Elias Karam ( ar, الياس كرم) (born 1960) is an

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singer from

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, born in the city of

Al-Hasakah Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, Heseke/حەسەکە; syr, ܚܣܝܟܐ Hasake), is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, in the northeastern corner of Syria. With a 2004 census population of 188,160, it is the e ...

in the Northeastern governorate of

Biography

Elias was born

in the Northeastern governorate of

. He learned playing

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from his father and was inspired by

Wadih El Safi Wadih El Safi ( ar, وديع الصافي, born Wadih Francis; November 1, 1921 – October 11, 2013) was a Lebanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was a Lebanese icon and the forefather of the country's musical culture. He was the ...

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 wrote the song ‘Amari, Tarab ya kalbi and Koullon ‘anak saalouni. Elias has toured all over the

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, Canada, United States, and a number of European countries. He also appeared in some TV series in Syria. الياس كرم: بعد أن يسمع الملحنون أغنياتي يفضلون البقاء بعيدين..
, Syria-news

References

People from Al-Hasakah 20th-century Syrian male singers Syrian Christians Syrian composers 1960 births Living people Syriac-language singers Syrian people of Assyrian descent Syrian Assyrian people 21st-century Syrian male singers {{Syria-singer-stub