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List Of Lebanese Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Lebanon or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A * Layal Abboud (born 1982), singer, entertainer, poet, dancer, model * Cyrine Abdelnour (born 1977), singer, actress, model. *Zeina Abirached (born 1981), illustrator, graphic novelist, comics artist * Etel Adnan (1925–2021), painter, writer * Nancy Ajram (born 1983), singer, television guide *Suzanne Alaywan (born 1974), poet, painter * Nour Ardakani (born 2001), singer, dancer, model * Zena Assi (born 1974), painter B *Lara Baladi (born 1969), photographer, multimedia artist *Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (born 1945), painter, writer *Reem Bassous (born 1978), artist * Carla Nazih al-Berkashi (born 1983), singer * Julia Boutros, (born 1968), singer C * Huguette Caland (1931–2019), painter, sculptor, fashion designer, based in Los Angeles *Youmna Chlala, contemporary artist, writer * Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916–2017), painter, sculptor D * Annabel Daou (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies to its west across the Mediterranean Sea; its location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has contributed to its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious diversity. It is part of the Levant region of the Middle East. Lebanon is home to roughly six million people and covers an area of , making it the second smallest country in continental Asia. The official language of the state is Arabic, while French is also formally recognized; the Lebanese dialect of Arabic is used alongside Modern Standard Arabic throughout the country. The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back over 7000 years, predating recorded history. Modern-day Lebanon was home to the Phoenicians, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Daou
Annabel Daou (born 1967) is a Lebanese contemporary artist. Her art practice includes sculpture, performance and drawing, often with the additional influences of writing and literature. In April 2020, at the beginning of the 2020 Covid pandemic, Daou staged the work ''I will worry for you (from dusk till dawn)''. In the piece, she took over the burden of worrying about the particular issues facing her audience, based on emailed suggestions. Daou has exhibited at the National Museum of Beirut, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and Park Avenue Armory, New York. Her work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ... and the Columbus Museum, Georgia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Daou, Annabel 1967 births Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darine Hadchiti
Darine ( ar, دارين; born 1983) is a Lebanese-Swedish singer-songwriter. With two albums in account, her debut single was "Aiwa" on her album ''Ma Rulez''. In 2006, she released her second studio album ''My Compliments''. Biography Darine was born in Tripoli, Lebanon in 1983 to a Lebanese father and Romanian mother. Career Darine's debut single, "Aiwa", was released in summer 2004, and it was produced by EMI Music Arabia & PRO Music. After that, she released her debut album Ma Rulez, which included two versions of the song "Aiwa" along with eighteen new tracks. The album included "Ja Leily" (pronounced "Ya Leily"). This was Darine's second single. The album was re-issued for the European region which had a different cover with more English songs. Darine released a second album in 2006 which was titled My Compliments, which is again under EMI. The album had 17 tracks in both English and Arabic languages. The first single of this album was called "Ma Fi Ella Enta" and the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joana Hadjithomas
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige are Lebanese filmmakers and artists. Their work includes feature and documentary films, video and photographic installations, sculpture, performance lectures and texts. Personal life Joana Hadjithomas (born 10 August 1969, , gr, Ιωάννα Χατζηθωμά) and Khalil Joreige () were born in Beirut in 1969, and spent their childhood there during the Lebanese Civil War. They both studied literature at the Paris Nanterre University and film in New York. They are married. They have collaborated since the early 1990s on videos, films, photographs, and installations. They are known for their long-term research based on personal or political documents and their particular interest in the traces of the invisible and the absent, a forgotten space project from the 1960s, the strange consequences of Internet scams or the geological and archaeological undergrounds of cities. They occasionally use explicit life events as subjects for their work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairuz
Nouhad Wadie' Haddad ( ar, نهاد وديع حداد, ; born November 21, 1934), known as Fairuz ( ar, فيروز, ; also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz), is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists and most famous singers in the history of the Arab world. Fairuz is considered the musical icon of Lebanon and is popularly known as "the soul of Lebanon". Fairuz began her musical career as a teenager at the national radio station in Lebanon in the late 1940s as a chorus member. Her first major hit, "Itab", was released in 1952 and made her an instant star in the Arab world. In the summer of 1957, Fairuz held her first live performance at the Baalbeck International Festival where she was awarded with the honor of "Cavalier", the highest medal for artistic achievement by Lebanese president Camille Chamoun. Fairuz's fame spread throughout the Arab world in the 1950s and 1960s, leading her to perform outside of Lebanon in various Arab capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joumana Haddad
