Arab musicians: Asmahan, Kadim Al Sahir, Cheb Mami, Salim Dada, Malek Jandali, Farid al-Atrash, Thekra, Belly, Rida Al Abdullah, Tony Kaldas - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Asmahan, Kadim Al Sahir, Cheb Mami, Salim Dada, Malek Jandali, Farid al-Atrash, Thekra, Belly, Rida Al Abdullah, Tony Kaldas, Latifa, AlKabli, Lydia Canaan, Assala Nasri, Solhi Al-Wadi, Rim Banna, Ziad Rahbani, Fadl Shaker, Baligh Hamdi, Mohamad Bash, Sayed Mekawy, Ratiba El-Hefny, Selim Sahab, Shahd Barmada, Henry Azra, Mounir Mourad, The Chehade Brothers, Bachar Zarkan, Naseer Shamma, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Sabah Fakhri, Ahlam, Naama, Adel Kamel, Sakher Hattar, Ammar Hassan, Hussain Al Jassmi, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, May Nasr, Kamel al-Khola'ie, Majdala, Salama Hegazi, Mohamed Fawzi, Waed, Dania Khatib, Shams, Shadia, Kamal Al Taweel, Samar, Ayman El Aatar, Saleh Abdel Hai, Habib Hassan Touma, Shemayel, Omar Al-Abdillat, Mansour Zalzal, Myriam Atallah. Excerpt: Amal al-Atrash (Arabic: ‎; DIN: ; 25 November 1918 - 14 July 1944), better known by her stage name Asmahan (Arabic: ‎, DIN: ), was a Syrian Druze singer and actress. Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, her family knew the composer Dawood Hosni, and she sang the compositions of 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 female voice in Arab music to pose serious competition to that of Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be one of the Arab world's most distinguished singers of the 20th century. Her mysterious death in an automobile accident shocked the public. Journalists spread gossip about her turbulent personal life and an alleged 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 f...