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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 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdadoun
Bdadoun ( ar, بدادون) (also Bdadun, Bde‘doun, Bdādūn), is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000. It is 499 meters above sea level and 15 kilometres from the capital Beirut. It is known as a summer holiday location. Etymology The name Bdadoun derives from the Phoenician noun ''Bd-Adoun'' (بِد-اَدون ) or "House of Adoun", the Canaanite god of the sun Adoun or Adonis, also known as Tammuz. History In the year 1144, fighting erupted between the Christians in the North Lebanon regions of Jbeil and Keserwan districts. The king Barquq (الملك الظاهر برقوق) took the opportunity and ordered an invasion of that Christian dominated area. The result was an outflow of people that settled in the Chouf District. This region (especially the areas surrounding Beirut) was ruled by the Tanukhids (التنوخيّون). The Tanukhs (also called Buhturs) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadia
Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia ( ar, شادية, ''Shādiyya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the third wife of Salah Zulfikar. ''Shadia'' was one of the iconic actresses and singers in Egypt and the Middle East region and a symbol of the golden age of Egyptian cinema and is known of her many patriotic songs. Her movies and songs are popular in Egypt and all the Arab World. Critics consider her the most successful comprehensive Egyptian and Arabic artist of all time. Her first appearance in a film was in ''"Azhar wa Ashwak"'' (''Flowers and Thorns''), and her last film was ''"La Tas'alni Man Ana"'' (''Don't Ask Me Who I Am''). She is also known for her patriotic song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love) and her breakthrough leading role in the Egyptian movie "''Al Maraa Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Gharib
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over '' The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushdy Abaza
Rushdy Saiid El Bughdady Abaza ( arz, رشدي سعيد البوغدادي أباظة) (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry. He died of brain cancer at the age of 53. Family Rushdy Abaza was born in Sharqia, Egypt, to Egyptian father, Said Abaza, belonging to one of Egypt's most well-known families, the Abaza family. Rushdy attended school at Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria. From his father's side he had three half-sisters, ''Ragaa'', ''Mounira'', ''Zeinab'' and one half-brother, ''Fekri'' (an actor). From his mother's side, he had one half-brother, ''Hamed''. His only child is a daughter, ''Qismat'' (Eismat). Marriages *Tahiya Karioka, Egyptian actress and dancer *Barbara, American mother of his only child, Qismat * Samia Gamal, famous Egyptian dancer (his longest marriage) *Sabah, famous Lebanese singer *Nabila Abaza Filmography He appeared in more than 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawwal
In Arabic Music, the ''mawwāl'' ( ar, موال; plural: ''mawāwīl'', ) is a traditional and popular Arabic genre of vocal music that is very slow in beat and sentimental in nature, and is characterised by prolonging vowel syllables, emotional vocals, and is usually presented before the actual song begins. The singer performing a mawwal would usually lament and long for something, such as a past lover, a departed family member or a place, in a wailing manner. Etymology Mawwal is an Arabic word that means "affiliated with", "associated with," or "connected to". The verb is ''waala'' (). It is measure 3 of the root verb "Walia" (), which means to follow, ''be affiliated with'', ''support'', or ''sponsor''. Originally the verbal noun has a ''Yaa'' in the definite form but it loses it when the word is indefinite. History There are many preferences regarding the origin of the mawwal, one of these is the one al-Suyuti attributes it in the book Sharh al-Muwashah to the era of Haru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
''Mohamed Abdel Wahab'' ( ar, محمد عبد الوهاب), also transliterated ''Mohamed Abd El-Wahhab'' (March 13, 1902 – May 4, 1991), was a prominent 20th-century Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He is best known for his Romantic and Egyptian patriotic songs. He was known for his Egyptian nationalist and revolutionary songs like "Ya Masr tam El-Hanna" (O Egypt, happiness is here), "Hay Ala El-Falah" (The call of duty), " El Watan El Akbar" (The Greatest Homeland), "Masr Nadetna falbena El-nedaa" (Egypt Called us and we Have Answered), "Oulo le Masr" (Tell Egypt), "Hob El-watan Fard Alyi" (Patriotism is my Obligation), "Sout El-Gamaheer" (Voice of the Masses), "Ya Nessmet El-Horria" (O The Breeze of Freedom), "Sawae'd men Beladi" (Compatriot Hands). He also composed the national anthem of Libya which was adopted from 1951 to 1969 and again since 2011. Life Mohamed Abdel Wahab was born in 1902 in Cairo, Egypt, in a neighborhood called Bab El-Sheriyah, where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Second Man (1959 Film)
