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Watch the song "Bahibak Ya Libnan" by Fairuz

Thursday, 21. May 2009, 04:26:56

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Fairuz at the Damascus International Festival - 1976

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Henry Barakat: Safar Barlik / A movie tip

Saturday, 16. August 2008, 02:25:13

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"Safar Barlik" / "The Exile"
by Henry Barakat
with Fairuz
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Lyrics and Musical Score: Rahbani Brothers
Lebanon 1967



Plot

The events of this film take place in Lebanon at a time prior to the First World War when most of the Arab countries were under the domination of the Ottoman Empire. These were very difficult days for the local population who had to endure injustice and cruelty, their crops were confiscated to feed the army and young men were recruited by force into the invaders' army.

If they tried to avoid this and were caught they were sent into exile, hence the title of the film. The fight against oppression is fully illustrated in the film and told in the songs and music. | © from the book "Fairouz - Legend and Legacy" by Kamal Boullata and Sargon Boulos



The beginning of "Safar Barlik" / "The Exile"

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Listen to "Ana Alom El-Hazinah" by Fairuz

Friday, 16. March 2007, 06:46:30

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Lyrics of "Ana Alom El-Hazinah"

أنا الأم الحزينة

أنا الأم الحزينة و ما من يعزيها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها
أم يسوع قد بكت فأبكت ناظريها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها
لهفي على أمة قتلت راعيها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها
ناح الحمام على تشتت أهليها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها
عذارى أورشليم تبكي على بنيها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها
تعالوا إلى مريم أمه نعزيها
فليكن موت ابنك حياة لطالبيها

To listen to this song please click here: Ana Alom El-Hazinah / Real Player

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Listen here to the song "Jar Al Amar" by Fairuz

Thursday, 2. November 2006, 19:03:20

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My sister and I

Nouhad (known later as Fayrouz) was born in Beirut, in a modest house. She attended the St. Joseph School for girls.

Our father worked hard as a typesetter in a printing shop to provide the proper shelter and education for us.

Due to World War II, he could no longer afford the luxury of private schools, so Nouhad had to go to a public school.

Our family had a rough time but our mother Liza al-Bustani did the impossible to retain our pride among other children. She encouraged us to go to church every Sunday. She raised us on the love of others.

"Do not envy others, be satisfied with what you have, and always love each other" - those were her daily words to us from our first day till she passed away in 1961 (she was only 45).

Our youth was full of pain and poverty, but we grew up with dignity and pride. | © Joseph W. Haddad


To listen to this song please click here: Jar Al Amar / Real Player

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Listen to the song "La Taatab Aalayi" by Fairuz

Sunday, 6. August 2006, 08:21:34

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Biography of Fairuz, Part 2

In December of 1946, Nouhad became a student in Flaifel's class in the Conservatoire where she learned for four years theories of oriental and western music and how to sing and chant. Her parents encouraged her even though they could not afford much, one day her father surprised her with a radio. After graduation, she started her first job as a choir singer in the Lebanese Broadcasting Radio Station.

There she met Assi Rahbani and they worked together. In 1954, at nineteen years of age, Fairuz married Assi and converted to Greek orthodoxy. Soon thereafter, the Rahbani brothers, Assi, Mansour (the Rahbani brothers themselves), and sometimes Elias (also their brother but not included in the expression Rahbani brothers) formulated their company and began composing music for Fairouz (as Nouhad now came to be known).

Fairuz's early recordings were an innovative mixture of Arab instruments and musical idioms with European instruments, such as violins, and dance rhythms, combining Fairuz's distinct vocal timbre with lyrics that expressed nostalgia for Levantine village life. She also sang several patriotic songs for Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Mecca. Her first official appearance was in 1957 in Baalbeck. | © Wikipedia

To view part 1 of this biography please click here: Part 1.


To listen to the song please click here: La Taatab Aalayi / Real Player

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Please click the image below and sign that petition

Wednesday, 2. August 2006, 05:38:23

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Save the Lebanese Civilians Petition

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Listen to the song "Habaytak Bel Sayf" by Fairuz

Friday, 28. July 2006, 23:20:07

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Biography of Fairuz, Part I

Her original name is Nouhad Haddad. Her father was Wadi' Haddad, Lebanese of Turkish origins (city of Mardin) and her mother was Lisa el Boustani (Lebanese).

She was born on 21 November 1935 in a small house in 'Jabal al Arz', Lebanon. Her family later on moved to 'Zuqaq el Blatt' in Beirut.

She was born in a Syriac Orthodox family. Her mother was a housewife and her father worked in a printing press. She was the oldest of her siblings, Yousef, Houda and Amal.

Nouhad came from a relatively low-income family and lived in a one room-house with a kitchen shared by neighbors.

She was a very shy child and did not have many friends at school. Instead, she was attached to her grandmother who lived in 'Debbieh' village. Since she was ten, Nouhad became well known in school for her beautiful voice, so she would sing at festivals and holidays.

One time, Mohammed Flaifel and his brother, well-known Lebanese musicians, happened to be attending one of the festivals at her school.

Prominent Lebanese musician Halim El Roumi was the one to give Nouhad Haddad the name of Fairouz. Al-Rumi later convinced Fairouz's conservative father to enroll her at the National Music Institute in Beirut. She began her musical career as a choir singer in the Lebanese Radio Station. | © Wikipedia

To view part 2 of this biography please click here: Part 2.


To listen to this song please click here: Habaytak Bel Sayf / Real Player

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Listen here to the song "La Inta Habibi" by Fairuz

Monday, 24. July 2006, 19:00:00

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Artist: Fairuz
Album: Fairuz live at Beiteddine 2000
Title: La Inta Habibi / لا إنت حبيبي
Year: 2001


About Fairuz

Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز) is a Lebanese singer. Born Nouhad Haddad in 'Jabal al Arz' (Arabic for Mountain of the Cedars), Lebanon on 21 November 1935. Fairuz is known in Lebanon as "Lebanon's ambassador to the stars". The Arabic word Fairuz means, literally, turquoise. | © Wikipedia


To listen to this song please click here: La Inta Habibi / Real Player

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