris, France) was a popular Algerian raï female singer.
Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western Algeria in 1923, and named Saadia, meaning joyful. This name did not match the reality of her early life, however as she had been orphaned as a child and began to live rough, earning a few francs working in the fields and doing other menial jobs.
At 15 she joined a troupe of traditional Algerian musicians and learnt to sing and dance. In 1943 she moved to the rural town of Relizane and began writing her own songs. Her songs described the tough life endured by the Algerian poor, focusing on everyday struggle of living, pleasures of sex, love, alcohol and friendship and the realities of war.
Traditionally, songs of lust had been sung privately by Algerian women at rural wedding celebrations but were considered crude and unfit to be heard in polite society. Rimitti was one of the first to sing them in public and did so in the earthy language of the street, using a rich blend of slang and patois. She eventually composed more than 200 songs but remained illiterate all her life.
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Corneille (singer)
Cornelius Nyungura (born 24 March 1977) is a singer who performs under the name Corneille. He was born in Germany to Rwandan parents, though he currently holds a Canadian passport and sings in French and English. His work is greatly influenced by American funk and soul music; among those he admires are Prince, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
Corneille was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, though he spent most of his childhood in Rwanda. He discovered his passion for music in 1993, and so joined an R&B group, who won the Découverte 1993 competition. This also introduced him to songwriting and musical composition. However, his life changed after the genocide in 1994. His father, Émile Nyungura, was a leader of the political party (PSD); as a result, his parents and some of his relatives were killed in the Genocide. Corneille fled to Germany, where some of his parents' friends took him in.
In July 1997, Corneille decided to leave Germany in order to pursue studies in communication, and moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to attend Concordia University. During this time, he founded O.N.E., an R&B band, with Pierre Gage and Gardy Martin, whom he had met shortly after arriving in Quebec. Zoukin, one of the group's songs written by Corneille, rose to first place in Canadian airplay. Then, at the beginning of 2001, Corneille left the group, wishing to pursue a solo career. He began to center his songs on his past.
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Cyrine Abdelnour
Cyrine Abdelnour (Arabic: سيرين عبدالنور, born February 27, 1977) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and model.
Her first album, Leila Min Layali, was released in 2004. She released her second album, Aleik Ayouni in 2006, with debut single Law Bas Fe Aini (If he looks in my eyes) becoming one of the most popular Lebanese songs of 2006. Abdelnour has also starred in Arabic TV serials and films since the late 1990s. In 2007 she married Lebanese businessman Farid Rahme. In 2011 she gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Talia.
Cyrine was born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother. She has one older sister and two brothers. She was educated in Saints-Coeur school in Lebanon, where she took a course in Fashion Design.
In 1992 she started her modeling career and modeled for the fashion designers Feliciana Rossi, Zuhair Murad, Abed Mahfouz, Renato Balestra, Mireille Dagher, and Thierry Mugler. In 2002 Abdelnour was awarded the title "Model of the World" at the Regency Palace Hotel in Beirut.
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Dalida
Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), born with the Italian name Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a famous singer and actress born in Egypt to Italian parents but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish.
Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world. A 30-year career (she debuted in 1956 and recorded her last album in 1986, a few months before her death) and her death led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer.
Yolanda Christina Gigliotti 'aka' Dalida was born in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt. Her family was from Calabria, Italy, but lived in Egypt, where Dalida’s father, Pietro Gigliotti, was first violinist (primo violino) at the Cairo Opera House. She was the middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno (who would later in Dalida's career change his name to Orlando like his brother and become her manager). Dalida’s early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school.
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Dana Halabi
Dana Halabi (Arabic دانا حلبي, assumed name: Doudou دودو born January 18, 1987 in Kuwait) is a Lebanese singer and model. She has held many concerts throughout the Middle East and Europe, and participated in the most significant Arabic festivals. She has also featured in many music videos, TV programs, and magazines. She spent most of her childhood in Lebanon and graduated in Interior Design from the American University of Science and Technology in 2006.
She started modelling in 2001 and was named Miss Oriental Dance 2004. Dana has been voted in internet polls as one of the sexiest Arabic singers and was voted Miss Pregnant 2009. Dana has released several popular tracks, including 'Ana Dana', 'Inta Meen', 'Bos Alaya', 'Miya el Miya', 'To2 Moot', 'Doudou' and her most recent song, 'Ana El Asl'.
In 2008, Dana married a lawyer in a private ceremony in Cyprus; the wedding was attended mainly by close friends and family. Dana put her career on hold during her pregnancy and announced in a press conference in May 2009 that she was taking time off to devote herself to her family. Dana has a boy named Carl born in 2009 and a girl named Tamara born in 2011. She currently resides in Dubai with her husband and children.
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Darine Hadchiti
Darine Hadchiti (Arabic: دارين حدشيتى) (born 17 April 1981) is a Lebanese singer. She started her career in 2005. Within one year, she was able to attain a released her first single, "Eddam El Kel", the title song to her debut album, Eddam El Kel. She is now known as a rising young Arab singer in the Arab world due to her popular songs and vocals, charisma, and arguably provocative videos.
Hadchiti was born in Hadchit, Lebanon and began singing when she was 13. She won the 2001-2002 studio El Fann bronze medal for her voice. She began her singing career upon signing with the Lea Production Team, managed by George Anastasiades, the owner of the Anastasia Group. Darine Hadchiti, after the launch of her second album Irtahlak Albi, now participates in numerous concerts and festivals all over the world.
Darine Hadchiti was nominated for the best female artist in the Arab world[citation needed], the best video and the best single. She won the best video award for Irtahlak Albi, a clip filmed in Australia with an acclaimed Australian director.[citation needed]
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Diana Haddad
Diana Joseph Fouad Haddad (Arabic: ديانا جوزيف فؤاد حداد) (born in Bsalim, Lebanon on 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer and television personality with Emirati citizenship. Mainly known as Diana Haddad, she is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab World and has been so since the late 1990s. She was a record-breaker since her first song Saken in 1996, and she is still considered one of the most successful Arab female singers and one of the best selling singers in the Arab World. Haddad does not limit herself to one music style, she knows how to present a very wide range, moving from the most rhythmic songs to the slow romantic ones. Haddad first came to fame in 1993 when she just 16. While she was recording her first album she appeared on the Arabic talent show Studio El Fan in Beirut performing the traditional Lebanese folk song written by Elias Abou Azala Tayr El Yammameh which would be included on her first album Saken.
Three years later, the release of her debut album Saken, which featured her single Saken, Lagaitek, a cover of Issam Rajji's old hit, and Al-Sahra. Soon, after she became a mother to her first child, a daughter Sophie. In 1997 she released one of the most successful albums in her discography, Ahl Al Esheg, which included the hit single Ahl Al Esheg. She released the most popular pop album of the 1990s Ammanih. In 2000s she released the more critically acclaimed and successful albums Awel Marrah and Diana 2006. In 2007 Haddad gave birth to her second daughter Mira in Dubai. On 30 October 2008, Haddad released her second long waited Khaliji (Gulf Arabic) album Men Diana Illa.
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Dolly Shahine
Dolly Joseph Abu Shahine commonly known as Dolly Shahine (in Arabic دوللي شاهين ) (born February 7, 1980 in Sebney, Lebanon) is a Lebanese singer, actress, fashion designer, dancer and makeup artist. She rose to fame in 2005 with her role in the Egyptian movie Wija as the femme fatale. In 2008 speculated by rumours she drew controversy and criticism that she had converted to Islam in order to obtain a divorce from her Catholic husband, Lebanese businessman Sami Qalib. In late 2008 an Egyptian court ruled in her favor for divorce. The daughter of Joseph Chahine and a Brazilian mother, Shahine's surname can be spelled Shaheen, Chahine, or Shahin. She currently lives in Egypt and Lebanon.
Despite unconfirmed speculations of Shahine's conversion to Islam,in late 2009 Shahine got married again to a Lebanese director called Bacchus Alwani in a Christian Melkite church and ceremony in Beirut. Shahine and Alwani went on to spend their honeymoon on a Greek Island. Shahine revealed in an interview that her favourite singers Um Kalthoum, Fayrouz, Warda and Sabah. In 2010 she publicly denied she had not converted to Islam to get a divorce.She added that she respects all religions, but has no intention of converting.
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Ehab Tawfik
Ehab Tawfik (Arabic: إيهاب توفيق) (born January 7, 1966) is an Egyptian singer.
Ehab Tawfik was only a child when he learned how to play the lute, and his love for music started when he was only nine years old. His first single "Dany" was released in 1989. His first album "Ekminny" was released in 1990. In 1995 he received his Masters Degree for his thesis: "The Egyptian Song in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century". Not satisfied with just a masters, Ehab worked toward his Doctorate in Music and Arabic singing, completed in April 2002. The doctorate was entitled "The Methods of Performing Arabic Singing in Egypt during the second half of the last century".
He is seen as one of the top singers in the Arab world, and is especially revered in his hometown. Arguably, his greatest exposure as an artist came on February 26, 2001, when he performed for 50,000 people at a benefit concert to raise funds for Iraqis who were maimed during the Gulf War in Baghdad.
Critics say the successes of Ehab's albums year after year can be attributed to his warm voice, good lyrics, and ability to find talented composers. Ehab signed with record label Alam El Phan in 2007. He has two children, Ahmed and Mahmoud with his wife Nada.
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Elias Karam
Elias Karam (Arabic: الياس كرم) (born 1960) is a Syrian singer from Assyrian/Syriac ethnic origins, born in the city of Al-Hasakah in the Northeastern governorate of Al-Hasakah.
Elias was born in Al-Hasakah, Syria in the Northeastern governorate of Al-Hasakah. He learned playing Oud from his father and was inspired by Wadih El Safi at a young age, prompting him to write his first song at 16. After turning professional at the age of 20, Elias started composing music. His most famous tarab song is ‘Amari, Tarab ya kalbi and Koullon ‘anak saalouni. Elias has toured all over the Arab world, Canada, United States, and a number of European countries. He also appeared in some TV series in Syria.
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Elissa (singer)
Elissar Zakaria Khoury (Arabic: إليسار زكريا خوري) (born in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon on October 27, 1972) simply known as Elissa (Arabic: إليسا) is a Lebanese singer. She is known for her collaborations with well-known Arab and international artists, notably Ragheb Alama, Cheb Mami, Fadl Shaker, Chris DeBurgh and Gerard Ferrer.
Born to a Lebanese father (Zakaria Khoury) and a Syrian mother (Youmna Suud), her debut was in 1992 in Studio El Fan, a popular music competition where she won a silver medal. Her debut album in 1999 was Baddi Doub on EMI followed by W'akherta Ma'ak and Ayshalak. In 2004 she signed with the major pan-Arab label Rotana Records, with Ahla Donya being the debut on the new label, followed by Bastanak, Ayami Beek and Tsadaq Bmein. Elissa is working on her 8th album set for release in June 2012.
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Enrico Macias
Gaston Ghrenassia, known by his stage name Enrico Macias, (born 11 December 1938 in Constantine, then in French Algeria) is an Algerian French Pied noir singer and musician. He is popular throughout the world and has travelled extensively for fifty years, from the early 1960s to the present.
He was born to a Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria, and played the guitar from childhood. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004), was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily maalouf, Andalo-Arabic music. Gaston started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at 15.
He pursued a career as a school teacher, but continued practicing the guitar. In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the Jewish and European residents of Constantine. Of immense effect on Gaston Ghrenassia was the assassination in 1961 of his father-in-law and musician Cheikh Raymond Leyris by the National Liberation Front (FLN). Gaston left Algeria with his wife, Suzy, on 29 July 1961, eleven months before the end of the Algerian War of Independence, and went into exile in mainland France. He has not been permitted to return to Algeria ever since.He was a member of a militia as part of the french army during the Algerian War of Independence which committed crimes.
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Fadl Shaker
Fadl Shaker (Arabic: فضل شاكر) (Fadl Abdulrahman Shamandar, born on April 1, 1969 فضل عبدالرحمن شمندر) is a famous Lebanese singer of Palestinian descent.
In 1997, he was discovered by an agent from the recording label Stallions Company, and was signed on to produce three albums. This was Fadl's first significant career break.
Fadl released his first album Wallah Zaman in 1998, which had eight original songs, including "Meta Habeby Meta", "Nazra Wah". Some of these songs were composed and written by such known Arab stars like Salah El Sharnoby and Ahmed Sheta.
The second album was Baya'a El Qolob released in 1999, and the title song hit # 1 on all charts in the first week of the album's debut. The song was also very popular on radio stations throughout the Middle East. Due to the overwhelming success and huge sales of the album, Fadl decided to produce two music video clips, the first was for the song "Baya'a El Qolob" and the second was for "Eesheqtak". As a result of his first album's astonishing success, Fadl was catapulted to become one of the top superstars in the Middle East.
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Fairuz
Nouhad Wadi Haddad (Arabic: نهاد حداد) (born November 21, 1935), known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز, also spelled Fairouz or Fayrouz, meaning "Turquoise" in Arabic) is a Lebanese singer who is among the most widely admired and deeply respected living singers in the Arab world. Her songs are constantly heard throughout the region, and still spark Lebanese national pride.
She was first noticed at the International Festival of Baalbek, where she performed many of her songs. She became famous after appearing on the "Lebanese Nights" part of the festival for many successive years. Fairuz is commonly known as "Ambassador to the Stars", "Neighbor to the Moon" (for her famous song about the moon of Machgara), and the "Jewel of Lebanon".
Nouhad Haddad was born on 21 November 1935 in Jabal al Arz[citation needed],[dubious – discuss] Lebanon into a Syriac-Maronite family. The family later moved into a home in cobblestone alley called 'Zuqaq el Blatt' in Beirut. Living in a single room of a typical Lebanese stone house facing Beirut's Patriarchate school, they shared a kitchen with the neighbours. Her father Wadīʿ was from Mardin and of the Syriac Orthodox faith, and worked as a typesetter in a print shop. Lisa, her mother, stayed home and took care of her four children, Nouhad, Youssef, Hoda and Amal.
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Fares Karam
Fares Karam (Arabic: فارس كرم) is a popular Lebanese singer who specializes in the Dabke style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist. He has produced many hit singles around the lebonese world & other parts of the Middle East such as El-Tanoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (Womanizer). Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations, and festivals. Karam has also notably toured South America, USA, Australia and Canada.
Fares Karam was born in Jezzine,in Southern Lebanon to a modest working-class Christian family. His father was a farmer and his mother worked as a teacher in the local school for their village. . Karam grew up in the mountainous areas of Lebanon, and would alter attribute his song "Jabali" to this experience.
Fareshi Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996-7 series of the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan. His musical style in recent times is linked more closely to Dabke his live band play many of his songs with a large tabal drum. This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke .
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Farid al-Atrash
Farid al-Atrash, or in French spelling Farid El-Atrache, (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974) was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades — recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as 'King of the Oud', he is one of the most important figures of 20th Century Arab music.
Farid Al-Atrash was born in Suwayda, Syria to the Druze Atrash family who fought the French Colonial armies. His father was Syrian and mother Lebanese. As a child, Al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens. Al-Atrash's mother sang and played the oud, which spurred his musical interest at an early age.
As a child and young adult, Farid Al-Atrash sang in school events. He studied in a music conservatory and became an apprentice of the renowned composer Riyad as-Sunbaty. In the 1930s, Al-Atrash began his professional singing career by working for privately owned Egyptian radio stations. Eventually, he was hired as an oud player for the national radio station and later as a singer. His sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, and for a while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first successful movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب - The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed all the music.
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Faudel
Faudel (فضيل), born Faudel Belloua (فضيل بيلوى) on June 6, 1978 in Mantes-la-Jolie, is a French singer of Algerian descent.
Faudel was brought up in the suburbs of Paris, where he picked up his musical talents from his grandmother, who taught him traditional Algerian music. His grandmother performed regularly with the meddahates, groups of female musicians in Oran who play traditional music at weddings and other family occasions. It was Faudel's grandmother who was largely responsible for putting the young boy in touch with his Algerian roots and teaching him traditional Raï rhythms during the summer holidays.
His first public singing experience was during a family wedding celebration in Oran, Algeria. Faudel started to cover the popular tracks by Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami at 12, after which he soon fronted the popular band Les Etoiles du Raï (The Rai Stars). Faudel and Les Etoiles du Rai soon became a well-known fixture at the youth club and other local associations in Mantes-la-Jolie. Faudel then went on to appear at clubs throughout the Paris suburbs, performing covers of Khaled, Zahouania and Mami's greatest hits, accompanied by a pre-recorded backing tape.
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Fayza Ahmed
Fayza Ahmed (Arabic:فايزة أحمد) (December 5, 1934 - September 24, 1983) was an Arab Egyptian singer and actress of Syrian and Lebanese ancestry. During her career, she appeared in six films.
Fayza Ahmed was born in 1932 in Sayda, Lebanon to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. She eventually had five children and nine grandchildren.
Fayza Ahmed died on September 21, 1983 in Cairo after suffering from cancer.
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Fulla (singer)
Fulla (Arabic:فلة) (also known as Fella Ababsa, Fulah, Folla) is an Algerian singer. Her album Badr 14 was released in 2004 which made her famous. Her second album, Ahla al Maghna was anticipatedly released in 2005 and by that time this Algerian star was at the height of her fame. Lama ra Eato is her latest album and contains 7 songs. The first single, Enta Habibi (You are my honey) ranked #5 on the official Pepsi Top Ten on the Rotana charts[citation needed]
Fulla recently stated at a news conference she held in Dubai that Syrian singer Asalah and her husband Tareq EL Aryan helped her enter Egypt.
Fulla is signed to Rotana the biggest record company in the Middle East.
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George Wassouf
George Wassouf (Arabic: جورج وسوف) (born December 23, 1961) is a Syrian singer with over 30 albums released. Wassouf's vocal style has been emulated by younger singers such as George El Rassi.
Born in Kafroun, tartous, Syria into a Christian household, he was called "the miraculous of his time" for his artistic talent in singing.[citation needed] Wassouf started singing at the age of 10 in his hometown Kafroun. He was discovered by his first manager and producer George Yazbeck at a wedding party that Wassouf was performing at, aged 12 years old. At the age of 16 he was called Sultan El-Tarab by George Ibrahim El Khoury a magazine director, Arabic for The Sultan of Music, with his classic song "el-Hawa Sultan".[citation needed] He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 16 years old when he was known as Sultan of Tarab.[citation needed]
Wassouf preferred not to shoot videos for his songs saying "I don't feel I can act ... I really can't... I only find myself when I'm on the stage ... singing, but the video clip forces me to act".[citation needed]
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Ghada Ragab
Ghada Ragab (Arabic: غادة رجب) (born 26 December 1979) is an Egyptian singer.
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Grace Deeb
Grace Deeb (Arabic: غريس ديب) is a Lebanese singer who was born on May 29, 1975 in Beirut among a family of musicians and began her career at the age of four. She sings in 8 languages mentioning them; (Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Greek).