The Second Man is 1959 Egyptian action written and directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by Salah Zulfikar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Samia Gamal, Sabah, Salah Zulfikar and Rushdy Abaza. Plot Ismat Kazem is the second man in an international gang between Cairo and Beirut, and no one knows who the first man is, who lives most of his time in a cabaret and around him is his mistress, the dancer Samra, who does not want to recognize his daughter from Samra and attributes her to a bar worker. He falls in love with Lamia, but she ignores his feelings and decides to marry a rich man. The first man issues an order to kill Ibrahim, Lamia's brother, because he went out of his way, so Lamia reports to the police and asks to know who the killers of her brother are. Here comes the police officer Kamal who impersonates her second brother, Akram, who lives in Brazil, and Lamia returns to the cabaret to work, causing others to Samra. Kamal manages to enter the ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris And Love
Paris and Love (Egyptian Arabic: ''باريس'' ''والحب'', French: ''Paris et l’amour'', translit: ''Paris wal Hob'' or ''Baris walhabu'') is a 1972 romantic drama starring Salah Zulfikar, Sabah, Yousuf Shaaban, and directed by Mohamed Salman. Plot The film revolves around a poor family that financially depends heavily on their daughter, Halla, who works as a singer in small bars. One day, the daughter meets Aziz, a young millionaire who returns from Paris and she falls in love with him. The family encourages this relationship until she marries this millionaire in order to lift them out of poverty in which they live. However, Halla refuses to consummate the marriage due to the disparity in the social level but she's still in love with Aziz. Primary cast * Salah Zulfikar as Aziz * Sabah as Halla * Yousuf Shaaban as Mounir * Mohammad Reda as Raouf * Samira Baroudi as Rime * Akram El Ahmar * Silvana Badrakhan * Samir Abu Said See also * Cinema of Egypt * Cinema of Leban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Women (1968 Film)
Three Women (Egyptian Arabic: ٣ نساء translit: ''Thalath Nisa'') is an Egyptian film released in 1968. The film is written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and stars Salah Zulfikar. It tells three separate stories about three women, featuring Sabah, Huda Sultan and Mervat Amin. The first story: Hana Plot Hana (Mervat Amin), an air hostess, loves Adel (Salah Zulfikar), the architect, but she meets Sami (Samir Shamas), the Lebanese pilot, and she also falls in love with him. The choice is settled. Cast * Salah Zulfikar: (Adel) * Mervat Amin: (Hana) * Samir Chamas: (Sami) * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim: (Abdul Hamid Zuhdi) * Ragaa El Geddawy: (Hana's colleague) * Nadia Seif Al-Nasr: (Hana's colleague) * Alia Abdel Moneim: (Hana's mother) * Atef Makram: (Adel is Hana's brother) Staff * Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Screenplay and dialogue: Mohamed Abu Yousef * Director of Photography: Waheed Farid The second story: Tawheeda Plot Tawheeda, a beautiful widow (Huda Sultan), loves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Hands (film)
Soft Hands ( ar, الأيدي الناعمة, translit.''al-aydi al-nā'ima'') is a 1963 Egyptian comedy film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on a play of the same name by Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim (1953). The film features an ensemble cast that includes Sabah, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Mazhar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Laila Taher. ''Soft Hands'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Soft Hands'' is a member of the Top 100 Egyptian films list. The plot involves a formerly landed aristocrat dispossessed by the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The plot follows the aristocrat's struggle coming to terms with the reality of needing to work for a living, after being stripped of all landownership. He meets a similarly jobless doctorate in the Arabic language, who similarly, is also not willing to accept a job below his stature. Both must adjust to the new social and political realities in a new Nasserite socialist Egypt. Synopsis A former princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