Joumana Haddad ( ar, جمانة حداد) ( Salloum; born December 6, 1970 in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and human rights activist. She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women by Arabian Business Magazine for her cultural and social activism. In 2021, she was on Apolitical's list of 100 most influential people in Gender Policy. She is founder of '' Jasad'', a quarterly Arabic-language magazine specialized in the arts and literature of the body (2009–2011). Haddad launched a new TV show in November 2018 on Alhurra highlighting the topics of free expression and critical thinking. In September 2019, she founded a youth centered NGO in Beirut called the Joumana Haddad Freedoms Center. In February 2020, in partnership with the Institut Français in Lebanon, she launched the first International Feminisms Festival in the Middle East with a group of local and international co-organizers. Career Joumana Haddad started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Haddad
Diana Haddad ( ar, ديانا حداد; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop musicians in the Arab World and has been so since the mid-1990s. Her debut album ''Saken'' (1996) was one of the best selling albums of 1996, being certified platinum by Haddad's label Stallions Records. The album also introduced Haddad and her Bedouin music style to the public. Haddad's biggest breakthrough came in late 1997 when she released her third album ''Ammanih'' accompanied with a major hit single of the same title. During this time, Haddad formed a successful team with her Emirati ex-husband Suhail Al-Abdul who directed all of her music videos up until 2005 when she decided to work with new directors. Haddad also stepped out of her comfort zone when she started performing in dialects other than Lebanese and Bedouin in her fourth stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Ghorayeb
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Mai Ghoussoub
Mai Ghoussoub ( ar, مي غصوب; 2 November 1952, in Beirut – 17 February 2007, in London) was a Lebanon, Lebanese writer, artist, publisher and human rights activist. She was the co-founder in London of the Saqi bookshop and publishing house. Life Her father, Raymond Ghoussoub, a Maronite Christianity in Lebanon, Maronite Christian, was a professional footballer. She studied at the French lycée in Beirut, then mathematics at the American University of Beirut, and French literature at the Lebanese University, and later sculpture at Morley College and the Henry Moore Studio in London. She was a Trotskyite at the start of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, but soon became disillusioned and moved on to humanitarian work, establishing two medical dispensaries in a poor Muslim area after the doctors had left and the pharmacies had closed. She lost an eye in 1977, after her car was hit by a shell while taking someone to hospital. She moved to London to be treated, and spent time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine (musician)
Sabine Fouchaux ( ar, سابين فوشو; born 2 October 1988) is a Lebanese recording artist and actress. Early life Sabine was born in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ... to a French father and a Lebanese mother. Discography * Ba'etli Email * Bes'al Hali * Be'tethir Menak * Barkouli Ya Banat * Talikni * Ana ayouni Bihebouk * Yoh Yoh * akher hammak * beyni w beynak ya hal leil * Ya Khsara * Mamnoua yezaal * Ouyouni Bi Hebbouk * Stop * Albi bari2 * lesh za3lana * bashhad ana leek Albums * Stop TV series * Ahmad and Kristina * Fakhamat al chak Awards * "Universal Studio" * "BBC Radio" * "Murex D'or" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabine 1988 births Living people 21st-century Lebanese women singers Lebanese pop si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabah (singer)
Sabah ( ar, صباح ''Ṣabāḥ'' Lebanese pronunciation: ; born Janet Gerges Feghali, ; 10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014) was a Lebanese singer and actress. She participated in many Egyptian movies and songs. She was among the first Arabic singers to perform at the Olympia, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. Early life Sabah was born to a Maronite Christian family in Bdadoun in Aley. She came from a troubled family; her father physically abused her and tried to steal her early movie earnings. Her first marriage was to escape her father's control. Her brother also killed her mother because he believed she was having an affair. Career Sabah emerged when the field of Arab singers was already crowded with formidable competitors. These included Umm Kulthum (1898-1975), Nagat El Sagheera (born 1938), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939–2012), Shadia (1931–2017), Fairuz (born 1934), and others. Sabah started singing very young and released her first son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Fares
Myriam Fares ( ar, ميريام فارس , ; born 3 May 1983) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and entertainer. Personal life Fares, born in Kfar Chellal, Sidon District to a Maronite Christian family, married a Lebanese-American businessman Danny Mitri in a Cyprus ceremony in August 2014. They have two boys born in February 2016 and October 2020. Controversy Fares has often been criticized for her "provocative" style of entertainment, especially her choice of wardrobe, and hair style, creating accusations of imitating Colombian pop star Shakira. Cyber attack In 2015, she was amongst several famous Christian celebrities within the Arab world targeted by extremist cyber trolls for celebrating Easter. In an interview with , she stated that she was a supporter of civil marriage and was not against interfaith relationships. Discography Studio albums * ''Myriam'' (2003) * ''Nadini'' (2005) * ''Bet'oul Eih ''Bet'oul Eih'' ( ar, بتقول إيه) is the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