Grace formed an English-singing band when she was at school, named "Strangers". After that she released a few singles and performed in weddings and piano bars. Her first appeared on TV in the well-known duet W In Kan Alayya ("If It Was For Me") in 2003 meaning with the Arabian singer Assi El Helani. After that, Grace collaborated with Jean-Jacques Goldman who named Grace as "Dalida of the Arabs" in the song that changed records and made her famous locally and internationally; Comme Toi and then Calling You, the former in French and Arabic and the latter in English and Arabic.
Immediately after that, Grace signed a 5-year contract with the most famous production company in the Arab world "Rotana Records". Her first album was released on the 23rd of August, 2004 entitled Ghannali El-Alam Kello ("The Whole World Sang To Me"). It enjoyed great success and only 20 days after it release, Grace was asked to go to Frankfurt to represent the Arab world along with the Egyptian singer Amr Diab in the Frankfurt Book Fair and sang 3 songs from the album; Ghannali, Wallah Bitmoun and Heya which inspired the audience and made a good buzz which made the organizors release a cd of all participants in the book fair including the 3 songs that Grace sang.
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Haifa Wehbe
Haifa Wehbe (Arabic: هيفاء وهبي) (born 1974 in Mahrouna, Lebanon), is a Lebanese model, actress, and singer born to a Lebanese father and Egyptian mother who rose to fame in the Arab world as runner up for Miss Lebanon and later through the release of her debut album Houwa El-Zaman (Arabic: هو الزمن) in 2002. She is known through her music for her sex appeal, provocative mannerisms and image. She has so far released four studio albums and made her acting debut in 2008 Pepsi-produced film Sea of Stars. Wehbe is one of the most well-known female singers in the Arab World and is considered one of the most successful Lebanese singers. In 2006, she was on People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people list.
Wehbe was born in Mahrouna, a small Shia farming town in Lebanon, to a Lebanese father, Nadim antar, and Egyptian mother, but shortly after her family had moved to Beirut where she grew up listening to jazz and R&B and began to work as a full-time model at a young age. Wehbe won the title of Miss South Lebanon at the age of sixteen. Wehbe was a runner-up at the Miss Lebanon competition.
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Haitham Yousif
Haitham Yousif (born Haitham Abed Yousif, Arabic: هيثم عبد يوسف, November 29, 1969) is an Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter. Born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. Referred to as the Prince of Love, he is the most commercially successful and one of the most influential entertainers in Iraq. He made his debut in 1983 as a singer in vocal group named Friends of the Leader, and later began a successful solo career in the late 1989s.
He was initially featured on (Free Mix) mixtapes from Casablanca (an Iraqi music production company). His breakthrough single "Yanas" ("O people") gave him success.
Haitham’s musical talent started early in his age, at the age of 14. Early in his singing career, he performed many songs with Friends of the Leader. He had to overcome many obstacles and hardships as a young aspiring singer before achieving fame.
His first album released in 1992, entitled "Ya nas erhmo bhali" And the first song it was, "ma asalhak" in 1989 Was presented to the Iraqi TV.
Subsequently he introduced many musical Albums:
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Hamada Helal
Mohamed 'Hamada helel" Abdel Fatah Helal is an Egyptian singer born in Sharqia, Egypt. He now resides in Cairo. Hamada started his interest singing when he was 5 years old. He used to record his voice whilst singing on cassette tapes. Many great artists influenced Hamada, such as Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Um Kulthum.
At school, Hamada sung during the school breaks and entertainment periods. One of his friends would be playing a drum, Hamada would be singing and a girl would be dancing.
When Hamada was seven, one of his relatives heard him while he was singing and took Hamada to a musician. He learned the music basics and was encouraged. The musician told Hamada that he would introduce him to sing at a wedding of one of his relatives after three months. This was the starting point of his career.
Hamada met a popular composer called Hassan Esh Esh who introduced him to Hamid El Shaerry and presented him to a recording studio. They signed him to a contract straight away.
Hamada's first appearance as a professional singer was on High Quality album Part 3 After that he continued to release his own albums Dar el zaman, Demou3, and Ba5af.
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Hani Shaker
Hany Shaker (Arabic: هانى شاكر, IPA: [ˈhæːni ˈʃæːkeɾ]; born in Cairo on December 21, 1952) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. He has over 461 songs in the hearts of his lovers. His first public appearance was when he sang with Abd El Halim Hafez Choral Group in "Sora", then he showed up in the movie Sayed Darwish as Sayed darwish when he was young.
Hany Shaker began his musical career at a very early age - learning the piano as a child, when his mother took on the role of agent as well as supervisor of his professional training. After graduation from high school in the early 1970s he started to study music at the prestigious Cairo Conservatoire.
Hany scored his first breakthrough hit in his second year of college in December 1972 with a song written by Mohammed El Mougi, “Heloua ya Dounia (It's a Wonderful Life), which his musical set him off on his musical career.. Although at that time the biggest legends remained at their peak, Umm Kulthum, Farid al-Atrash, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez they recognized his potential and supported him, so that he was able to become known among all these legends. Until today Hany claims he owes his greatest musical debt to Abdel Halim Hafez, a man who is very remarkable and who continues to exert a considerable huge influence on younger Egyptian and arab musicians even after his death in 1977. It is known that Halim heavily helped Hany Shaker in 2011 to become successful.[1]
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Hind (singer)
Hind (Arabic language:هند) also spelled Hend, is a female singer from Bahrain. Her work includes popular Arabic music as well as traditional Khaliji music. She was discovered by the musician Anwar Abdullah, and gave her the nickname "Hind", but her real name is Suhair. Hind's debut album Rabeie El Galb was released in 2000, off the album she became well recognized in Bahrain and the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. It was only after she signed her latest album Al Ghroob with Rotana, that's when she became recognized and famous around the Persian Gulf region.
Hind was born in the Kingdom of Bahrain (5/5/1979) she grew up with her parents and five siblings (three sisters, and two brothers). Her father worked in the ministry of Social Security, and her mother was a full devoted housewife. She graduated from high school in 1997 (the same year she joined in creating as a co-finder of the Bahraini Traditional music group). She enrolled into Bahrain University majoring in Business Management. In the year of 1999, Hind left the university to pursue a music career after she was recognized by the well known musician Anwar Abdullah. She was signed to the company "Fanoon El Emarat" which produced her first album Rabeie El Galb also known as Hind 2000.
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Hussam Al Rassam
Hussam Al Rassam (Arabic,حسام الرسام) (born 29 March 1978 in Hilla, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer who has become a known singer post the 2003 Iraq war. He is credited for being the first Iraqi singer to debut in the post Saddam Hussein era.
He started his career as a singer fairly young but did not have much success until later in life with his album Al Agrobah (The Scorpion). After a successful single, he started to sing for free in the hunting club to gain popularity, and rumors indicates that he was singing in parties held by wives of senior Iraqi officials and figures especially Sajida Talfah the first wife of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Al-Rassam joined forces with Abbas Chechan, a popular Iraqi poet, and recorded new singles based on Chechan's poems. One such single was made by Al Rassam featuring three other Iraqi singers for the Iraq national football team, Jeeb El Kass which in English means bring the trophy/cup. It became the official song for the team and was played when Iraq won the 2007 Asian Cup.
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Idir
Hamid Cheriet (in Kabyle language Ḥamid Ceryat) better known by his stage name Idir (in Kabyle language Yidir) (b. 1949 in Aït Lahcène, Algeria) is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.
Idir was born in Aït Lahcène, a Berber village in Haute-Kabylie. This farmer's son started studying Geology and was destined for a career in the petroleum industry before his rise to stardom. Idir has been the ambassador of the Kabyle culture, especially the Kabyle music, with only his vocals and acoustic guitar. Idir has always used his status to claim his Berber (Amazigh) identity. His first album A Vava Inouva came out in 1976, and the song "A Vava Inouva" was translated into seven languages. After notable success, Idir wrote and recorded his second album Ay Arrac Negh (meaning To our children) in 1979.
Idir restarted his career again with the release of a compilation in 1991 of seventeen songs from his first two albums "A Vava Inouva" and "Ay Arrac Negh".
In 1993, a new album Les Chasseurs de lumières (meaning the hunters of lights) appeared on the Blue Silver label. "Les Chasseurs de lumières" is about (his) predilection, love, freedom and exile (which he had known since he moved to the Paris region in 1975). The acoustic guitar gives to the songs of this album a touch of modernism. We can also hear the voice of the Breton singer Alan Stivell in the duo "Isaltiyen".
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Ilham al-Madfai
Ilham al-Madfai (Arabic: إلهام المدفعي) (born c. 1942) is an Iraqi guitarist, singer and composer. al-Madfai's synthesis of Western guitar stylings with traditional Iraqi music has made him a revered and popular artist in his native country and throughout the Middle East. Beginning in 1999, al-Madfai released a string of albums on EMI's Arabia label, including the platinum self-titled Ilham al-Madfai (1999), Live at the Hard Rock Cafe (2001), Baghdad (2003) and The Voice of Iraq: The Best of Ilham al-Madfai (2005) and Dishdasha (2009). He has been nicknamed 'the Baghdad Beatle'.
Al-Madfai began studying guitar at age twelve. He formed The Twisters in 1961, Iraq's first rock and roll band. Following a three year sojourn in Kuwait with the group, al-Madfai moved to England to complete an engineering degree. While in London, he became a regular at the Baghdad Cafe, where he met fellow musicians Paul McCartney, Donovan and Georgie Fame. Returning to Baghdad in 1967, he began to mix Western and Eastern instrumentation and rhythms. Al-Madfai developed a major following in Iraq in the 1970s, but Saddam Hussein's rise to power in 1979 compelled the artist to leave and take construction jobs around the Gulf for much of the following decade.
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Ishtar (singer)
Ishtar (born Esther (Eti) Zach, on 10 November 1968) is an Israeli-born pop singer who performs in Arabic, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, and English. She is best known for her work as the front vocalist of the French-based band Alabina, and her solo pop hits such as C'est La Vie, Last Kiss, and Habibi (Sawah).
Eti Zach was born on 10 November 1968 in Kiryat Atta, near Haifa and was raised in Israel. She was born to an Egyptian-Jewish mother and a Moroccan-Jewish father, both of Sephardic heritage, who had immigrated to Israel earlier.
She speaks and sings in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Russian, and English; in addition, she says she "half-speaks Moroccan".
Ishtar began performing in clubs at age 14 and continued even while enrolled in the IDF. Though she was born Eti Zach, she chose the name 'Ishtar', a Mesopotamian Goddess, because her grandmother called her Ester, which "with her Egyptian accent it sounded like Ishtar", she said.
It was around this time a friend asked her to join them in France. She soon fell in love with the country and decided to make it her home.
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Issam Rajji
Issam Rajji (Arabic: عصام رجي) (born 1945, Kfarshima, Lebanon) was a Lebanese singer and song writer most prominent from 1970s and 80s period.
Best known for his songs Lagetek (When I Met You...), and “Yawmain wa Shahrain” (Two Days and Two Months), Rajji’s special deep vocals also earned him roles in Lebanon’s top musicals and plays in the 1970s and 1980s with the Rahbani brothers, Sabah, Shoushou and Nabih Aboulhosn.
Rajji was also an accomplished composer, and besides writing a great deal of his own music, he also wrote for Sabah (singer)
Samir Yazbek
According to thisiscyberia.com, when once asked about how he felt about dying, Rajji replied, “I hate death because it would separate me from the people I love.”
Rajji went to Jordan for a while during the Lebanese civil war and married a Jordanian woman Nawal Elias and had three children with her Layal,Rami and Sariya. He and his family also lived in Oman for a long period of time but then returned permantly to Lebanon in 1993 after the civil war.
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Iwan (singer)
Mohammed Marwan Ba'aseery (Arabic: محمد مروان بعاصيري) (born 16 August 1980), known as Iwan (Arabic: إيوان) is a Lebanese singer of Palestinian descent. He started his musical career as a songwriter by composing music for Lebanese singers such as Bassima, Fares Karam and Carole Samaha. In 2003, Iwan started his own solo singer, he released his first single “Oul Inshallah” which had a huge success in the Middle East and introduced Iwan to the Arabic public as a talented singer. His debut album, “Albi Sahran”, was released in November 2004 under Melody Music production.
Iwan started singing at school and university. After performing his military service, he started composing songs for other singers like Bassima, Fares Karam, Carole Samaha, Reeda, Ghadi, Nisreen, Maria, and Nora Rahal. Later in 2003, he wrote the lyrics of his first song, “Oul Inshallah”, which is the remake of “Deste Mou Ta Matia” by the Greek singer Despina Vandi, then he shot his first video clip for this song with Lebanese director Walid Nassif, the song became one of the biggest hits in the Middle East in that year n introduced Iwan as a new image in the Arab pop scene.
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Jannat Mahid
Jannat Mahid most commonly known as Jannat, is a Moroccan singer most born on January 6, 1986 in Mohammedia, Morocco. She won a musical competition (Noujoum Al Ghad, 2M TV) at age eight before winning several others competitions in Morocco, Egypt, and Dubai.
Jannat Mahid sang on the Egyptian Opera stage in 2000. Jannat Mahid is one of the youngest singers to have accomplished such an achievement.
In 2005 she signed a contract with the label Good News for Music under manager Ahmed El Desouki and began a professional career in Egypt. She recorded a debut album titled Elly Beny We Beinak, which released in 2006.
In 2009, she released her second album, Hob Emtelak.
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Julia Boutros
Julia Boutros (Arabic: جوليا بطرس; born April 1, 1968) is a Lebanese singer that rose to stardom in the 1980s with a series of nationalistic songs like "Ghabet Shams El Haq" and "Wen el malaieen". She is also the sister of Lebanese songwriter Ziad Boutros.
Julia was born in Beirut, Lebanon on April 1, 1968. She was educated at the Rosary Sisters Schools where she sang in the school choir. Growing up, she and her brother were heavily influenced by Ziad Rahbani's works. When she was 12 years old she recorded her first song, entitled "A Maman", at Elias Al Rahbani studios. This was introduced to her by her music teacher Fouad Fadel. She also recorded two songs, "C'est la Vie" & "Viens dans Ma Vie".
On October 11, 2006, Julia announced a new single called "Ahibaii" (My loved ones). The lyrics are based on a letter sent by Hizbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah to the fighters in South Lebanon during the 2006 Summer War between Lebanon and Israel. The poet Ghassan Matar adapted the original text. The music is composed by Ziad, brother of Julia and arranged by Michel Fadel. The profits from the song's sale went to help the families of Hizbollah fighters and to all Lebanese who died during the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Sales eventually garnered three million dollars for the families of the Lebanese civilians, soldiers, security forces, and Hezbollah militants who have been killed in the Israel-Lebanon conflict. The sum was triple the original aim, which was only one million dollars. The families of Lebanese soldiers killed during operation Naher el-Bared also received a portion of the money.
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Kadim Al Sahir
Kadim Al Sahir (Arabic: كاظم الساهر; born September 12, 1957 in Mosul, Iraq), is an Iraqi singer, composer, and poet. He has been dubbed the "Caesar of Arabic Song", and "Iraq’s Ambassador to the world".
Kadim Al Sahir, whose first name is also written alternatively as Kazem, Kadhem, Kathem, Kazim and his family name alternatively as Saher, El Saher and Al Saher, has established himself as one of the most successful singers in the history of the Arab World, having sold more than 100 million albums worldwide since the start of his career. Ranging from big romantic ballads to more political work, from pop to Arab classical music.
Al Sahir was born in Mosul in 1957 to a Shiaa mother from Najaf and a Sunni father from Samarra. His father lived in Baghdad, but was a Samarra native from the tribe of Albu Daraj. He grew up and spent a large part of his life in Alhurrya city in Baghdad. He is the son of a palace worker and has nine siblings.
Apart from his mother, Al Saher's family were never supportive of his direction in becoming a musician. They had no faith in him that he would become successful, and instead wanted him to become a doctor or a lawyer. Sahir's brother once took him to a different places where people sing, and told him it's your choice to sing a respectful way and choose the good or the bad way. He said that the only way to achieve success is if you respect your music and respect yourself, He has two sons (Omar & Wissam).
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Karol Sakr
Karol Etienne Sakr (Arabic: كارول صقر) also known as Karol Sakr (alternative spelling Carole Sakr or Carole Saqr) is a famous Lebanese female singer, who was most known for her English songs back in the 1990s. She is the daughter of the Lebanese exiled politician Etienne Sakr, a former member of the Lebanese Forces and leader of the far-right Guardians of the Cedars. Karol is the sister of Pascale Sakr, yet another famous Lebanese singer. Carole Sakr gained fame as the lead singer for the Lebanese music band "ZED". ZED was a music duo project consisting of Carole and music composer Hadi Sharara. Together they released an album entitled "Away" in the early 90s, which included singles like "My One 4 Everything", part of the song being also used as a promotional gingle for Radio One Lebanon, "Shout" and the title track "Away" for which a vid was shot and aired on local TV stations. The duo also took part in international musical festivals. Their last recording as ZED was a non album single exclusively played on Radio One Lebanon. After the split-up of the band, Karol continued to enjoy a solo music career. In the early 1990s, Karol emigrated to Australia where she reside for 5 years taking part in the Australian version of Star Search and winning the first prize. She then flew to the United States where she took part in American Star Search coming second. Karol Sakr married Hadi Sharara, son of the renowned television personality Riad Sharara and a member of the ZED band alongside Karol. She returned in 1994 to Lebanon reappearing in the music scene with a new Arabic album which made her steps back in the music industry.
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Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (Arabic: خالد حاج ابراهيم, born 29 February 1960), better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Oran in the square of Eckmühl in Algeria. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (Arabic for "Young Man" Khaled, as opposed to the traditionalist Sheikh elders) and has become the most internationally famous Algerian singer in the Arab world and across many continents. His popularity has earned him the unofficial title "King of Raï". His most famous songs are "Aïcha" and "Didi".
His signature song, "Didi", became extremely popular in the Arabic-speaking countries and also in several other countries, including India and Pakistan. The song was used also used in a Bollywood film titled Shreeman Aashiq. Khaled and Don Was appeared on the The Tonight Show on February 4, 1993.
His next album N'ssi N'ssi further strengthened his position. Film-maker Bertrand Blier used it as the soundtrack for his film Un, deux, trois, soleil and sold two million copies. Three years would pass before the release of his next album Sahra.[citation needed] In the 1997 film The Fifth Element his song "Alech Taadi" from N'ssi N'ssi was used in the car chase with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich.
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Laila Ghofran
Jamila Omar Bouamout (Arabic: جميلة بو عمرت well known as Laila Ghofran) (alt Laila Ghufran) (Arabic: ليلى غفران (born March 19, 1961) is a popular Arabic singer. She is originally from Morocco.
She began her career in the 1980s in Egypt. Her career really took off in 1988 thanks to her first husband.
Her daughter Hiba was tragically murdered in 2009.
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Laila Mourad
Leila Mourad (Arabic: ليلى مراد; February 17, 1918- November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress. She is also credited as "Laila Mourad" and "Layla Mourad".
