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Fares Karam

Fares Karam (Arabic: فارس كرم: born June /25/ 1974) 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, and is notable in Lebanon and the Middle East. His hit records include Retani (I wish), El-Tannoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (player). Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations and festivals all over Lebanon. Karam has also toured the Arab World, UK, South America, USA, Europe, Australia and Canada.

Biography

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. He has one sister, Madonna, with whom he maintains a very close relationship. Karam grew up in the mountainous areas of Lebanon, and later attributed his song "Jabali" to this experience.

Fares Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996 series of the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan and received the gold medal. He cooperated with Rotana Records. His musical style is linked more closely to Dabke. His live band plays many of his songs with a large tabl (drum). This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke.

Easter egg

Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as chocolate. Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth.

History

The practice of decorating eggshells is ancient, predating Christian traditions. Ostrich eggs with engraved decoration that are 60,000 years old have been found in Africa. Decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.

The Christian custom of the Easter egg, can be traced as far back as the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection. The Roman Ritual, the first edition of which was published in 1610 but which contains texts of much older date, has among the Easter Blessings of Food, along with those for lamb, bread, and new produce, the following blessing for eggs:

Lost Frequencies

Felix Safran De Laet (born 30 November 1993), known by his stage name Lost Frequencies, is a Belgian DJ and music producer. He is best known for his 2014 single "Are You with Me" and his 2015 hit "Reality".

Career

2014–present: "Are You with Me"

In 2014 he became famous with his remix of "Are You with Me" by country artist Easton Corbin. The song had originally appeared in Corbin's 2012 album All Over the Road, but had not been released as a single. Lost Frequencies remixed the song and released it as a single on 27 October 2014. The track topped in Belgium the Flemish Ultratop chart on 15 November 2014, reaching number two in the Walloon chart as well. In 2015, the single peaked at the top of the charts in Australia, Austria, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It also charted in several countries around Europe, reaching the top 10 in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Turkey .

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