Description:Chapters: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Asmahan (Arabic: Amal al-Atrash, who was born on the 25 November 1918 at sea and died on the 14 July 1944 in Egypt) was a Syrian-Egyptian singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, she became an apprentice of Egyptian classical music pioneers, Dawood Hosni, Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad. She also sang the compositions of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and her brother Farid al-Atrash, a then rising star musician in his own right. Hers was the only voice in Arab music to ever pose a serious competition to that of her fellow Egyptian, Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be the Arab world's most distinguished singer of the 20th century. Her mysterious death by drowning at the age of twenty-six drew speculations about tribulations in her personal life and an espionage role in World War II. Asmahan was born to Fahd al-Atrash, a Syrian Druze from Suwayda, and 'Alia al-Mundhir, a Lebanese Druze from Hasbaya. Her father came from the Druze al-Atrash clan, well-known in Syria for its role in fighting against the French occupation. Asmahan's father was Governor of the district of Demirci in Turkey, during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. When Syria fell to the allies in 1918 Asmahan's father, fearing revenge, fled the country with his two sons and pregnant wife. On November 18, 1918, they embarked on a ship from ?zmir to Beirut, and Asmahan was born on board. She was named "Amal" (Arabic: ), meaning "hopes." She was also called "Emily," but always preferred the name "Amal." Fahd later worked as a judge in Suwayda. Following the Adham Khanjar incident in 1922, the al-Atrash home in al-Qrayya (town ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4561015We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naturalized Citizens of Egypt: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny. To get started finding Naturalized Citizens of Egypt: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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1156329434
Naturalized Citizens of Egypt: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny
Description: Chapters: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Asmahan (Arabic: Amal al-Atrash, who was born on the 25 November 1918 at sea and died on the 14 July 1944 in Egypt) was a Syrian-Egyptian singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, she became an apprentice of Egyptian classical music pioneers, Dawood Hosni, Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad. She also sang the compositions of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and her brother Farid al-Atrash, a then rising star musician in his own right. Hers was the only voice in Arab music to ever pose a serious competition to that of her fellow Egyptian, Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be the Arab world's most distinguished singer of the 20th century. Her mysterious death by drowning at the age of twenty-six drew speculations about tribulations in her personal life and an espionage role in World War II. Asmahan was born to Fahd al-Atrash, a Syrian Druze from Suwayda, and 'Alia al-Mundhir, a Lebanese Druze from Hasbaya. Her father came from the Druze al-Atrash clan, well-known in Syria for its role in fighting against the French occupation. Asmahan's father was Governor of the district of Demirci in Turkey, during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. When Syria fell to the allies in 1918 Asmahan's father, fearing revenge, fled the country with his two sons and pregnant wife. On November 18, 1918, they embarked on a ship from ?zmir to Beirut, and Asmahan was born on board. She was named "Amal" (Arabic: ), meaning "hopes." She was also called "Emily," but always preferred the name "Amal." Fahd later worked as a judge in Suwayda. Following the Adham Khanjar incident in 1922, the al-Atrash home in al-Qrayya (town ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4561015We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naturalized Citizens of Egypt: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny. To get started finding Naturalized Citizens of Egypt: Asmahan, Samira Said, Farid Al-Atrash, Asalah Nasri, Jaroslav Drobn, Assia Dagher, Mary Queeny, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.