Leila Mourad was born in Al Daher, Cairo on February 17, 1918 to an Egyptian father of Iraqi Jewish descent, Zaki Mourad, a respected singer and musician in the twenties, and to a Jewish mother of Polish descent, Gamilah Salmon, who gave birth as well to Isak, Ibrahim, Malak, Mounir and Samihah Mourad. Her brother Mounir Mourad was an actor and composer.
The Egyptian composer Dawood Hosni, who composed the first Operetta in the Arabic language, helped start Leila Mourad's career by composing two songs for her: "Hairana Leh Bein El-Eloub" (Why can't you choose from among lovers), and "Howa el dala'a ya'ani khessam" (Does daliance mean avoiding me?). Further success came when the prominent Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab heard her singing and gave her a role in his film Yahia el Hob (Viva Love!) in 1938.
In 1953, she was selected, over Umm Kulthum, as the official singer of the Egyptian revolution. Shortly thereafter, a rumor that Mourad had visited Israel, where she had family, and donated money to its military, raised suspicions of spying and caused some Arab radio stations to boycott her. She denied these allegations and when called for judicial investigations, maintained her innocence all along, declaring, "I am an Egyptian Muslim". No proof was found that she had contributed money to Israel, though she may have sent money to and been in contact with her family in Israel. Egyptian Jews exchanged gifts with their families in Israel through intermediaries in France or other European countries. It was also rumored that she met in Paris with members of her family living in Israel. The Egyptian government investigated and concluded that the charges against the singer were without foundation.
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Lydia Canaan
Lydia Canaan (in Arabic ليديا كنعان) a Lebanese/Swiss singer/songwriter, a leading and a pioneering figure in the Middle Eastern music scene and a big supporter of humanitarian causes from Brummana, Lebanon,. Born and raised in Lebanon during the Civil War, daughter of the prominent family Canaan from Mount Lebanon. She is listed as a Celebrity in her native town of Brummana and studied at the famous British Brummana High School. From a young age music and singing were an essential part of her life. Canaan grew up in a conservative family, her father did not entertain the idea of his daughter becoming an artist, so she was deprived of any musical education. However, Canaan developed early on the talent to write songs without the help of any intrument. Since her first public appearance, then known as Angel, she staged over 25 sell-out concerts in the country from 1984 until 1988, despite risks and dangers by warring militas and armies, recorded her songs for radio and topped the charts in Lebanon.
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Madeline Matar
Madeline Matar (Arabic: مادلين مطر , also transliterated as Madeleine Mattar) is a popular Lebanese singer.[unreliable source?] Her repertoire includes popular Arabic music. She is a close friend of the Lebanese singer Diana Haddad.
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Mai Selim
Mai Selim Hamdan (Arabic: مي سليم حمدان) (born on November 6, 1983 in Dubai) commonly Known as Mai Selim, is a young Jordanian artist who started off her singing career in early 2005. Sister of Comedian Mais Hamdan.
She made her appearance to the community through her two video clips which are "Alby Byehlam" and "Tāl" which were directed by both Ahmad Yousri and Caroline Labaki. The two video clips/songs noticed a huge acceptance by the Arabic audience, in fact they were both a remarkable successes for this new artist.and she has a sis working in the business as well
Like many Middle Eastern artists, Mai sings in the Egyptian dialect, though she was born to a Jordanian father and a Lebanese mother. She's been living in Egypt ever since she was at a young age and as stated she almost lived her whole life there. She gained a Degree of Business Studies from Maritime Academy in Egypt. Though the fact that Mai has always aspired to be a Ballerina when she was young, and at a later time of her life she wanted to join Institute Of Cinema in Egypt. Mai was talked out of it by her parents, who were worried for her to have an unstable future for her if she pursued in this field.
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Majid Al Muhandis
Majid Al Muhandis Al-Otaibi (Arabic: ماجد المهندس العتيبي) is an Iraqi singer and composer.
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Majida El Roumi
Majida El-Roumi (Arabic: ماجدة الرومي, was born in Kfarshima, Lebanon, on December 13, 1956. She is a Lebanese singer and a soprano, who started her musical career in the early 1970s when she participated in the talent show, Studio El Fan on Télé Liban and won the gold medal for best female singer. Since her appearance on television at the age of 16, she has become one of the most successful singers of the Arab world as well as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.
Majida El Roumi Baradhy (Arabic: ماجدة الرومي برادعي), born to musician Halim El Roumi (born Hanna El Roumi Baradhy) and wife Marie Loutfi who were a Melkite Greek Catholic couple from Tyre, a city in South Lebanon. They got married and lived in Kfarshima, they had three girls Maha, Mona, and Majida, and a boy Awad. Halim el Roumi became a musician worked with many great singers with mentioning his discovery to the lebanese singer Fairuz and introduced her to the great musicians the Rahbani brothers. He stayed in Kfarshima, which was home to many Lebanese singers, musicians, poets and writers, among them Philemon Wehbi, Melhem Barakat and Issam Rajji. The residence of Halim el Roumi in Kfarshima was a meeting place for many cultural figures. Growing up in an artistic environment, Majida listened to the works of Fairuz, Umm Kulthoum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Wadi AlSafi, and Asmahan. Her vocal abilities attracted the attention of her family and neighbors. One of the early songs she sang was when she was 5 years old with a recording dedicated to her brother which is "Your Birth" or Miladak in reference to the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Marwa (singer)
Marwa (Arabic: مروى) (born 15 July 1974) is a Lebanese music artist. Her work is popular in the Arab world.
Marwa began playing music at the age of eight, when she played the accordion at school. Later on, she started singing the works of Layla Nazme, Shadia and Warda al Jazaeria, as well as performing on stage. Marwa has developed her own style of music after mastering her talent in the hands of professor Foad Awwad, and honed her ability to sing Kahligi, Lebanese, and in the Egyptian dialect. Marwa caused controversy when she was guested on Tony Khalife's show "li man yajro' fakat", where he asked her about her opinion of magazines that said she is very sexual, and she answered that he was sexual as well when he starred in a Lebanese soap and appeared shirtless telling him "you turned me on".
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Marwan Khoury
Marwan Khoury (Arabic: مروان خوري) (February 3, 1968) is a Lebanese singer, writer, composer and music arranger. His compositions are performed by some of the most famous artists in the Arab World and adapted by many other countries including Turkey. He composed hits for leading artists such as Majida El Roumi, Saber Rabai, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Assala Nasri, Najwa Karam, Fadl Shaker, Elissa, Carole Samaha, Bassima, and Myriam Fares.
Marwan Khoury was born in Amchit, Lebanon, he is the third of five children born to Tanyous and Naseema Khoury. He has two older sisters Leena and Mona, and two younger brothers Claude, who works as a TV director, and Dany is a music arranger. In 1986, Khoury enrolled at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon where he studied piano, Musicology and Music History. During his university years, he won a prize in a music composition contest. The award was presented to the singer by former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel. In 1988, Khoury produced his first album Kasak Habibi (كاسك حبيبي) depending solely on himself in writing the lyrics, composing the songs, and producing.
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May Kassab
May Kassab (Arabic: مي كساب) (born December 8, 1981) is a popular female singer from Egypt. She is signed to Rotana, the biggest Record company in the Middle East.
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Maya Nasri
Maya Asmar (Arabic: مايا أسمر), better known by her stage name Maya Nasri, is a Lebanese singer, recording artist, and actress. She participated in "Kas El Nojoum" in 1998 on the Lebanese Broadcasting Channel where she won all three gold medals. Her debut single, "Khalleeni Bel Jaw", topped several charts and launched her music career. Since then, she has released four studio albums and several chart-topping singles such as "Akhbarak Eih?", "Law Kan Lak Alb", "Habbit Hob", "ElAsmarani", and "Rouh". Even though Nasri was largely successful in her music career, in 2008 she decided to shift to a career in acting and has halted her music career until now. Since then, she has starred in several Egyptian movies and TV shows.
Maya Hussam Asmar or better known by her stage name, Maya Nasri (Arabic:مايا نصري) is a popular Lebanese singer. She was born in a small town in Northern Lebanon Miniara and later moved with her family to Beirut. There she joined the Lebanese University of Fine Arts to study stage, TV and cinema acting and directing. In 1995, she participated to the Miss Lebanon Pageant. She acted in Lebanese series theater plays and movies. In 1996 she worked in the national TV but later made the transition to becoming a singer in 1999. She participated in the television show "Kas Al-Nojom" where she sang the famous songs of the late big Egyptian star "Layla Mourad" .She won all three gold cups. After her victory she began to work vigorously on creating her debut album. Nasri achieved fame when she entered the Arabic music industry with her debut single "Khallini Bel Jaw". Since then, she has released four studio albums, working with several Arabic composers like Ziad Boutros, Marwan Khoury, Mhammad Rahim, Mhammad Rifai, Samir Sfeir, and Salah Sharnouby
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Melhem Barakat
Melhem Barakat (Arabic:ملحم بركات), also known as Melhim Barakat, is a Lebanese singer and song-writer. He is nicknamed by his fans as Abou Majd. Melhem Barakat started his career back in the 1960s, Barakat has arguebly established a genre of his own in both the way he sings and composes, which makes him one of the most esteemed and popular stars in Lebanon today. He has toured Australia, South America, Canada and the USA.
Melhem Barakat mainly performs in colloquial Lebanese, a feat he has always defended, criticizing his fellow Lebanese peers for favouring the egyptian dialect for commercial purposes. Although his popularity is rather modest in Egypt, where non Egyptian music material generally receives lukewarm mass appeal, Melhem has achieved huge stardom in most Arab world countries, most notably in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
Barakat started singing more than thirty years ago. Barakat participated as an actor and singer in many of the Rahbanis' musicals, to some Lebanese even saying he has established himself as one of the strongest voices in the country.
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Melhem Zein
Melhem Zein, also transliterated Melhem Zain (Arabic: ملحم زين) (born in Shmistar, Lebanon on October 21, 1982) is a well-known Lebanese pan-Arab singer.
When he was 16, Melhem Hussein Zein first participated in an Amateur Singing Program called Kaas Al Nojoum (The Cup of the Stars) on the Lebanese LBC Channel for singing Mohammed Abd El Wahhab's "Ya Jarat Al Wadi" (The Neighbour of the Valley).
His pan-Arab stardom came particularly after coming third in Super Star 1, the Pan-Arab version of Pop Idol.
Melhem includes Wadih El Safi, Mohammed Abd El Wahhab and Nazem Al Ghazali as his main musical inspirations.
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Mohamad Bash
Mohamad Bash (Arabic: محمد باش) is a Syrian Singer from Damascus, Syria.
Mohamad Bash was born in Damascus, Syria on November 6, 1982. “Bash”, as his fans like to call him was raised in Damascus to a Syrian father and a Jordanian mother. His family consists of him, his parents and three sisters. Bash Family owns and manages a boutique hotel and restaurant called "Baik Bash" in Old Damascus.
Bash’s interest for music started at the age of 14 when he started piano lessons and music theory. He then abandoned music due to his studies but went back to it this time while teaching himself to play the keyboard. His love for guitar, the musical instrument he is now known for never being without, started at the age of 20 when he started his first official guitar lessons where he then formed a band with his instructor.
Bash’s rise to fame was in 2009 when he got accepted to reality TV talent show Star Academy Arab World, the sixth season. Star Academy is a reality singing show consisting of 20 students from all over the Middle East competing for one dream, the dream of becoming a star. Bash was the only Syrian contestant that season and managed to stay as far as right before the semi-finals. During his stay in the academy, he performed different genres of songs which helped show his diversity and ability to adapt to different kinds of songs and performances including dance.
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Mohamed Hamaki
Mohamed Hamaki (Arabic: محمد حماقي; born Mohamed Ibrahim Hamaki in Cairo, on November 4, 1975) is an Egyptian singer. In 2010 he won the award "Best Arabia Act" in the MTV Europe Music Awards and music award in 2006 for "Ahla Haga Fiki"
Mohamed Hamaki's mother is from Aswan, Egypt. His first appearance was through his song "El Helw Yeheb El Heneya" which was released in 1996 in the album "Leqaa Al Nogoom". The album was the work of Hamid El Shari who discovered and introduced young Hamaky to the music business and to the public. Hamaky's first album "Khallena N'eesh" (Let us Live) in 2003 featured 10 songs all arranged by the famous arranger Tarek Madkour. Hamaki shot one song included in this first album "Betedhak" (You laughing?).
Hamaki stayed nearly 2 years after the release of his first album that is produced by DeltaSound - that was a great success - not releasing any new songs until he released his single "Yana Yanta" (Either Me or You!) and shot it. After that it was reported that he decided to break up with audio producer Tarek Madkour and working on his own without him and with his same producer Nassif Kauzman the owner of DeltaSound because Madkour has been always busy working on songs for other famous singers. However, these rumors have been denied as Madkour stated on his official site that he will cooperate with Hamaki again on his new album.
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Mohamed Mounir
Mohamed Mounir (Arabic: محمد منير) (born October 10, 1954) is a popular Egyptian singer and actor. He is one of the best-known musicians, both in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, with a musical career spanning more than three decades. He incorporates various genres into his music, including classical Arabic Music, Nubian music, blues, jazz and reggae. His lyrics are noted both for their philosophical content and for their passionate social and political commentary. He is affectionately known by his fans as “The King” in reference to his album and play "El Malek Howa El Malek" (The King is The King).
Born into a Nubian family in Aswan, Mounir spent most of his early childhood in the village of Manshyat Al Nubia, where he shared his father's interests in both music and politics. As a teenager, he and his family were forced to relocate to Cairo when his village was lost in the floods that followed the construction of the Aswan Dam. It was here that he studied photography at the Faculty of Applied Arts at Helwan University. During this period, he would often sing for friends and family at social gatherings. His singing voice was noticed by the lyricist Abdel-Rehim Mansour, who would go on to introduce Mounir to the renowned folk singer Ahmed Mounib.
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Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Mohammed Abdel Wahab (Arabic: محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated Mohammed Abd el-Wahaab (March 13, 1907 – May 4, 1991) was a prominent 20th-century Arab Egyptian singer and composer. He composed the "Ya Beladi" (also known as "Libya, Libya, Libya") the National anthem of Libya used by the Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1969 and again by the post-Gaddafi transitional government in 2011. He also composed the national anthem of Tunisia, "Humat al-Hima."
Born in Bab El-Shaariyah area of Cairo, Egypt (where his statue stands), Abdel Wahab played oud before the Prince of Poets, Ahmed Shawqi. Abdel Wahab acted in several movies. Mohammed Abdel Wahab was a very close friend to loved singer Abdel Halim Hafez.
Despite the fact that Abdel Wahab composed many songs and musical pieces of classical Arab music, he was always criticized for his orientation to Western music. In fact, he introduced Western rhythms to Arab songs in a way appropriate to the known forms of Arab songs. For example, in 1941, he introduced a waltz rhythm in his song "Al Gondol," and, in 1957, he introduced a rock and roll rhythm in Abdel Halim Hafez's song "Ya Albi Ya Khali".
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Moustafa Amar
Moustafa Amar (Arabic: مصطفى قمر) (born Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar Arabic: مصطفى أحمد محمد قمر on September 22, 1966) is an Egyptian musician and actor.
Moustafa Amar attended Al-Shaheed Abbas School where his talent and love for music and singing earned him the role of lead singer in the school concert. His father got him a guitar when he was ten and he began taking summer classes. Amar attended the University of Alexandria, then he moved to Cairo to find a production company.
Amar is married to Ghada Essa and they have two sons, Eyad and Tayam. Eyad was born in 1993. Tayam was born in 1996. They're currently attending AIS: the American International School in Egypt. Both were in his movies, Qalb Garee and Bahibak Wana Kaman. Eyad likes to play the guitar and Tayam likes to play the drums.
Amar's first song was "Wala Yabou Khad Gameel", released on a collective album, and in 1990, he released his first solo album, Wassaf. In 1992-1993, he released his second album, Layaleki, which sold well. He has collaborated with actress Nilly ("Papa Noel"), arranger/singer Hamid El Shari and Gipsy Kings. In 2004, he released Enssa, his 14th album.
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Myriam Fares
Myriam Fares (Arabic: ميريام فارس mīryam fāris; born May 3, 1983) is a Lebanese singer and entertainer. She is best known for her album "Bet'oul Eh”.
Myriam was born in Kafar Shlal, a small village in Southern Lebanon, near Kafarhata village, 5 miles east of Saida. Since her childhood, Myriam has been devoted and dedicated to arts which encouraged her to develop her talents and interests. She started learning classic ballet at the age of five which impelled her to develop her musical talents. She had a profound feeling of becoming a professional dancer which was accomplished at the age of nine when she was accepted in a TV program "Al Mawaheb Al Saghira" on Tele Liban and was awarded the first prize in oriental dancing.
As a brilliant student in arts, Myriam was encouraged by her impressed teachers to participate in the schools' events which were a motive to improve her dancing, singing and acting skills.
Inspired by her angelic strong voice, Myriam wanted to explore her talents further in singing. She joined the Lebanese National Conservatory and succeeded in learning the principles of oriental singing for four years.
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Nabil Ajram
Nabil Ajram (Arabic: نبيل عجرم) (born 26 April 1985) is a Lebanese singer. He is the brother of Nancy Ajram.
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Najat Aatabou
Najat Aâtabou (Born: Khemisset May 9, 1960) is a Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer. She is perhaps best known for her song "Hadi Kedba Bayna" ("This is an obvious lie") which was sampled by the Chemical Brothers on their song Galvanize.
Najat Aâtabou was born into a lower class family, with five brothers and four sisters. She dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but her life would take a different direction. Singing was her favorite thing to do and she would walk to school every morning singing songs. When she reached the age of thirteen, she would sneak out of her bedroom window and sing at local weddings and school parties for money. At one of these parties, a guest recorded her voice with a tape recorder. The tape was sold illegally throughout Morocco and the song "J'en ai marre" ("I've had enough of it") became especially popular. Her family soon found out about her singing and did not accept her choice of vocation.Her brothers threatened to kill her if she continued. She was afraid and decided to run away from home. She fled to the local music shop, that being her first choice because "they played music there", as she later said. That very day a coincidence happened. A famous Moroccan music producer[who?] walked into the shop, looking for Najat Aâtabou after he had heard the song "J'en ai marre". He asked for her trust and to join him in Casablanca. Having no choice, she left for Casablanca, where she would stay for three years, living with the mother of the music producer. After these three years, her family found her and they made up.
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Najwa Karam
Najwa Karam (Arabic: نجوى كرم) (born February 26, 1966) is a multi-platinum, best-selling Lebanese Arab female recording artist and philanthropist, who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Najwa, widely known for her Mawwal and other musical talents, has faced musical limits in building her stardom. Having effectively helped change the Arabic music industry in its outreach, Najwa has left her mark by creating and introducing her own blend of traditional and contemporary Arabic Music. That blend has defined her image and her music in the Middle East and throughout the world, and has contributed to the spread of the Lebanese dialect in Arabic Music. Najwa holds the titles of highest-selling Middle Eastern Artist for the years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2008.
Najwa's singing career began with moderate success with her debut album Ya Habayeb, in 1989. Her second album, Shams el-Ghinnieh achieved greater success, earning her well-known title, "Shams el-Ghinnieh" ("The Sun of Song"). But Najwa's major successes were to come in the mid-1990s, when she would rise to new heights of fame and popularity in both the Arabic and International music worlds.
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Nancy Ajram
Nancy Nabil Ajram (Arabic: نانسي نبيل عجرم), (born May 16, 1983) is a multi-platinum recording artist and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. With the support of her father, Nancy began performing as a child and released her first studio album by the age of 15. Her breakthrough occurred with the start of her collaboration with well-known producer Jiji Lamara, when she released her smash-hit "Akhasmak Ah" and 3rd studio album, Ya Salam. In 2004, she released her second international best-seller "Ah w Noss", which spawned several smash-hits, "Ah w Noss", "Lawn Ouyounak", and "Inta Eih" at which point Nancy had established pop icon status in the Middle East.
Her 2008 album "Bitfakkar Fi Eih" spawned seven singles and won Nancy's first World Music Award as Best-selling Middle Eastern Artist, the youngest Arab WMA winner to date. She has released seven studio albums to date and numerous other chart-topping singles such as "Sehr Ouyouno", "Atabtab", "Moegaba", "Ehsas Jdeed", "El Donya Helwa", "Mashi Haddi", and "Fi Hagat".
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Natacha Atlas
Natacha Atlas (Arabic: نتاشا أطلس ; born 20 March 1964) is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (modern popular music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabic, hip hop, drum 'n' bass and reggae.
Atlas began her career as part of the world fusion group Transglobal Underground. In 1995, she began to focus on her solo career with the release of Diaspora. She has since released seven solo albums and been a part of numerous collaborations. Her version of "Mon Amie La Rose" became a surprise success in France, reaching 16 on the French Singles Charts in 1999. She is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Conference Against Racism.
Atlas was born to a father of Moroccan, Egyptian, and Palestinian ancestry who was born in Jerusalem and a British mother who had converted to Islam. Her paternal grandfather was born in Egypt, but grew up in Palestine, immigrating to Europe at age 15. She concedes to being "maybe 10 percent Jewish or something." Atlas says the claim that her father is purely Jewish and not Arab is "one of those things where someone had a grudge against me and wanted to hurt me. My great-great-grandfather was Jewish. But Jews have always been part of Arab society, so it’s not so unusual for someone to find out that they have Jewish blood. At the end of the day, we really are so connected."
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Nawal Al Zoghbi
Nawal Al Zoghbi (Arabic: نوال الزغبي, born 29 June 1971, Byblos, Lebanon) is a Lebanese singer. Performing in Arabic she has a solid fan base throughout the Arab world and extending into Iran and North America and Europe. Her musical career has spanned over 20 years. Zoghbi believes her success is due to the true emotion she delivers through her voice. She is quoted as saying "whether a voice is big or small, if it lacks emotion it will never succeed".
Nawal George Al Zoghbi is a Lebanese singer. Born to a Maronite Catholic family in the coastal small town of Jal Al-Deeb, she holds Canadian citizenship. Al Zoghbi is the oldest born among three brothers and one sister. Al Zoghbi began singing at an early age, despite familial opposition to the lifestyle of a musician. Members of her family changed their minds when they realized she was serious in her ambitions. In 1988 she participated in the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan. In 1990 she married Lebanese music manager Elie Deeb and went on to have three children with him. The couple legally separated in 2008, Al Zoghbi is currently waiting for the Maronite Catholic Church to recognize their divorce.
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Nawal El Kuwaiti
Nawal Thaher Al-Zaid (born 18 November 1966, Kuwait) is a Khaliji female singer, and music icon. She is known as Shaikhat Al Tarab (The Queen of Classic Music) and Qaitharat Al Khaleej (Harp of Khaliji Song).
Nawal studied at the Music Institute in Kuwait where she met the Kuwaiti composer Rashid Al-Khadr. Al-Khadr composed many of her initial songs and poet Abdullatif Al-Banay composed lyrics for her.
Nawal's first album was released in 1983. The majority of her albums are not titled, but rather are referred to by number (e.g. Nawal 98, Nawal 99). She was once asked about the reason and she responded, "I take pride in all the songs of my album and therefore I dont refer one to the other, and I leave the album untitled so that I do not impose a certain song on the dear listener but I leave the choice open to them."[citation needed] She has also filmed many music videos (mainly in Lebanon) and was one of the first Khaliji artists to do so. Initially, she was reluctant to perform in public and suffered severe stage fright at her first concert in Bahrain in 1984. However, Nawal soon became accustomed to singing publicly and eventually appeared in a variety of venues throughout the world. She rose to fame in the 1990s with a series of successful songs: "Ya Msabbir Il Mwuoud" ("You Await Your Date"), "Tadri Wala Matadri" ("Do You Know or Don't You?"), "Tehadidni" ("You Threaten Me"), "Yooh Ya Yooh" ("Oh What I Am Experiencing"), and "Tebara" ("Abandon"). She also performed an opera at the 1998 Al Janadiriyah Festival that marked the 100th anniversary of Saudi Arabia.
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Nelly Makdessy
Nelly Makdessy (Arabic: نيللي مقدسي) (born October 10, 1980) is a Lebanese singer, songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist and model. Nelly started her career in the amateurs TV program "Kaass El Noujoum" which was broadcast on the Lebanese channel LBC in early 1990s, she sang in the category of Folklore Music. Makdessy released four albums in her career and eleven singles. her first album ' produced two hit singles including "Shouf El Ein" and "Machie Al Maghror". It was her most successful album until the 2005 album Oof Oof.
In 2008 Makdessy released two hit singles, "Ya'esh El Hob" and "Ya Nar Nari". She is currently working on a new album to be released in 2011.[dated info]
She started her musical career in the amateurs TV program "Kaass El Noujoum" presented on the popular entertainment channel Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (aka LBC), where she won the first place, and got three golden cups. She was also studying law at the same time. After her success in "Kaass El Noujoum" she devoted herself to music and she signed to a record label in Beirut called Music Master. In their studios she recorded several songs. She started experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres and vocal styles. Makdessy began to appear on a variety of television channels, including Middle East Broadcasting Center (aka MBC), Qatar, Dubai, Arab Radio and Television Network (aka ART) and the popular entertainment channel Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (aka LBC) as promotion.
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Nour Mhanna
Nour Mhanna (Nur Mahana) is a Syrian singer.
Mhanna started his musical career as a reciter of the Qur'an, before switching to secular music.
On 1 July 2004 he performed at the Sycuan Resort and Casino in El Cajon, California. He and his backup band traveled there on Northwest Airlines Flight 327, where their behaviour lead to suspicions that they were a dry run for a future possible terrorist attack.
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Nourhanne
Nourhanne (Arabic: نورهان born on June 5, 1977) also transliterated as Nourhan, is a Lebanese singer.
A Lebanese Armenian, Nourhanne was born to an ethnic Armenian family from Lebanon. She released her first single, "Ti Amo," in 1996 at the age of 19, but her full-length debut was not until 2003, with the release of her first album Shaklo Kif? (How Does He Look?) which spawned a series of hits across the Arab-speaking world, including her best-known recording, "Habibi ya Einy." That song was released in two versions, the original with traditional instrumentation and the "postmodern" remix that drew some attention in Europe in 2004.
In 2005 she received an annual award for "Best Young Arab Female Artist's Voice' at the "Oscar Video Clip Festival" [not related to the Academy Award Oscars] in Cairo, Egypt for her song "Men Zaman" (Far Away). In July 2006, Nourhanne released a new album, Tab Wana Mali, titled for her then-current hit, a cover of a traditional Egyptian song once performed by Nadia Lutfi (dubbed by artist Maha Sabri) in her 1959 film Bain al Qasrayn; Nourhanne's video partially reproduced a scene from the film that catapulted Lutfi to pan-Arab stardom. Nourhanne has also acted, starring in the Ahmad Hamdi directed film Al Khuruj Ela Al Hayat (Going out to Life).
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Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה, Arabic: عفرة حزة; born Bat-Sheva Ofrah Hazah 19 November 1957 –– 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer of Yemenite Jewish origin, an actress and international recording artist.
Her voice has been described as mezzo-soprano, of near-flawless tonal quality, capable of lending itself to a variety of musical styles with apparent ease.[citation needed]
Inspired by a love of her Yemenite Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide between Israel and the Arab countries. As her career progressed, Haza was able to switch between traditional and more commercial singing styles without jeopardizing her credibility. Her music fused elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat. She became successful in Europe and the Americas; during her singing career, she earned many platinum and gold discs.
Haza was born the youngest of nine children, to a Yemenite Jewish family, in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah. Her first home was at 39 Boaz Street.
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Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul music and rhythm and blues (R&B), and one of the greatest singers in popular music. His open-throated singing was an influence on other soul singers of the 1960s, and he helped to craft the lean and powerful style of R&B that formed the basis of the Stax Sound. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which became a number-one record on both the pop and R&B charts after his death in a plane crash.
Redding was born and raised in the American state of Georgia. At age 15, he left school to support his family by working with Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters, and by playing talent shows for prize money. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins's band, The Pinetoppers, and toured the Southern United States while serving as driver and musician. An unscheduled appearance on a session led to a turning point in his career. He signed a contract with Stax Records and released his debut album, Pain in My Heart, in 1964. This album produced his first Stax single, "These Arms of Mine".
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Pascale Machaalani
Pascale Bechara Bachaalani, better known as Pascale Machaalani, born March 27, 1967 (Arabic: باسكال مشعلاني) is a Murex d'or Award nominated Lebanese singer. Her debut album Sahar Sahar rose her to stardom throughout the Middle East, making Mashalaani one of the most successful female artistes in 1990s Lebanon. She released her second and third albums, Nazrat Ayounak and Banadi with continued success. Her seventh studio album, Nour el Shams released in 2002 was a phenomenal success which exceeded sales of 250,000[citation needed] She has released thirteen hit studio albums and twenty-seven singles.
Machaalani is currently one of the most active Lebanese singers and has performed in a number countries, beginning from her native Lebanon to Europe and USA. She is signed to Rotana, the biggest record company in the Middle East.
Her father died before her first birthday. Her mother took care of her with the help of her eldest sister and brother who has accompanied her since the beginning of her career. Her brother is currently her business manager. She has recently gotten married to Malham Abu Shadeed.
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Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه) (born September 18, 1958 in Sig, Algeria) is an Algerian singer and activist based in France who has been described as "sonically adventurous." His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk and raï.
Taha was born in 1958 in Sig (Mascara Province), Algeria, although a second source suggests he was born in the Algerian seacoast city of Oran. This town was the "birthplace of raï" music, and 1958 was a key year in the Algerian struggle for independence against French authority. He began listening to Algerian music in the 1960s, including street-style music called chaabi. And music from the Maghreb region was part of his upbringing.
He moved with his parents to France when he was ten years old, settling in an immigrant community around the French city of Lyon in 1968. His father was a textile factory worker, with long hours and low pay, such that his life was compared to that of a "modern slave", according to one account. When 17, Taha worked during the day at a central heating plant, described as a "menial job", and hated this work, but at night worked as a club DJ playing Arabic music, rap, salsa, funks and "anything else that took his fancy." The contrast between menial work during the day and fun during the night may have helped to develop his musical sensibility. In the late 1970s, Taha founded the nightclub called The Rejects or, in French, Les Refoulés, where he would spin mashups of Arabic pop classics over Led Zeppelin, Bo Diddley and Kraftwerk backbeats.
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Rajae Belmlih
Rajae Belmlih also spelt Raja Belmalih (Arabic: رجاء بلمليح) (April 22, 1962 – September 2, 2007) was a well-known Moroccan singer.
Belmlih's career began with the Moroccan talent show, Mawahib. Her first major hit in the Arab World was Ya-Jara Wadina in 1986. The young Rajae, a University undergraduate at the time, decided to sing her first hit song at her Hassan II campus in front of her fellow students prior to the official premiere that same day. The love story with the Moroccan public was born. She later settled and worked from Cairo, Egypt whilst continuing her studies in Arabic literature and Philosophy at Mohamed V University in Rabat. She graduated in 1995 and enrolled for a doctorate. Belmlih was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 for her numerous actions in favour of charities within the Arab world. She was an outspoken supporter of women's education in the poorer parts of the Arab world. She was a widely admired and respected figure in her native Morocco but also elsewhere in the Arab world where her image as a highly educated singer is untainted. She was granted Emirati citizenship as a tribute by the ruling family in Abu Dhabi. She enjoyed a huge fan base in the United Arab Emirates where she is known to have interpreted many poems of the late Shaikh Zayd ben Sultan Al Nahyane.
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Rashed Al-Majed
Rashed Abdul-Rahman Al-Majed (Arabic: راشد الماجد) (born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in1969 ) is a Saudi Arabian singer, musician, and record producer.
Al Majed's (also written Al-Majid) single Mashkalni Hubbak hit #5 on the Saudi music charts in 2002.
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Reinette L'Oranaise
Reinette l'Oranaise (Sultana Daoud, Born 1918, Tiaret, French Algeria; died 17 November 1998, Paris) was an Algerian singer, who helped preserve Arab-Andalus music, as well as introducing the genre to European audiences.
She was born in Tiaret, a largely bedouin town, the daughter of a Moroccan Rabbi. Being blind as a result of smallpox when two years old, she studied at a school for the blind in Algiers, until her mother encouraged her to take up music. She studied with Saoud l'Oranais, who gave her the nickname Reinette l'Oranaise ("Queenie from Oran"). From him she learned to play several instruments, and learned a great many traditional songs in the Arab-Andalus and Raï styles. They moved to Paris in 1938, but at his suggestion she soon returned to Algeria. There she joined the orchestra of Meriem Fekkai, until Algerian independence ended her career - she had been opposed to independence. Unable to find work in her home country, she returned to France, playing in restaurants and private parties for the North African Jewish community in Paris.
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Rida Al Abdullah
Rida Al Abdulla (also spelled Rida Al Abdallah, Reda Al Abdullah) (Arabic: رضا العبد الله) is an Iraqi singer. He gained enormous attention across the Arab world for his singles "Bo'dak Habibi", "Qasawa", "Dhalim", "Min Trid Abousak", "Al Asabe3", "Melih Wa Zad", "Ya Hali" and many other hits including "Weinkom Ya Arab" ("Where are the Arabs"), which was a protest song against the war 2006 Lebanon-Israeli war. His new album "Yom Wa Sana" will be released in July 2009[dated info] and it includes 14 songs all written and composed by Rida himself.
Rida Al Abdulla was born in Iraq in 1966. Rida Al Abdulla is among the most innovative and talented singers to emerge from modern Iraq. His work bridges Arabic classical music (maqam) with popular styles of his region and beyond. His rich, powerful voice and composing and arranging skills are exemplary. The poetry he adapts and lyrics he composes move beyond familiar romantic themes to delve into the deeper dynamics of human relationships, and by implication, social and political realities. Behind Rida’s achievements lies a harrowing personal story of travail in Iraq. Hardship and suffering all unnecessarily caused by America's Iraq (always has been always will be) have given him the tenacity, focus and drive to become one of the brightest stars of today’s Middle East.
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Rola Saad
Rola Youssef Saad (Arabic: رولا يوسف سعد) is a Lebanese pop singer and model who emerged in the mid 2000s and is most commonly known for her collaboration with Lebanese singing Legend Sabah
Rola Youssef Saad was born in Tannourine, Lebanon in 1978 to a Christian Maronite family and became an orphan as a child. . Her father died when she was just 5 months old. She had at the time two elder sister Zeina and Marie-Rose and a brother Georges. Her mother remarried when Rola was just 2 years old, and the children had to live with the grandmother and her uncle. Growing up Rola Saad said she always felt unlucky.
She entered show business first as a model, appearing in fashion ads, most notably ads for "Habibi" and "Dallou'a" perfumes, as well as landing roles in 2 music videos by Saber Rebai ("Etzakkarak" and "Hayyarouni") and minor roles on television. Her chance to fame came when her vocal abilities were recognized.[citation needed] Her musical beginnings were with Alam al Phan record label. She also opened a fashion company "Giorgo" with her elder sister. Her biggest hit was a cover of the Sabah classic "Yana Yana", with Sabah making a cameo in the video. The song became a huge success in 2006, topping sales charts[where?]. The music video was in heavy rotation on music channels throughout the Arab world.[citation needed]
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Rouwaida Attieh
Rouwaida Attieh (Arabic: رويدا عطية) is a Syrian vocalist. She was born in Talklakh, Syria, 40 kilometers from Homs (ancient Emesa). She has four siblings, Fatima, Haitham, Zainab, and Shaima'. Rouwaida was the first runner-up on the first season of Super Star, the pan-Arab import of "Pop Idol". Along with Lebanese contestant Melhem Zein, she was a favourite to win the contest, which was won by Jordanian contestant Diana Karazon.
Rouwaida is the daughter of Haydar and Najida Attieh. Her father was brought up in Tripoli, Lebanon, where he studied and graduated from High School. Then, he moved to Egypt to specialize in law and there he met Najida. The couple married and came back to Lebanon, where Najida was introduced to Laila Baroudi and they became best friends, Laila had a girl called "Obayda" whom Najida always described as "so beautiful" and decided to call her first new born baby girl "Obayda".
From her early childhood, Rouwaida used to watch Umm Kulthum's concerts on TV and she learned "Enta 3omry" when she was five years old. Her father was fascinated by her talent and he encouraged her. She studied music and playing 3oud (an oriental musical instrument) and she was a member in many clubs for preserving the folklore of the Arabic songs.
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Sabah (singer)
Sabah (Arabic: صباح) (born Jeanette Feghali on November 10, 1928), Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon is a Lebanese singer and actress.
She has released over 50 albums and has acted in 98 movies, as well as 20 stage plays. She is among the most prolific Levantine singers, with a reported 3,500 songs in her repertoire.
In the 1940s she started singing and acting in Egyptian movies. She became very popular and famous. She acted with many famous actors including the famous singer/actor Farid El Atrache.
Still a prominent performer at the age of 84, Sabah continues to perform both in concert and on television, including programs like Lebanon's Star Academy (the Arabic equivalent of the United Kingdom's Fame Academy) where she sang her new single on a stage lined with mannequins displaying costumes from several of her early films and musicals.
The singer is known to her fans by the diminutive Sabbouha and is also called Al Shahroura, or "Song Bird". She is well-known for her ability to sustain a single note for over a minute when performing in the Lebanese 'ataba style. Lately, she said that her "off" used to last for 50 seconds.
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Saber Rebaï
Saber Rebaï (in Arabic صابر الرباعي transliteration Saber al Ruba'i), born in Sfax, Tunisia is an award winning Tunisian pan-Arab singer and composer that enjoys popularity throughout the Arab World and internationally with concerts in Europe, the Americas and Asia. He is mostly known for his song "Sidi Mansour". Some albums carry the variant transliteration Saber el Rebaii. He is signed since 2004 to the pan-Arab record label Rotana.
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Samira Said
Samira Said (Arabic: سميرة سعيد, native name: Samira Bensaïd; born January 10 1962 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan singer.
Samira Said was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco. She began singing at the age of 9 and she was discovered on a music program on Royal Moroccan TV, "Mawaheb," alongside another popular singer, Aziza Jalal, when she was 17. She was quickly recognized as a young prodigy. She began singing professionally, encouraged by her family and backed up by important people in the Moroccan music scene like Al Rashdi and others.
In a short time, Samira Said became one of the leading names in her home country, recording many popular Arab songs such as "Kifash Tlakina" ("How we Met"), "Fayetli sheftek shi marra" ("I've seen you once") and "Sarkouh" ("They Stole Him"), not to mention "Al Behhara" ("Mariners"). Her best known singles at this time included "Maghlouba" ("Beaten") and "Wa'ady" ("My Love").
Samira represented Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 singing 'Bitaqat Khub', a song that was a messenger of peace in the midst of Arab-Israeli tensions. The song placed 18th out of 19 contestants, and so far, has been the only entry by Morocco (or any other Arab country) at Eurovision.
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Shaaban Abdel Rahim
Shaaban Abdel Rahim (Arabic: شعبان عبد الرحيم), also known as Sha'bola (شعبولا) is an Egyptian pop (Sha'abi) singer, formerly working as makwagi (man who irons clothing) and known for catchy songs with political lyrics.
Sha'bān Abdel Rahīm (شعبان عبد الرحيم) was born in Cairo, Egypt and worked for many years in poverty as a foot-operated laundry presser before his songs catapulted him into stardom. Following a string of sensationalist hits, Abdel Rahīm is now one of the most popular Egyptian sha'bī singers. Egyptian sha'bī ( الشعبي) is a category of popular class music that can be described as urbanized folk music.
In 2000, Sha'bān's breakthrough song "Ana Bakrah Israel" (I Hate Israel) accompanied by the catchy refrain "But I Love Amr Moussa", caused a great deal of controversy, and many were surprised that it passed Egyptian censors. Many of Shaaban's songs were sold informally on cheaply processed cassette tapes. His poor background, informal language, and frank lyrics have made him very popular with the Egyptian public.
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Shadi Jamil
Shadi Jamil (شادي جميل) is a Syrian singer, born in 22 September 1955 in Aleppo. Shadi is known as one of the best Arabic singers especially in the Middle East.
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Shadia
Fatima Ahmad Kamal (Arabic: فاطمة أحمد كمال), better known by her stage name Shadia (Arabic: شادية), is an Egyptian actress and singer. Now retired, she is famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. Her first appearance was in the film el-Aql Fi Agaza (The Mind on Vacation), and she retired after her last film La Tas'alni Man Ana (Don't Ask Me Who I Am).
Shadia is considered one of the most popular and most talented singers and actresses in the Arabic movie and enterainment industry. Her songs and movies are still sought after, and her songs are popular amongst all generations.
Shadia also did one Comedy stage Play. She came back from Retirement in a dazzeling, charming, and very funny performance in the instant classic (Raya and Sakina) Teaming up with a genius Egyptian comedian Souhier El Babeli, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, and Ahmad Bedair).
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Shahd Barmada
Shahd Barmada (Arabic: شهد برمدا) (born August 14, 1988 in Aleppo, Syria) is a singer who rose to popularity around the world[citation needed] as the runner up of Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol. She gained 47% of the total vote below Ibrahim El Hakami from Saudi Arabia.
Shahd includes Umm Kulthum as her main musical inspiration.
Top 21: تصور (Tsawar) by Asalah Nasri
Top 12: مالي (Mali) by Warda
Top 11: الف ليلة وليلة (Alf Leela W Leela) by Umm Kulthum
Top 10: أنت إيه (Enta Eih) by Sherine
Top 10: ياقلبي لا تتعب قلبك (Ya Albi La Titab Albak) by Fairuz
Top 8: أوعدك (Aw'edak) by Souad Mohamed
Top 7: يا حبيبي تعال (Ya Habibi Ta'ala) by Fadel Shaker
Top 6: بعاد كنتم (Ba'ad Kentom) by Mohamed Abdu
Top 5: القدود الحلبية (Al-Qudoud Al-Halabiya)
Top 5: موعود (Mawoud) by Abdel Halim Hafez
Top 5: ارجع للشوق (Irjeh Lil Shou) by Elissa
Top 5: الحب الّي كان (El Hob Elli Kan) by Mayyada El Hinawi
Top 3: يا صغر الفرح (Ya Seghar El Fareh) by Hussein El Jasmi
Top 3: دقوا المهابيج (Diqou El Mehabej) by Fairuz
Top 3: في يوم و ليلة (Fi Youm W Leela) by Warda
Grand Final: دنيا الوله (Dunia El Wala) by Abdallah Al Rowaished
Grand Final: أنا عندي حنين (Ana Andi Haneen) by Fairuz
Grand Final: العيون السود (El Oyoun El Soud) by Warda
Grand Final Results Show: حبينا و تحبينا (Habeena W Thabeena) by Mayada El Hinawi
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Shams (singer)
Shams (Arabic:شمس), is a female Kuwaiti singer.
Shams released her first album in 2000 she did not achieve mainstream success[citation needed] until appeared as a guest on the show Leman Yajro'a Faqat on LBC with the presenter Tony Khalifa to talk about her problems with the Saudi singer Sara. Her third album was released a few weeks after the show and has a major success.[citation needed] she has a big media attention[citation needed] after her conflict with the famous singer Ahlam which is still going on now and then she released her video music "ahlan ezayak" that pokes fun at the Bush Administration which has a success. Shams has many problems with her old company ronata specially with the CEO Salem alhindi[citation needed]
She has also recorded several music videos. Some of shams's popular[citation needed] songs include "ahlan izayak" with George Bush, "tatah" feat obama, "kobar rasek", "mothahra nesa2ya", "milion", "ain frash" and "wesh sayer".
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Sherine
Sherine (Arabic: شيرين, born Sherine Ahmed Abdel Wahhab, though it is not her real name; October 10, 1980) is an Egyptian singer and actress from Egypt, Cairo. Sherine began her career with the single Ah Ya Leil in 2000, and has since released several albums that include 2 EPs and 3 LPs.
Sherine was born on October 10, 1980 in Cairo, Egypt. She grew up next to the Citadel in a very modest and simple neighborhood. Though she wasn't technically poor or living in poverty, her lifestyle was far from luxurious. Since her early beginnings she developed a strong inclination and passion towards singing. She cites artists like Warda and Samira Saeed to be her definitive musical idols, influencing her singing style until this day. She also expresses her love for Shadia, Fayza Ahmad, Najat Al-Sagheera, Umm Kulthum, in addition to Thekra and Asalah Nasri from the modern era. She entered the Egyptian Music Institute and dropped out the second year, opting to perform for a living and seeking a record company to represent her and manage her musical career. Sherine has always demonstrated independence and strong will since the beginnings, fighting many obstacles and challenges until finally making it to the top.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "I Wish" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You". Well known albums also include Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at number five.
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Susheela Raman
Susheela Raman (born in Hendon, London, UK on July 21, 1973) is an acclaimed British Tamil musician. Raman has released five albums since 2001. Her debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001.
Susheela Raman's parents are Tamil Brahmins from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India, who arrived in London, UK in the mid-sixties. At the age of four, Raman and her family left the UK for Australia. Susheela grew up singing South Indian classical music and began giving recitals at an early age. She recalls how her family "were eager to keep our Tamil culture alive." As a teenager in Sydney she started her own band, describing its sound as “funk and rock and roll”, before branching out into more blues and jazz-based music, which demanded quite different voice techniques. She tried to bring these streams together when in 1995 she travelled to India to rediscover her roots by way of further exploring Carnatic music. She currently resides on Portobello Road, West London.
Returning to England in 1997, she started to work with her partner, guitarist/producer Sam Mills who had made a record called "Real Sugar" with a Bengali singer named Paban Das Baul. This record inspired Raman, because according to her "it bridged a gap and found common ground for one particular kind of Indian music to be expressed to a new audience." In 1999, Raman co-wrote songs for the album One and One is One by Joi, also performing on the track “Asian Vibes.” Mill's had worked with West African musicians in the group Tama which also opened musical contact points within the Parisian music scene.
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Suzanne Tamim
Suzanne Tamim (Arabic: سوزان تميم, September 23, 1977 – July 28, 2008) was a Lebanese singer who rose to fame in the Arab world after winning the top prize in the popular Studio El Fan television show in 1996.
Tamim's career was marred by rumours of a troubled private life. News about her divorce from her first husband, Ali Muzannar, flooded the Arab media. Tamim later married Lebanese impresario and producer Adel Matouk, who became her manager. Once they divorced, Tamim was thought to have fled from her home in Beirut to Egypt after Matouk filed a series of lawsuits against her, charging her with embezzlement, fraud, slander, and libel. Reports say she disappeared from public view in Cairo, Egypt in 2007 and was thought to be living in Dubai's exclusive Jumeirah district.
After winning a Gold Medal on Studio El Fan, she was hailed not only for her beauty but also for a voice that was equally suited to pop tunes and classical Arabic melodies. Tamim's last album was produced in 2002 by Rotana and called Saken Alby. It went on to establish sales records. Her last song, "Lovers", recorded in 2006, was dedicated to the memory of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Tamer Hosny
Tamer Hosny (Arabic: تامر حسنى, IPA: [ˈtæːmeɾ ˈħosni]; born August 16, 1977) is an Egyptian singer, actor, composer, director, producer and songwriter. Hosny first came to attention when he appeared on mix tapes with other Egyptian artists. He launched his solo career with the 2004 album Hob, becoming a successful singer of romantic music and earning the nickname "King of Generation" from his fans.
Hosny's mother brought him up alongside his older brother Hossam in the absence of their father, Hosny Sherif Abbas. Tamer Hosny grew up with an interest in soccer and played the sport for 9 years. As a child, he was a fan of singer Abdel Halim Hafez. He graduated from October 6 University, with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies.
He was introduced by Salma El Shamaa to the opera. Afterwards, he was recognized by Nasr Mahrous, the manager and owner of Free Music production company. Later on he signed a contract with Free Music in 2002. Tamer didn't debut with Sherine's first mix tape. Instead, he was featured in previous mix tapes, and one of them featured other artists like Khaled Agag and Mohamed Mounir. He released five successful albums with Free Music.
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Thekra
Thekra Mohammed Abdullah Al Dali (Arabic: ذكرى محمد عبدالله الدالي; September 16, 1966 – November 28, 2003), better known as Thekra (Arabic: ذكرى also spelled Thikra, Zekra or Zikra) was a Tunisian singer. The word "Thekra" is Arabic for a memory or memorial.
She was the eighth youngest among her siblings Tawfeeq, Mohsin, Al Sayyidah, Salwa, Al Habeeb, Hajar, Kawthar and Wedaad. She attended elementary school in Wadi Al Lail and later transferred to Al Khaznadar (Arabic script: الخزندار) elementary school to complete her studies.
Thekra started performing at school. Her father was very supportive, but her mother was not. After her father's death, her mother started to support her as her brothers and sisters did. In 1980, she performed on the TV show "Fan Wa Mawahib" (Arabic: فن و مواهب), where she impressed the judges and was brought to the attention of Ez Al Deen Al Ayyashi, so she joined the show's chorus. In 1983, her first recording was made, which was of a song composed by Abdul Hameed Khareef. In the same year, she performed at the Carthage festival.
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Tonton David
Tonton David is a French Reggae singer born in Réunion. He is renowned for his raggamuffin performances, but uses influences of soul music, gro kâ (from the French West Indies), the Zairian rumba.
Tonton David had a turbulent childhood in a suburb of Paris. He left his family at 14, and managed to make a career in music with powerful and political lyrics. In 1990 Tonton David had his big break when he was featured in a TV report about "Black Paris". Tonton David's performance resulted in signing with Virgin record label. Shortly after, he recorded "Peuples du monde", which was featured on the famous French rap compilation Rapattitudes.
Le blues de la racaille released on 2 December 1991, was his debut album where he explored social issues such as unemployment, poverty, racism, becoming a figurehead for a whole generation of disenchanted French youth. In 1991 he performed in front of an audience of 12,000 music fans at the Fête des Kafs in Saint Denis, La Réunion and in 1992 at Reggae Sunsplash festival in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1993, he released his second album Allez leur dire recorded in Memphis, Tennessee. "Sûr et certain" taken from the album was released as a single. 1995 saw as yet his biggest success with the song "Chacun sa route" from the soundtrack of the film Un indien dans la ville. His third album Récidiviste in 1995 gave the successful singles, "Pour tout le monde pareil" and a collaboration with rai star Cheb Mami in "Fugitifs". The fourth album Faut qu'ça arrête was more influenced by Haitian music out of collaboration with Haitian musician Papa Jube.
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Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم ʾUmm Kulṯūm; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [omme kælˈsuːm]; born فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي Fātimah ʾIbrāhīm as-Sayyid al-Biltāǧī, [ˈfɑtˤmɑ (ʔe)bɾˤɑˈhiːm esˈsæjjed elbelˈtæːɡi]; see Kunya) (December 30, 1898[citation needed]–February 3, 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village, which belongs to El Senbellawein, she is known as "the star of the East" (kawkab el-sharq). More than three decades after her death, she is widely regarded as the greatest female singer in Arab music history.
Umm Kulthum was born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village in El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, in Dakahlia, in the Nile Delta, near the Mediterranean Sea. Her birth date is unconfirmed, as birth registration was not enforced throughout the Arab world. The Egyptian Ministry of Information seems to have given either December 31, 1898, or December 31, 1904. She was likely born some time between these two dates.
At a young age, she showed exceptional singing talent. Her father, an Imam, taught her to recite the Qur'an, and she is said to have memorized the entire book. When she was 12 years old, her father disguised her as a young boy and entered her in a small performing troupe that he directed. At the age of 16, she was noticed by Mohamed Aboul Ela, a modestly famous singer, who taught her the old classical repertoire. A few years later, she met the famous composer and oudist Zakariyya Ahmad, who invited her to come to Cairo. Although she made several visits to Cairo in the early 1920s, she waited until 1923 before permanently moving there. She was invited on several occasions to the house of Amin Beh Al Mahdy, who taught her how to play the oud, a type of lute. She developed a very close relationship to Rawheya Al Mahdi, daughter of Amin, and became her closest friend. Kulthum even attended Rawheya's daughter's wedding, although she always tried to avoid public appearances.
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Umm Kulthum (singer)
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم ʾUmm Kulṯūm; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [omme kælˈsuːm]; born فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي Fātimah ʾIbrāhīm as-Sayyid al-Biltāǧī, [ˈfɑtˤmɑ (ʔe)bɾˤɑˈhiːm esˈsæjjed elbelˈtæːɡi]; see Kunya) (December 30, 1898[citation needed]–February 3, 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village, which belongs to El Senbellawein, she is known as "the star of the East" (kawkab el-sharq). More than three decades after her death, she is widely regarded as the greatest female singer in Arab music history.
Umm Kulthum was born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village in El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, in Dakahlia, in the Nile Delta, near the Mediterranean Sea. Her birth date is unconfirmed, as birth registration was not enforced throughout the Arab world. The Egyptian Ministry of Information seems to have given either December 31, 1898, or December 31, 1904. She was likely born some time between these two dates.
At a young age, she showed exceptional singing talent. Her father, an Imam, taught her to recite the Qur'an, and she is said to have memorized the entire book. When she was 12 years old, her father disguised her as a young boy and entered her in a small performing troupe that he directed. At the age of 16, she was noticed by Mohamed Aboul Ela, a modestly famous singer, who taught her the old classical repertoire. A few years later, she met the famous composer and oudist Zakariyya Ahmad, who invited her to come to Cairo. Although she made several visits to Cairo in the early 1920s, she waited until 1923 before permanently moving there. She was invited on several occasions to the house of Amin Beh Al Mahdy, who taught her how to play the oud, a type of lute. She developed a very close relationship to Rawheya Al Mahdi, daughter of Amin, and became her closest friend. Kulthum even attended Rawheya's daughter's wedding, although she always tried to avoid public appearances.
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Wadih Safi
Wadih El Safi (Arabic: وديع الصافي, Classical Syriac: ܘܕܝܥ ܐܠܨܦܝ) (born Wadi' Francis in Niha, Lebanon, in 1921) is a Lebanese singer songwriter, and actor. He is a Lebanese cultural icon, and is often called the "Voice of Lebanon". Wadih El Safi started his artistic journey at the age of seventeen when he took part in a singing contest held by Lebanese Radio and was chosen the winner among fifty other competitors.
El Safi is a classically trained tenor, having studied at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music. He became nationally known when, at seventeen, he won a vocal competition sponsored by the Lebanese Broadcasting Network. El Safi began composing and performing songs that drew upon his rural upbringing and love of traditional melodies, blended with an urban sound, and creating a new style of modernized Lebanese folk music. He performed in venues throughout the Middle East.
In 1947, El Safi traveled to Brazil, where he remained until 1950. After his return to Lebanon, El Safi continued to develop folk music and chose poetry and zajal to inspire patriotism and focus on love, devotion, morals and values.
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Warda Al-Jazairia
Warda Al-Jazairia (Arabic: وردة الجزائرية meaning literraly The Algerian Rose), commonly referred to as just Warda (Arabic: وردة, IPA: [ˈwæɾdæ]) ( 22 July 1939 – May 17, 2012) was an Algerian singer. She is well known for her panarabic songs and music.
Warda was born on July 17, 1939 in Puteaux, France, to a Lebanese mother and an Algerian father. She started singing at the age of eleven in 1951. She quickly became well known for her singing of patriotic Algerian songs. When she married in 1962, however, her husband forbade her to sing. In 1972, Algerian president Houari Boumédienne asked her to sing to commemorate Algeria's independence, and she performed with an Egyptian orchestra. As a result her marriage broke up, and she dedicated her life to music.
She then moved to Egypt, where she married the composer Baligh Hamdi. She performed many of his songs and those of other Arabic composers, quickly rising to fame and releasing several albums per year. Additionally, she has starred in a few films.
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Yara
Carla Nazih Berkachi (Arabic: كارلا نزيه البرقاشي) (born June 1, 1983), commonly known as Yara (Arabic: يارا), is a female Lebanese pop singer. Yara was discovered by Lebanese composer Tarek Abou Jaoudeh. Yara started her musical career with the ballad "Hob Kbeer". in 2006, Yara joined Fadel Shakir in a duet called "khedni ma'ak" which was written by Tarek Abou Jaoudeh. In 2009 she joined Jean-Marie Riachi for the album Belaaks with the song "Shefto min biid" ("I Saw Him") in Lebanese dialect.
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Zaho
Zehira Darabid known by her artistic name Zaho (born on May 10, 1980 in Chlef, Algeria) is an Algerian R&B singer living in Montréal, Canada.
Zehira was born on May 10, 1980 in Bab Ezzouar in the suburbs of Algiers. She spent her childhood in Algiers until at 18 years old, her family moved to Montréal, Canada. Her father is an executive and her mother a mathematics professor at the[which?] university[citation needed]. She has a brother and sister[citation needed].
Zaho learned the guitar when she was seven years old, and very quickly learned the répertoire of Francis Cabrel within 10 years. In 1999, when she emigrated to Montreal, she discovered the world of professional music with its producers and its studios. Zaho put aside her studies to dedicate herself fully to music. She has worked with notable names in the French industry such as Idir, Tunisiano and Soprano.
In 2008, she released her debut album titled Dima, meaning Always in the Algerian dialect.
Zaho also has a strong writing background, writing the song "Tout ce temps" for Idir. Upon hearing the song, Idir insisted that she sing the alongside with him.
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Zakariyya Ahmad
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896 - 1961 in Egypt; Arabic: زكريا أحمد) was an Egyptian musician and composer. He composed many pieces in a traditional Egyptian folk style. His works include solo pieces and film scores, and he composed for Umm Kulthum beginning with a taqtuqa written in 1925.
His father was Egyptian and his mother was Turkish.
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Ziad Rahbani
Ziad Rahbani (also Ziyad al-Rahbany Arabic: زياد الرحباني, born 1956) is a Lebanese composer, pianist, performer, playwright, and political commentator. His compositions are well-known throughout the Arab world. Many of his musicals satirize Lebanese politics both during and after the civil war, and are often strongly critical of the traditional political establishment.
Ziad Rahbani is the son of the Lebanese famous composer Assi Rahbani and Nouhad Haddad, the famous Lebanese female singer known as Fairuz. Rahbani was married to Dalal Karam, with whom he has a boy named "Assi" but was later found out not to be his biological son. Their relationship later ended in divorce, prompting Karam to write a series of articles for the gossip magazine Ashabaka about their marriage. Rahbani composed a number of songs about their relationship, including "Marba el Dalal" and "Bisaraha".
On Friday April 3, 2009, the Lebanese press reported that Rahbani filed a lawsuit with the Lebanese courts, asking to disown his son, Assi Rahbani Jr., and stripping him of the Rahbani name on all official records, and voiding any legal obligation towards him as a father, after DNA tests proved that Assi Jr. is not his son. Rahbani has also had a well-publicized relationship with actress Carmen Lebbos, which lasted for 15 years before the couple agreed to separate.
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Ziggy Marley
David "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968, Trenchtown, Jamaica) is a Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. He is the oldest son of famed reggae musician Bob Marley. His father gave him the nickname "Ziggy"; he has stated that it means "a small joint".
In 1979, Ziggy and his siblings, Cedella, Stephen and Sharon made their recording debut with their father, "Children Playing in the Streets". The Melody Makers, as the group came to be known, played occasionally for several years, including at their father's funeral in 1981. Their debut LP was Play the Game Right, which was a very pop-oriented album, earning Ziggy some derision from critics. The band's label, EMI, wanted to market Ziggy as a solo act, and so the Melody Makers moved to Virgin Records, where they recorded Conscious Party (1988, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth). The album was critically and popularly successful, as was One Bright Day (1989) and Jahmekya (1991).
As the 1990s continued, the Melody Makers' sales slowly declined, beginning with Joy and Blues (1993) and continuing with Free Like We Want 2 B (1995).
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Zucchero
Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander (Italian pronunciation: [aˈdɛlmo fornaˈtʃari]; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.
Zucchero is the Italian word for sugar. In his career, spanning four decades, Fornaciari has sold over 40 million records around the world and has achieved numerous awards, including two World Music Awards, six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards and a Grammy Award nomination.
Adelmo Fornaciari was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (in the frazione of Roncocesi) although he spent most of his childhood in the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi (Province of Lucca, Tuscany). Fornaciari currently lives in Pontremoli.
His musical career began in 1970, with several small bands such as I Ducali, Le Nuove Luci, Sugar & Daniel, Sugar & Candies and finally with a band named Taxi, with whom he won the Castrocaro music festival in 1981. He made his first appearance in the famous Sanremo festival next year with the songs "Una notte che vola via" and in 1983 with "Nuvola" at Festival dei Fiori. His first album, Un po' di Zucchero, was released the same year with moderate success.
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ALBUMS
- Halili (feat. Zaho)
- Non C'sera Non (Omri Omri) (feat. Sween)
- Gualbi Gualbi
- (Leh) Inshallah
- Tigi Tigi
- Sabran (Ya ghali)
- Gaiye Bil Salama
- Ahla Layali Omrina
- Ajilissou (Fil Makha) (feat. Kadim al Sakir)
- Nos couleurs (feat. KMaro)
- Elli Beina Intaha
- Alik Maina (feat. Leslie)
- Amshi Btaring
- Des 2 côtés
- Parisien du nord
- Madanite
- Cosi celeste
- Nagumomo (feat. Susheela Raman)
- Enfants d'Afrique
- Clando
- Youm wara youm
- Fugitif
- The Best Times of Our Lives
- Koum tara
- Azwaw 2
- Le rai c'est chic
- Viens Habibi
- Madanite
- Kim Lachoua
- Yahamami
- Ana Oualache
- Ma vie 2 fois
- Tzazae
- Zarartou
- Mamazareh
- Machi Chaba
- Haoulou
- Khalouni
- Meli Meli
- Alache Alik
- Bledi
- Rani maàk el youm
- H'Rabti
- Hada ch'hal
- Hatachi
- Bekatni
- Cheikh
- Azwaw 2
- Parisien du Nord
- Marseillais du Nord
- Au pays des merveilles
- Azwaw
- Douni El Bladi
- Dertfik Confiance
- Ralia Mahboubit Galbi
- Ana Mazel
- Lella Rani Ensaaf El Mektoub
- Tayo Tayo Adiani
- Ouach Etsalini
- Idha Enti Bkiti
- Chedi Bentek
- Maniche Aadouk
- Ghebnouha
- Sehrane Ouahdi
- Alaoui
- H'Babi
- Ma ma
- Gualbak K'ssah
- Hay wadi hay galbi
- Bent bareh
- Baida
- Ghi n'ti
- Li fet ghi mnem
- Zouaji
- Alache alache
- Trab
- Dertfik confiance (Nakara)
- Ralia Mahboubit Galbi
- Ana Mazel
- Lella Rani Ensaaf El Mektoub
- Tayo Tayo Adiani
- Douni El Bladi
- Desert Rose (feat. Sting)
- Parisien du Nord (remix with K-Mel)
- Douha Alia
- Maandi Weli
- Au pays des merveilles
- Kalbek Ksa
- Alache Alik
- Mama
- Bekatni
- Maniman
- Azwaw 2 (feat. Idir)
- Fatma
- Hooulou
- Meli... Meli
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Desert Rose - Sting ft. Cheb Mami (LIVE)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert...
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One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert...
Zucchero Cheb Mami - cosi celeste
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:10
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
zucchero
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Cheb Mami
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:12
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
tunisie.vraiforum.com
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Cheb Mami - Maandi Wali
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami Maandi Wali
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Cheb Mami - Le Rai Cest Chic
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:45
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami
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Cheb Mami - Ana Oualach
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:32
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Cheb_Mami_Ana_Oualach
Cheb Mami feat Samira Said - Youm Wara Youm
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Cheb_Mami_feat_Samira_Said_Youm_Wara_Youm
Cheb Mami - Parisien Du Nord
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Music video by Cheb Mami - K-Mel performing Parisien Du Nord.
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Music video by Cheb Mami - K-Mel performing Parisien Du Nord.
- published: 26 Feb 2009
- views: 1215812
- author: emimusic
Cheb Mami & Susheela Raman ( Live Duet )
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardhana Hill Your councilors cannot fail To remind you of your duty to me Could the King of Birds Who obeys your every command Refuse to bring you to me? Might he say, 'the earth where you live Is too far from the sky'? You are a great soul Whose comfort and protection Offer solace to the universe To whom else can I voice my unhappiness? I can't bear your tricks Come to me Save the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freeyou know you need the scars to see the truth in your mindbe strong and sure where you belong to, don`t be blindsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freethe rain of self contempt comes down hard and unconditionaland you crawl with your wounds wide open on a long way of timeonly to hear the chime of your heart again, and to save the painsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freesave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be free
http://wn.com/Cheb_Mami_Susheela_Raman_Live_Duet_
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardhana Hill Your councilors cannot fail To remind you of your duty to me Could the King of Birds Who obeys your every command Refuse to bring you to me? Might he say, 'the earth where you live Is too far from the sky'? You are a great soul Whose comfort and protection Offer solace to the universe To whom else can I voice my unhappiness? I can't bear your tricks Come to me Save the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freeyou know you need the scars to see the truth in your mindbe strong and sure where you belong to, don`t be blindsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freethe rain of self contempt comes down hard and unconditionaland you crawl with your wounds wide open on a long way of timeonly to hear the chime of your heart again, and to save the painsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freesave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be free
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 722246
- author: asmmib
3lach ya denya cheb Mami ♥♥☆☆♫♫♫♫☆☆♥♥
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:31
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/3lach_ya_denya_cheb_Mami_♥♥☆☆♫♫♫♫☆☆♥♥
Cheb Mami let me cry
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- Duration: 6:46
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami - In Concert Let Me Cry (Tunisie)
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STING-DESERT ROSE (LIVE IN ITALY 2001)
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- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
LYRICS:"Desert Rose" [Cheb Mami Introduction (Algerian Arabic):] Hadaee mada tawila Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti [English:] Oh night oh night It has been a long time And I am looking for myself and my loved one And I am looking for myself and my loved one And I am looking for myself and my loved one I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothing's as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love [Cheb Mami (Algerian Arabic):] Aman aman aman Omry feek antia Ma ghair antia Ma ghair antia [English:] Aman aman aman My life is for you And no one other than you And no one other than you I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever ...
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LYRICS:"Desert Rose" [Cheb Mami Introduction (Algerian Arabic):] Hadaee mada tawila Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti [English:] Oh night oh night It has been a long time And I am looking for myself and my loved one And I am looking for myself and my loved one And I am looking for myself and my loved one I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothing's as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love [Cheb Mami (Algerian Arabic):] Aman aman aman Omry feek antia Ma ghair antia Ma ghair antia [English:] Aman aman aman My life is for you And no one other than you And no one other than you I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever ...
- published: 18 Feb 2011
- views: 62954
- author: Mike Jonsin
Cheb Mami Douha Alia. Rai algerien
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami. Rai algerien
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Sting, Cheb Mami Desert Rose
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- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
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cheb mami ---zucchero
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:31
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
video fotos nado coeur
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Desert Rose LIVE Sting & Cheb Mami
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzali [That I've been looking for my loved one] I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a mans desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothings as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya [You have my life] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet ...
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Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzali [That I've been looking for my loved one] I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a mans desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothings as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya [You have my life] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet ...
- published: 17 Jan 2009
- views: 886586
- author: samia24
Cheb Mami & Zucchero Cosi Celeste
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:49
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami Zucchero Cosi Celeste Live
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Cheb Mami Omri Madanite
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:16
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Cheb Mami Omri Madanite Live At (Tunisie) ( HD )
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Cheb Mami Omri Madanite Live At (Tunisie) ( HD )
- published: 15 Feb 2010
- views: 24992
- author: MrHamza1906
Cheb Mami - Douha Alia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:20
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Visit my channel and enjoy more Arabic Music
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Cheb Mami - Au Pays Des Merveilles
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Music video by Cheb Mami performing Au Pays Des Merveilles.
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Music video by Cheb Mami performing Au Pays Des Merveilles.
- published: 26 Feb 2009
- views: 983877
- author: emimusic
Sting - Cheb Mami's Baida
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:33
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami
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Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami
- published: 07 Jan 2009
- views: 241652
- author: 000mario000dsas
Sting featuring Cheb Mami - Desert Rose
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- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Sting featuring Cheb Mami - Desert Rose. Una canción muy bonita. Se la dedico a Javituchi ya mi querida amiga Mari Carmen (chatina, que te quiero un montón).
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Sting featuring Cheb Mami - Desert Rose. Una canción muy bonita. Se la dedico a Javituchi ya mi querida amiga Mari Carmen (chatina, que te quiero un montón).
- published: 02 Jun 2007
- views: 1097005
- author: connntrol
Cheb Mami - Méli Méli
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Music video by Cheb Mami performing Meli Meli.
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Music video by Cheb Mami performing Meli Meli.
- published: 26 Feb 2009
- views: 297127
- author: emimusic
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Desert Rose - Sting ft. Cheb Mami (LIVE)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert...
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One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert...
- published: 23 Apr 2007
- views: 1239186
- author: ijalzrocks
Cheb Mami & Susheela Raman ( Live Duet )
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardhana Hill Your councilors cannot fail To remind you of your duty to me Could the King of Birds Who obeys your every command Refuse to bring you to me? Might he say, 'the earth where you live Is too far from the sky'? You are a great soul Whose comfort and protection Offer solace to the universe To whom else can I voice my unhappiness? I can't bear your tricks Come to me Save the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freeyou know you need the scars to see the truth in your mindbe strong and sure where you belong to, don`t be blindsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freethe rain of self contempt comes down hard and unconditionaland you crawl with your wounds wide open on a long way of timeonly to hear the chime of your heart again, and to save the painsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freesave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be free
http://wn.com/Cheb_Mami_Susheela_Raman_Live_Duet_
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardhana Hill Your councilors cannot fail To remind you of your duty to me Could the King of Birds Who obeys your every command Refuse to bring you to me? Might he say, 'the earth where you live Is too far from the sky'? You are a great soul Whose comfort and protection Offer solace to the universe To whom else can I voice my unhappiness? I can't bear your tricks Come to me Save the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freeyou know you need the scars to see the truth in your mindbe strong and sure where you belong to, don`t be blindsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freethe rain of self contempt comes down hard and unconditionaland you crawl with your wounds wide open on a long way of timeonly to hear the chime of your heart again, and to save the painsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freesave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be free
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 722246
- author: asmmib
Cheb Mami en live 1/2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:20
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
musique rai
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Zucchero & Cheb Mami - Cosi Celeste (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:18
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Recorded May 6th, 2004
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Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004
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Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry
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Cheb Mami Baida Live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:36
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Cheb Mami Baida Live FaceBook - www.facebook.com YouTube - www.youtube.com
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Cheb Mami Baida Live FaceBook - www.facebook.com YouTube - www.youtube.com
- published: 21 Apr 2011
- views: 13627
- author: MrHamza1906
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose Live (Sting's House in Tuscany, 2001-09-10)
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- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
This is taken from the dress rehearsal of Sting's famous All-This-Time-concert in Tuscany, which took place one day later, on 9/11. The song was not featured in the actual concert, most probably due to the events of that particular day (there were long discussions whether the band should play at all). I find it one of the most beautiful performances of "Desert Rose". Both, Sting and Cheb Mami, as well as the rest of the band, are in great form. It also features a belly dancer. To watch this is to know that Western and Eastern are much closer than the media and politicians want us to believe.
http://wn.com/Sting_feat_Cheb_Mami_Desert_Rose_Live_Sting's_House_in_Tuscany,_2001-09-10
This is taken from the dress rehearsal of Sting's famous All-This-Time-concert in Tuscany, which took place one day later, on 9/11. The song was not featured in the actual concert, most probably due to the events of that particular day (there were long discussions whether the band should play at all). I find it one of the most beautiful performances of "Desert Rose". Both, Sting and Cheb Mami, as well as the rest of the band, are in great form. It also features a belly dancer. To watch this is to know that Western and Eastern are much closer than the media and politicians want us to believe.
- published: 16 Apr 2011
- views: 63470
- author: WhiteWolfDief
Cheb Mami live au Grand Rex - Omri madanite
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:59
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Extrement Joli disque a la part du Cheb Mami
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Extrement Joli disque a la part du Cheb Mami
- published: 30 Mar 2012
- views: 39275
- author: abdelghani harif
Desert Rose LIVE Sting & Cheb Mami
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzali [That I've been looking for my loved one] I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a mans desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothings as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya [You have my life] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet ...
http://wn.com/Desert_Rose_LIVE_Sting_Cheb_Mami
Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzali [That I've been looking for my loved one] I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a mans desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothings as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya [You have my life] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet ...
- published: 17 Jan 2009
- views: 886586
- author: samia24
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:33
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou ( HD ) For more Cheb Mami's Songs visit my channel : www.youtube.com
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Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou ( HD ) For more Cheb Mami's Songs visit my channel : www.youtube.com
- published: 07 Feb 2010
- views: 37035
- author: MrHamza1906
algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons meli meli et fatma,2emme partie)
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- Duration: 14:38
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
concert live mami timgad 2ß11,chaosns memli meli et fatma
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concert live mami timgad 2ß11,chaosns memli meli et fatma
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 25685
- author: allkhadra
Sting and Cheb Mami - Desert Rose - LIVE
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:26
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Sting_and_Cheb_Mami_Desert_Rose_LIVE
Cheb Mami - Let me Cry (live au Grand Rex 2004)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:52
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
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- published: 29 Jan 2010
- views: 143055
- author: Tankya du Rai
Sting - Cheb Mami's Baida
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:33
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami
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Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami
- published: 07 Jan 2009
- views: 241652
- author: 000mario000dsas
Algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons:bladi et hakda)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:15
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Cheb mami live a timgad cette annee,chansons Hakda dertouha biya comme vous m avez trahi et bladi
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Cheb mami live a timgad cette annee,chansons Hakda dertouha biya comme vous m avez trahi et bladi
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 68854
- author: allkhadra
Cheb Mami - Azwaw (live au Grand Rex 2004)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:49
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
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- published: 08 Feb 2010
- views: 231068
- author: Tankya du Rai
Sting & Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (live)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:35
- Updated: 01 Dec 2012
Sting & Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (live)
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Cheb Mami live au Grand Rex 5/15
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:05
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
musique Rai
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شاب مامي العالمي 25Video cheb mami cheb, mami, live Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos
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- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
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Cheb Mami Live - part 1.flv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 15:17
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
vive cheb mami - algerie
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Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 (Azwaw)
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- Duration: 6:17
- Updated: 24 Sep 2012
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Azwaw HD
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Sting featuring Cheb Mami Live - Desert Rose
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- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 20 Oct 2012
Sting and Cheb Mami singing desert rose live.
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4:31
Desert Rose - Sting ft. Cheb Mami (LIVE)
One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert......
published: 23 Apr 2007
author: ijalzrocks
Desert Rose - Sting ft. Cheb Mami (LIVE)
One of Sting performance at Universal Amphiteathre live concert...
- published: 23 Apr 2007
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5:07
Cheb Mami & Susheela Raman ( Live Duet )
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardh...
published: 07 Apr 2008
author: asmmib
Cheb Mami & Susheela Raman ( Live Duet )
Invisible, smiling face Knowing my sorrow Won't you protect me? You who lifted the Govardhana Hill Your councilors cannot fail To remind you of your duty to me Could the King of Birds Who obeys your every command Refuse to bring you to me? Might he say, 'the earth where you live Is too far from the sky'? You are a great soul Whose comfort and protection Offer solace to the universe To whom else can I voice my unhappiness? I can't bear your tricks Come to me Save the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freeyou know you need the scars to see the truth in your mindbe strong and sure where you belong to, don`t be blindsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freethe rain of self contempt comes down hard and unconditionaland you crawl with your wounds wide open on a long way of timeonly to hear the chime of your heart again, and to save the painsave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be freesave the pain - lift your head up and seesave the tears - and be free
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 722246
- author: asmmib
6:18
Zucchero & Cheb Mami - Cosi Celeste (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Recorded May 6th, 2004...
published: 21 Jun 2010
author: happychild50
Zucchero & Cheb Mami - Cosi Celeste (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Recorded May 6th, 2004
- published: 21 Jun 2010
- views: 45676
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3:17
Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004
Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004...
published: 19 Nov 2009
author: MrHamza1906
Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004
Cheb Mami & Zebda Live Au Grand Rex 2004
- published: 19 Nov 2009
- views: 14473
- author: MrHamza1906
5:07
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry...
published: 21 Nov 2009
author: MrHamza1906
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Let Me Cry
- published: 21 Nov 2009
- views: 11628
- author: MrHamza1906
6:36
Cheb Mami Baida Live
Cheb Mami Baida Live FaceBook - www.facebook.com YouTube - www.youtube.com...
published: 21 Apr 2011
author: MrHamza1906
Cheb Mami Baida Live
Cheb Mami Baida Live FaceBook - www.facebook.com YouTube - www.youtube.com
- published: 21 Apr 2011
- views: 13627
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5:00
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose Live (Sting's House in Tuscany, 2001-09-10)
This is taken from the dress rehearsal of Sting's famous All-This-Time-concert in Tuscany,...
published: 16 Apr 2011
author: WhiteWolfDief
Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose Live (Sting's House in Tuscany, 2001-09-10)
This is taken from the dress rehearsal of Sting's famous All-This-Time-concert in Tuscany, which took place one day later, on 9/11. The song was not featured in the actual concert, most probably due to the events of that particular day (there were long discussions whether the band should play at all). I find it one of the most beautiful performances of "Desert Rose". Both, Sting and Cheb Mami, as well as the rest of the band, are in great form. It also features a belly dancer. To watch this is to know that Western and Eastern are much closer than the media and politicians want us to believe.
- published: 16 Apr 2011
- views: 63470
- author: WhiteWolfDief
5:59
Cheb Mami live au Grand Rex - Omri madanite
Extrement Joli disque a la part du Cheb Mami...
published: 30 Mar 2012
author: abdelghani harif
Cheb Mami live au Grand Rex - Omri madanite
Extrement Joli disque a la part du Cheb Mami
- published: 30 Mar 2012
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4:33
Desert Rose LIVE Sting & Cheb Mami
Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis a...
published: 17 Jan 2009
author: samia24
Desert Rose LIVE Sting & Cheb Mami
Layli ya layli ya [Oh night, oh night] Hadi muda tweela [It's been too long] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzalti [That I've been looking for my loved one] Wana nhawis ana wala ghzali [That I've been looking for my loved one] I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of fire Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire And in the flames Her shadows play in the shape of a mans desire This desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this And as she turns This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams This fire burns I realize that nothings as it seems I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand I dream of rain I lift my gaze to empty skies above I close my eyes This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love Aman aman aman I dream of rain I dream of gardens in the desert sand I wake in vain I dream of love as time runs through my hand Omri feek entiya [You have my life] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Ma gheer entiya [No one other than you] Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this Sweet desert rose This memory of Eden haunts us all This desert flower This rare perfume, is the sweet ...
- published: 17 Jan 2009
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8:33
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou ( HD ) For more Cheb Mami's Songs visit my chann...
published: 07 Feb 2010
author: MrHamza1906
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou
Cheb Mami Live Au Grand Rex 2004 Zarartou ( HD ) For more Cheb Mami's Songs visit my channel : www.youtube.com
- published: 07 Feb 2010
- views: 37035
- author: MrHamza1906
14:38
algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons meli meli et fatma,2emme partie)
concert live mami timgad 2ß11,chaosns memli meli et fatma...
published: 02 Aug 2011
author: allkhadra
algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons meli meli et fatma,2emme partie)
concert live mami timgad 2ß11,chaosns memli meli et fatma
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 25685
- author: allkhadra
5:26
Sting and Cheb Mami - Desert Rose - LIVE
...
published: 25 Sep 2009
author: andytoogood
Sting and Cheb Mami - Desert Rose - LIVE
- published: 25 Sep 2009
- views: 228123
- author: andytoogood
6:52
Cheb Mami - Let me Cry (live au Grand Rex 2004)
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published: 29 Jan 2010
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Cheb Mami - Let me Cry (live au Grand Rex 2004)
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- views: 143055
- author: Tankya du Rai
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4:56
Cheb Mami & Sting - Desert rose
Más "Música de Miércoles" (el ciclo tiene este nombre porque se publica los días miércoles...
published: 31 Aug 2009
author: BARACKE 4
Cheb Mami & Sting - Desert rose
Más "Música de Miércoles" (el ciclo tiene este nombre porque se publica los días miércoles y no porque se trate de música mala, ojo que es todo lo contrario) en http://tiburonesdelanoche.blogspot.com
5:37
cheb mami - video de test
cheb mami...
published: 02 Sep 2010
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cheb mami - video de test
cheb mami
5:20
Cheb Mami y Zuchero Fornacciari
Un cruce de culturas alucinante...esto fue en Londres y la verdad que es emocionante ver ...
published: 23 Sep 2009
author: Fernando Rodriguez
Cheb Mami y Zuchero Fornacciari
Un cruce de culturas alucinante...esto fue en Londres y la verdad que es emocionante ver como lo disfrutaron..
0:58
Cheb Mami at WMA 2001
Cheb Mami at WMA 2001...
published: 15 Feb 2012
author: wma monaco
Cheb Mami at WMA 2001
Cheb Mami at WMA 2001
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6:33
Sting - Cheb Mami's Baida
Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami...
published: 07 Jan 2009
author: 000mario000dsas
Sting - Cheb Mami's Baida
Bonus track from Live at Universal Amphitheater performed by Cheb Mami
- published: 07 Jan 2009
- views: 241652
- author: 000mario000dsas
11:15
Algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons:bladi et hakda)
Cheb mami live a timgad cette annee,chansons Hakda dertouha biya comme vous m avez trahi e...
published: 02 Aug 2011
author: allkhadra
Algerie (Cheb mami,live timgad 2011,chansons:bladi et hakda)
Cheb mami live a timgad cette annee,chansons Hakda dertouha biya comme vous m avez trahi et bladi
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 68854
- author: allkhadra
5:49
Cheb Mami - Azwaw (live au Grand Rex 2004)
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published: 08 Feb 2010
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Cheb Mami - Azwaw (live au Grand Rex 2004)
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photo: AP / Reed Saxon
10 Dec 2012
The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying Mexican-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera has been found in northern Mexico and there are no apparent survivors, authorities said. Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said on Sunday that "everything points toward" it being the US-registered Learjet 25 carrying Rivera and six other people from Monterrey en route to Toluca, Mexico ... 192 Source. ... Share ... ....(size: 17.5Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In the desert of central Australia still resides a primitive tribe known as the Arunta. This non-technological and stateless group, which mainly depends on hunting and gathering, had suffered several inexplicable deaths ... Therefore, they organized an atinga, or revenge group ... When the guiltless tribe learned of their approach, they sent out a delegation of young women as a token of peace....(size: 5.8Kb)
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11 Dec 2012
The death toll brought about by typhoon “Pablo” continued to rise with 714 persons confirmed dead by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday while those missing ballooned to 890 as massive search, retrieval and relief operations continue in the typhoon-ravaged areas in Mindanao ... 4 ... They were subsequently brought to Caraga Regional Hospital ... (NHMFC) (P100,000) ... With AFP ....(size: 5.4Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
MÉXICO, D.F., diciembre 9 (EL UNIVERSAL).- La Voz México, programa de talentos de Televisa, confirmó la muerte de la cantante Jenni Rivera, a través de su Twitter. "Que toquen fuerte las bandas, suelten por mí mariposas, apláudanme con sus palmas... http.//twitpic.com/bkmhl0 .Descanse en paz Jenni Rivera" ... Además, anunció un homenaje luctuoso dedicado a la cantante ... Descanse en Paz" ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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11 Dec 2012
Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report. Although there had been some progress in implementing a 2009 anti-violence law, overall use of the law "remained low", the report says. Cultural pressures and inconsistent police practices are hampering implementation of the law, it added ... 'Tip of the iceberg' ... Afghan victims of sexual abuse rarely speak out ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
Kansas City Star
07 Dec 2011
A silver disc holiday. Silver bells? Not so much anymore. It's the silver discs we're into these days, and the music/DVD makers know it, and how ... The complete boxed set of the original "Law & Order" goes for about $700, for example ... World beats and jazz, of course, are offered up again and again over the years - "Desert Rose," for example, from 1999's "Brand New Day," where Sting's vocals with Cheb Mami share Middle Eastern inflections ... ....(size: 35.5Kb)
The Boston Globe
23 Nov 2011
Here are The Associated Press' reviews of selected box sets released this year.. U2, "Achtung Baby," Super Deluxe Edition Box Set (Capitol Records) ... So they broke away from their families to find their sound in a distant land ... World beats and jazz, of course, are offered up again and again over the years -- "Desert Rose," for example, from 1999's "Brand New Day," where Sting's vocals with Cheb Mami, share Middle Eastern inflections ... ....(size: 28.0Kb)
Toronto Sun
02 Nov 2011
TORONTO - ... That was followed by three (count ‘em three) encores including a sentimental solo version of the Police hit, Message in A Bottle, featuring just Sting on acoustic guitar as the show wound to a close, plus such fan favourites as Desert Rose (a solo chart-topper with Algerian singer Cheb Mami) - with Sting doing his best hip-shaking moves - and more Police classics as Every Breath You Take and Next To You ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)
The Examiner
25 Oct 2011
Today marks the international release date of Sting's new album 'Sting. The Best Of 25 Years,' produced by Rob Mathes and executive produced by Kathryn Schenker ... The legendary musician who has collaborated with numerous acts including Mary J. Blige, Chris Botti, Cheb Mami and others, is set to perform live at DAR Constitution Hall this Saturday, October 29th and Thursday, November 10th. The bad news? This Saturday's show is sold out....(size: 6.0Kb)
The Telegraph India
07 Apr 2011
Arabic words, oriental sounds and a 'shukriya' at the end of the performance are not what you expect from a French rock band. But Les Boukakes is not your regular rock act. With swear words for its title, the five-piece band has come a long way from playing on the streets to sharing festival stage with Pink, Bjork, Robert Plant and Cheb Mami ... What is rai-rock? ... You can call us an oriental electro rock '' roll band ... We live together ... Yes ... ....(size: 8.3Kb)
BBC News
23 Mar 2011
A singer jailed in France for abducting an ex-partner and trying to abort her child has been paroled after serving less than half his five-year sentence. Mohammed Khalifati, an Algerian-born singer whose stage name is Cheb Mami, was freed on condition he did not discuss his case and stayed in France ... 'Serious mistake' ... Cheb Mami blamed his former manager Michel Lecorre - also known as Michel Levy - saying he was behind the plot ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
23 Mar 2011
MELUN, France (AFP) – Algerian-born singer Cheb Mami was paroled Wednesday less than two years into a five-year sentence in France for trying to force an ex-lover to have an abortion, his lawyer said Wednesday ... Cheb Mami, who real name is Mohamed Khelifati, was jailed in July 2009 after two years on the run ... During the trial, Cheb Mami asked ......(size: 1.8Kb)
All Africa
16 Mar 2011
GlobalResearch
15 Nov 2010
En su obra La colonie française en Algérie ... Silvia Cattori ... ¿Puede explicitar cómo se manifestó esta influencia?. Lounis Aggoun ... Un programa de televisión perfectamente unilateral bajo la apariencia de neutralidad y ¡ya está! ... Silvia Cattori ... Durante todo un año se dieron millones a todos aquellos que se declaraban dispuestos a promover al régimen, a colaborar con Argelia, como repetía entoces el representante de Bouteflika, Cheb Mami....(size: 49.6Kb)
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| Cheb Mami | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mohamed Khelifati |
| Also known as | Cheb Mami |
| Born | (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 46) |
| Origin | Saïda, Algeria |
| Genres | Raï, Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, Instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1982-Present |
| Labels | Virgin Records |
| Website | www.chebmami.net |
Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed (Arabic: أحمد خليفاتي محمد) better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي), (born in Saïda, Algeria on 1 January 1966) is an Algerian-born raï singer. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic, French and sometimes, as on Layali, in Egyptian Arabic.
As of July 2010, Mami was imprisoned in France, where he was found guilty of drugging and forcing a former romantic partner to undergo a failed abortion. A Parisian court found him guilty at trial and sentenced him to five years in prison. He was released in March 2011 on parole.[1]
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Beginnings[link]
Cheb Mami was born in Graba-el-wed (Arabic: غربة الواد), a populous quarter of Saïda (Arabic: سعيدة), Algeria. Located 170 kilometres south of Oran, the city of Saida is on the high mesas of southwestern Algeria. Cheb Mami grew up to a family of factory workers. He began singing and playing the accordion on Saida streets and by 1980 began performing at local weddings and ceremonies.[2]
In 1982, the 16-year-old adolescent sang on the Alhan wa Chabab radio show, a singing competition organised by Radio Télevision Algérienne. He sang "El Marsam" (The Sanctuary) a classic of Oranese music from the 1920s. The audience was transfixed by the sheer emotion of his performance and by his concordant vocal intonations which captured perfectly the flavour of the song's title. The judges, who represented the government which refused to admit even the existence of raï, gave the first prize to the contestant that sang a cover version of a hit by the famous Egyptian diva, Umm Kulthum, but were forced to acknowledge the standing ovation Mami received by awarding him second prize.
Cheb Mami was spotted by Boualem, the producer of the Oran label, Disco Maghreb, and the cassette waltz began.[3]
Career[link]
It was in 1985 that Mami came to Paris and found his musical niche. Raï fused blues, funk, salsa, reggae, hip hop and Algerian rhythms, while integrating touches of his idols Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and French rapper MC Solaar.
Cheb Mami made his first official public appearance at the First Oran Raï Festival in 1985, which marked the official recognition of the genre by the Algerian authorities.[3]
He was in military service for two years in Algeria but was an entertainer on army bases. After that, in May 1989, Mami returned to Paris at the Olympia, rejuvenating raï music. He began making recordings and performing in cabarets in the Paris suburb of Barbès. He also toured the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Scandinavia and England.
Mami's music is a blend of Mediterranean and Western influences including Turkish, Flamenco and Greek music as well as Latin music. His voice is tinged with Andalusian accents, and his music is an amalgamation of the traditional and the modern styles of singing and creation of music.
In 1999, Mami topped the French pop charts with a groundbreaking duet with French rapper K-Mel, "Parisien du Nord". The song was an anthem against racism that seamlessly made the transition between hip hop and raï, and introduced throngs of young new audiences to raï. This song explores the racist issues between Arabs and French and the challenges of identity.[2]
international recognition[link]
When Sting's album Brand New Day was released in 1999, the pair's duet, "Desert Rose", appeared on singles charts around the world, and led to television appearances on Saturday Night Live, the Today Show, Jay Leno, David Letterman, the Grammy Awards telecast and even a live performance at the Super Bowl".[4]
Soon after his collaboration with Sting, Mami's released perhaps his most successful recording, the album Dellali, produced by former Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers. The album's lead single was "Le Raï C'est Chic", on which Sting returned the favor by providing backing vocals.[5]
These successes fulfilled Mami's long-held dream of internationalising raï sounds, and has led him to be called the "Prince of Raï".[5] Although Mami has been able to be recognized by mainstream media in the United States, Americans often equate his raï music genre with rock in the US during the 1950s and 1960s.[6] Americans believe raï to be "North African punk,[6]" a genre of music for the purpose of rebelling against the government and resembling the music of ‘young rockers’[6] in the US, when in reality this music plays a very different role in the life of the North African diasporic community in France.[6] Although raï does include narratives of the various struggles of this community against "the Algerian state or against the forces of ‘tradition’",[6] it is also the "music of the racialized Other"[6] which chronicles struggles with racism and identity of North African people in France.
Arrest, imprisonment and release[link]
Mami was under an international arrest warrant after being indicted in October 2006 for "voluntary violence, sequestration and threats" against an ex-girlfriend, and failing to answer a court summons on May 14, 2007. He was accused of having tried to force Isabelle Simon, his former girlfriend and a magazine photographer, to have an forced abortion.[7] During a trip to Algeria in the summer of 2005, the victim Isabelle Simon was locked in a house belonging to one of Mami's friends, where an abortive procedure was attempted on her. Back in France, however, she realized the fetus was still alive. Mami had accused his manager Michel Lecorre (a.k.a. Michel Levy) of organizing the abortion plan; Michel Levy was later sentenced to four years for plotting and organizing the assault.[8][9][10][11]
Mami was arrested in France several days before his trial; he was taken into custody by officials at a Paris airport as he arrived into the country from Algeria on June 22, 20010.[12] The following July, a Paris court found him guilty of drugging and attempted forcible abortion, and sentenced him to five years in prison.[13]
On 21 September 2010, his lawyers applied for conditional release, a request that was turned down on 12 October 2010.[14] Upon a second appeal however, the French court agreed for his conditional release on 23 March 2011.[15]
Selected discography[link]
- Prince of Raï (1989)
- Tracks: Ana Mazel • Dertfik Confiance • Douni El Bladi • Lella Rani Ensaaf El Mektoub • Ralia Mahboubit Galbi • Tayo Tayo Adiani
- Let Me Raï (1991)
- Tracks: Yo Yo • Haoulou • Let Me Cry • Douha Alia • Fatma • Rah Eddani • Khalihoum • Maandi • Manimane • Alache Alache
- Saida (1994)
- Tracks: H'babi • Ma Ma • Gaulbak K'ssah • Hay Wadi Hay Galbi • Bent Bareh • Baida • Ghi N'Ti • Li Fet ghi Mnem • Zouaji • Alache Alache • Trab
- Douni El Bladi (1996)
- Tracks: Douni el Bladi • Dertfik Confiance • Ralia Mahboubit Galbi • Ana Mazel • Lella Rai Saaf El Mektoub • Tayo Tayo Adiani • Ouach Etsalini • Idha Enti Bitik • Chedi Bentek • Maniche Aadouk • Ghebnouha • Sehrane Ouahdi • Alauni (Instrumental)
- Meli Meli (1999)
- Tracks: Meli Meli • Alache Alik • Bledi • Rani Maak El Youm • Fatma • Hada Ch'h • Hatachi • Bekatni • Cheikh • Azwaw • Parisien du Nord • Marseillais du Nord • Au Pays des Merveillus • Azwaw Alternative
- Dellali (2001)
- Tracks: Raï C'est Chic • Viens Habibi • Madanite • Rim Lachoua • Yahamami • Ana Oualache • Ma Vie 2 fois • Tzazae • Zarartou • Manazureh • Machi Chaba • Hoaulou • Khalouni
- Lazrag Saani (2002)
- Tracks: Lazrag Saani • Zazarkhatri • Rouhi Douri Yalala • Mani Sabar • Madiriche Aliya • Hay Delali • Delali Mantzaoutchi • Raikoum Rai Ma • Salou Maana • Derti Jauline • Ana Khatini • Hoaulou • Sair Fer
- Du Sud au Nord (2003)
- Tracks: Des 2 Côtés feat. Mouss et Hakim / Parisien du Nord feat. K.mel / Madanite feat. Ziggy Marley • Desert Rose feat. Sting • Cosi Celeste feat. Zucchero • Nagumo feat. Susheela Raman • Enfant d'esfrinque feat. Corneille • Clando feat. 113 • Youm Wara Youm feat. Samira Said • Fugitif feat. Tonton David • The Best Times of Our Lives feat. Aswad • Koum Tara feat. Enrico Macias • Azwaw 2 feat. Idir
- Live au Grand Rex (2004)
- Tracks: Azwaw • Parisien du Nord • Nagumo feat. Susheela Raman • Mamzareli • Mazal Souvenir Aandi • Desert Rose • Koum Tara feat. Enrico Macias • Bledi - Mon pays • Cosi Celeste feat. Zucchero • Alache Alik • Meli Meli • Des 2 Côtés feat. Mous et Hakim • Haoulou • Zarartou
- Layali (2006)
References[link]
- ^ BBC Report on Cheb Mami sentencing
- ^ a b Metro Times - Music: Rai rebel
- ^ a b RFI Musique Biography of Cheb Mami
- ^ Rosenberg, Dan. (2001). "Cheb Mami." Afropop Worldwide. Accessed on 19 March 2008 from http://www.afropop.org/explore/album_review/ID/1032/Dellali
- ^ a b Rosenberg, Dan. (2001). "Cheb Mami." Afropop Worldwide. Accessed on 19 March 2008 from http://www.afropop.org/explore/album_review/ID/1032/Dellali.
- ^ a b c d e f Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Rai, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 3- 39. [Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, 1
- ^ Afrik with El Watany: L’avocat de Michel Lévy répond à Cheb Mami (in French)
- ^ Daily Telegraph article: Cheb Mami sentenced to five years in forced abortion case
- ^ "Arrest warrant issued for Algerian singer" (accessed May 29, 2007)
- ^ "French issue international warrant for Algerian singer Cheb Mami" (accessed May 29, 2007)
- ^ « Cheb Mami retourne devant le tribunal », Peoplestar.tv, Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ "Rai star, forced French abortion" (BBC News, Tuesday, 30 June 2009
- ^ BBC report: Rai star jailed for abortion bid
- ^ Le Parisien: Cheb Mami, la star du raï, reste en prison (in French)
- ^ Le Figaro: Cheb Mami est en liberté conditionnelle (in French)
External links[link]
- Official website (French/English/Arabic)
- Cheb Mami's lyrics English translation on Shawshara.com
- [www.zikooo.com/search/mp3/1/cheb-mami.html Télécharger Cheb Mami Mp3]
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| Name | Mami, Cheb |
| Alternative names | Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed |
| Short description | Raï singer |
| Date of birth | 1 January 1966 |
| Place of birth | Saïda, Algeria |
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| Samira Said سميرة سعيد |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samira Bensaïd |
| Also known as | Samira Said |
| Born | (1962-01-10) January 10, 1962 (age 50) Rabat, Morocco  |
| Origin | Morocco |
| Genres | Arabic music, pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Labels | MegaStar Mazzika EMI Arabia Alam El Phan Rotana Golden Cassette Moriphone Sawt El Emarat Al Forsan |
| Website | SamiraSaid.com |
Samira Said (Arabic: سميرة سعيد, native name: Samira Bensaïd; born January 10 1962 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan[1] singer.
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Early career[link]
Samira Said was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco. She began singing at the age of 9 and she was discovered on a music program on Royal Moroccan TV, "Mawaheb," alongside another popular singer, Aziza Jalal, when she was 17. She was quickly recognized as a young prodigy. She began singing professionally, encouraged by her family and backed up by important people in the Moroccan music scene like Al Rashdi and others.
In a short time, Samira Said became one of the leading names in her home country, recording many popular Arab songs such as "Kifash Tlakina" ("How we Met"), "Fayetli sheftek shi marra" ("I've seen you once") and "Sarkouh" ("They Stole Him"), not to mention "Al Behhara" ("Mariners"). Her best known singles at this time included "Maghlouba" ("Beaten") and "Wa'ady" ("My Love").
Samira represented Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 singing 'Bitaqat Khub', a song that was a messenger of peace in the midst of Arab-Israeli tensions. The song placed 18th out of 19 contestants, and so far, has been the only entry by Morocco (or any other Arab country) at Eurovision.
Thriving in the Moroccan music scene, Samira decided to turn her past failure into a constructive experience. Already an authority in the Moroccan music scene and with good personal savings, Samira Bensaid traveled to Egypt, the epicentre of art and Arab songs in the pre-oil era. There, she started another chapter of her singing and artistic career.
Samira connected with the Arab singer Abdul Halim Hafez and Abdul Wahhab, to finally meet Baligh Hamdi. Her financial status also made her transition to Egypt a smooth one. In Egypt, she could choose the right composers for her songs. But her transition to Egypt was welcomed with some unease amongst the Moroccan public. She stayed a regular visitor to Moroccan music festivals and sung fully in Egyptian.
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Once in Cairo, In the early 1975s, Said recorded "Al hob Elli Ana Aichah", a song composed by Mohamad Sultan. She went on to record with significant influences in the Egyptian music scene, including Baligh Hamdi, Helmi Bakr and Mohamad Al-Mouji.
Said's idol and close friend Abdel Halim Hafez encouraged Said to expand her career in which she followed and did.
In 1980 Said sang Morocco's only entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song, "Bitaqat Khub" ("Love Message"), written by Malou Rouanne and composed by Abdel Ati Amenna came 18th out of the 19 competing countries.
Said's performance of "Alemnah Al hob", on Layali Television in 1980, is credited with making her well known in Egypt. Said is known for her selectivity of both songs and accompanists, having worked with several well known composers and lyricists. As a result, many of her songs have won critical acclaim, including "Asmar malak", "Malak moch zay aweydak", "Sayidati anissati sadati", "Ech gab li gab", "El Leila dee", "Min ghir sabab", "Amrak ajib", "Al gani Baad Yomeen", "Mosh Hatnazel Anak" and "Alf Leila wal Leila".
She continued to release material including “Aiwa Bashta’lak Sa’at” ("Yes, sometimes I miss you"), a sultry jazz track and “Oyoonak Alit” ("Your eyes say so") and Al Gani Ba’d yomein ("He came two days later").
Said's work drew upon and crossed many musical styles and genres ensuring the continued expasion of her fanbase. A significant change in direction came with the release of “Al Bal” ("On my mind"). The title track was popular in the Arab world along with other tracks such as “Halit Malal” ("Situation of Boredom") and the “Beteegee witimshee” ("You come and you go".) On the subsequent "Rohi" ("My soul") album, Said continued to collaborate with new producers and lyricists experimenting with sounds influenced by her Moroccan heritage.
In 2000, she released the single “Lailah Habibi,” ("One night, my love") which went on to win the best video award in the Arab world for 2001[citation needed]. The album of the same name contained ballads such as “Te’dar Te’oli” ("Can you tell me?"), jazz influenced numbers like “Malee,” ("What's it got to do with me?") and traditional Arab songs including “Beyban Alaya” ("It shows in me").
Her popularity continued to rise in 2002 with the release of “Youm Wara Youm” ("Day after Day") by the commercial “Alam El Phan” record company. The title track of the same name, is a collaboration with Cheb Mami. Launched in Virgin Megastores in Dubai and Beirut, the album went on to achieve further international recognition.[citation needed]
In 2003, Samira Said won a World Music Awards. The 2003 World Music Awards (15th annual 2003 World Music Awards) were held on 12 October 2003 in Monaco. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year. Samira won also the BBC Awards for world music[2] for the best artist in the Middle East with her album 'Youm Wara Youm'.[citation needed] In fact, Samira Said has won more than 40 awards around the Arab World.[citation needed]
In the summer of 2005 Said performed at the Carthage Festival in Tunisia, singing a collection of songs in dialects varying from Moroccan to Egyptian and Lebanese. She followed this success with 'Aweeny Beek' ("Make me stronger") which had its title track shot in Barcelona (Spain) and went on to sell more than 5,600,000 copies.[citation needed]
In January 2006, she sang 'Kollena Ensan' ("We are all human") in French, English, and Arabic during the African Cup Of Nations in Cairo.[3] Samira Said has significantly supported AIDS awareness in the Arab world, as well as rallying European and African stars to raise funds for earthquake victims across North Africa.
Samira has performed across the world, raising awareness of significant issues, the latest being HIV/AIDS. She performed in front of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and gave support to out-of-status immigrants in ill-served suburbs in France. She has also sung for the people of Gaza and supported a Jewish-Arab understanding. Samira Said is a proud custodian of peace and intercultural, interreligious understanding and has throughout adopted a neutral stand towards Egyptian papparazzi. She's also respected and strongly admired by her host country Egypt where she's become almost at home and to whom she has shown a lot of love, attachment and gratitude. This country has shaped her international career and has boosted her international career, rounding off her musical talents emerging since her very young age.
Diva[4] of Arabic Music is what Samira Said Fans like to call her. This is due to her ever changing style and image in her music and appearance. Today, she is loved and respected by people from all over the Arab world from Tangiers to Damascus. She has lately been the recipient of a worldwide award in London for best singer in North Africa/ the Middle East and model humanitarian artist. In Morocco today, Samira is viewed as the strong model of womanhood that stood as a great ambassador for her country overseas. The Moroccan public admire her and respect the guts she has had to trace her gigantic paths in the Mashreq (the Eastern hemisphere of the Arab world.) After all, as Abdul Wahhab the genius composer and singer of Egypt once said in a TV interview,
"Samira is the epitome of extreme intelligence in her ability to assimilate Mashriqi singing, even though bathed in a somehow different tradition."
Personal life[link]
Samira Said has been married twice, previously to musician Hani Mhanna. She married for a second time in 1994, to an American-established Moroccan businessman, Mustapha Ennaboulssi. She has one son, Shady (b. 1995).
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References[link]
- ^ libvoice.net. "سميرة سعيد: أنا مصرية الجنسية ومغربية الهوية". http://www.libvoice.net/articles/view/thread/id/9763. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Samira Said: Winner in the Middle East category by Garth Cartwright (2002
- ^ Reporter, Al Bawaba (2006-05-09). "Samira Saeed fights terrorism". Al Bawaba (Associated Newspapers). http://www1.albawaba.com/entertainment/samira-saeed-fights-terrorism. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ Reporter, El Bashayer (2010-01-02). "Samira Said". El Bashayer (Associated Newspapers). http://www.elbashayer.com/news-77354.html. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ Garth, Cartwright (2002-02-13), Samira Said:Egypt's top female singer, http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/393n
Further reading[link]
- Women of Fes: Ambiguities of Urban Life in Morocco, by Rachel Newcomb, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009 - 236 pages. ISBN 0-8122-4124-X, 9780812241242. (English)
- La religion de la vie quotidienne chez des Marocains musulmans: rites, règles et routine: de Jean-Noël Ferrié, by Jean-Noël Ferrié, KARTHALA Editions, 2004 - 242 pages. ISBN 2-84586-565-1, ISBN 978-2-84586-565-5 . (French)
- Égypte de Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias, by Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias, Petit Futé, 2007 - 472 pages. ISBN 2-7469-1972-9, ISBN 978-2-7469-1972-3. (French)
- The hustle and women and little-known writer, by Badr Ali, by Badr Ali, AIRP, 2005 - 222 pages. ISBN 9953-36-714-0, ISBN 978-9953-36-714-9. (Arabic)
- Iraqi Maqam voices of women: an analytical study of the critical technical experience of Iraqi women in singing Almqami, by Hussein Azami, by Hussein Azami, AIRP, 2005 - 316 pages. ISBN 9953-36-677-2, ISBN 978-9953-36-677-7. (Arabic)
- Songs and stories, by Karīm Irāqī, by Karīm Irāqī, Company Whites of Arts and Letters, Volume 1 de Aghānī wa-ḥikāyātuhā, Karīm ʻIrāqī - . (Arabic)
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- SamiraSaid.com, All about Samira Said (English)(French)(Arabic)
- Facebook.com, Samira Said's Official Facebook Page
- MySpace.com, Samira Said Myspace Site (English)
- SamiraSaid Tweets, Samira Said Tweets (English)(French)(Arabic)
- (English) Diva.vze.com
- Ayamhayati-Samirasaid.blogspot.com, Ayaam Hayati Album (English)(French)(Arabic)
- BBC.co.uk, Awards for World Music 2003: Samira Said Artist Profile BBC Radio
- BBC.co.uk, Samira Said: Youm Wara Youm, Review by Garth Cartwright, 16 November 2007, BBC
- Mazzika.tv, Mazzika Alam El Phan
- Awards 2003, Listen to the sounds of all the nominees for the BBC Awards for World Music at the BBC website
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| Name | Said, Samira |
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| Date of birth | 1962-01-10 |
| Place of birth | Rabat, Morocco |
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| Susheela Raman | |
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 Susheela Raman performing in Paris Plage, 2007 |
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| Birth name | Susheela Raman |
| Born | (1973-07-21) July 21, 1973 (age 38) Hendon, London, UK |
| Genres | Ambient, carnatic, jazz, blues, folk, trance |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | XIII Bis Narada |
| Website | susheelaraman.com Susheela Raman Myspace |
Susheela Raman (born in Hendon, London, UK on July 21, 1973) is an acclaimed British Tamil musician. Raman has released five albums since 2001. Her debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001.[1]
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Biography[link]
Early years[link]
Susheela Raman's parents are Tamil Brahmins from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India, who arrived in London, UK in the mid-sixties. At the age of four, Raman and her family left the UK for Australia.[2] Susheela grew up singing South Indian classical music and began giving recitals at an early age.[1] She recalls how her family "were eager to keep our Tamil culture alive."[1] As a teenager in Sydney she started her own band, describing its sound as “funk and rock and roll”,[3][4] before branching out into more blues and jazz-based music, which demanded quite different voice techniques. She tried to bring these streams together when in 1995 she travelled to India to rediscover her roots by way of further exploring Carnatic music. She currently resides on Portobello Road, West London.
Music career[link]
Returning to England in 1997, she started to work with her partner, guitarist/producer Sam Mills who had made a record called "Real Sugar" with a Bengali singer named Paban Das Baul. This record inspired Raman, because according to her "it bridged a gap and found common ground for one particular kind of Indian music to be expressed to a new audience."[1] In 1999, Raman co-wrote songs for the album One and One is One by Joi, also performing on the track “Asian Vibes.” Mill's had worked with West African musicians in the group Tama which also opened musical contact points within the Parisian music scene.
After a period of three years experimenting and collaborating with Sam Mills, Raman made her first album Salt Rain. Released in 2001 on Narada, an American subsidiary of EMI, it went gold in France and in the UK was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize. She also won the Best Newcomer award from BBC Radio 3. Salt Rain drew on traditional Tamil music blended with jazz-folk and pop influences.[2] It featured original material, as well as old songs Raman sang at recitals when younger.
In 2003 she released her second album Love Trap which featured amongst other collaborators the Nigerian drummer Tony Allen and Tuvan singer Albert Kuvezin of the group Yat-Kha. The title track is a re-interpretation of an Ethiopian song from the seventies by the singer Mahmoud Ahmed.
In 2005, came a third album, Music for Crocodiles. This was partly recorded in Chennai (Madras) in India. This included "The Same Song" which was used by Mira Nair for the end credits of her film The Namesake. (Nair also used Raman's version of the 60's Hindi film song "Ye Mera Divanapan Hai' from the previous album). She sings for the first time in French with the song "L'Ame Volatile". Her training in Carnatic classical music makes its presence felt in Tamil classical titles such as "Sharavana," her singing "Meanwhile" (on the same album) in a rāgam called Kanakaangi, and in the song "Light Years" which features a melody in Kalyani rāgam as well as the veena playing of Punya 'Devi' Srinivas.
In 2006 Susheela was again nominated for a BBC World Music Award and was the subject of a one-hour documentary by French-German TV Channel ARTE, called Indian Journey directed by Mark Kidel.
Susheela's deal with Narada ended in 2006 and that year she independently recorded an album 331⁄3 which is a set of re-imaginings of some album tracks from the sixties and seventies. Artists covered include Bob Dylan, John Lennon, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Jimi Hendrix, Can and Throbbing Gristle. The album features long term collaborators Sam Mills on guitar, Vincent Segal on cello, and tabla player and percussionist Aref Durvesh.
The album was released in April 2007 in France on the independent label XIII Bis.
Raman has also garnered acclaim for her live performances.[5] She continues to research and discover music from Tamil Nadu, studying in 2007 with the Bhakti singer Kovai Kamla. Collaborator Sam Mills is currently working with Tamil Nadu film musicians for a future project.[3]
Recently her song "Yeh Mera Deewanapan" got a tremendous fame in India. Even this track made a Pole dance entry in the famous reality show aired in India, "Big Boss" on which, Sunny leon, a porn star did a seductive pole dance. According to Bhuvi, Buzz are, MTV coke studio did first shoot of this Song by Susheela Raman on their Show.
Discography[link]
- Salt Rain (2001) #29 FRA
- Love Trap (2003) #32 FRA
- Music for Crocodiles (2005) #51 FRA
- 331⁄3 (2007) #120 FRA
- Vel (2011)
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- "Vodoo child" [1]
- "You do right / Bolo bolo" [2]
- ‘Ganapati’ (dir/DOP: Andrew Catlin) (2001)
- ‘Salt Rain’ (dir/DOP: Andrew Catlin) (2001)
- ‘Maya’ (dir/DOP: Andrew Catlin) (2002)
References[link]
- ^ a b c d "Susheela Raman Biography". Narada.com. 2002. http://www.narada.com/SusheelaBio.htm. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ a b Cartwright, Garth (November 2001). "BBC - Radio 3 - Awards for World Music - Susheela Raman". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awardssusheela.shtml. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ a b Biswas, Premankur (1 February 2008). "Musical Alliances". Express India. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Musical-Alliances/267805/. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ Cartwright, Garth (January 2002). "BBC - Radio 3 - Susheela Raman interview". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/intsusheela.shtml. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
- ^ Denselow, Robin (February 15, 2002). "Susheela Raman, London". Guardian Unlimited Arts. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,705427,00.html. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
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| Place of birth | Hendon, London, UK |
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