Tag Archives: songs
“She is my Life”; Amr Diab Posted by Fisal on Aug 24, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Here is a beautiful love song by Amr Diab عــَـــمــْـــرو دِيــَـــاب . The song is entitled “She is my Life هــِــى .. حــَــيــَـــاتــِـــي“. It was written by the Egyptian poet Magdy Al-Naggar مــَــجــْــدِى الــنــَـــجـــَّــــار . Amr Diab composed it himself in the Latin House music. The song is about…
Resitance Songs Posted by aziza on Feb 15, 2014
In my previous post, I invited you to think about the situation in Egypt and what is happening there. Today, I write about one of the impacts of the coup that took place in Egypt on the 3rd of July 2013, and resulted in ousting the first civilian democratically elected president of Egypt after one…
You are Back O, My Birthday! Posted by Fisal on Feb 2, 2013
I have thought a lot of something to write about today. It was my birthday yesterday and I remembered this nice song of Fareed Al-Atrash فــريــد الأطـــرش about his birthday in the movie and I liked to share it with you. Fareed was a famous Syrian singer مــُــطــْــرِب , composer مــُــلــَــحـــِّـــن and actor مــُــمــَــثــــِّـــلْ…
Take Away My Passport Posted by jesa on Nov 16, 2012
Marcel Khalife (مارسيل خليفة)is an accomplished oud (عود)player, singer, and composer. He was born on June 10, 1950 in Amchit, a coastal village next to Jbeil in Lebanon. He studied the Oud at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music, where he graduated in 1971. Following his graduation and starting in 1972 till around 1975, Khalife…
It’s spring time! Posted by aziza on Apr 25, 2011
It’s Easter (عيد الفصح) again, and it’s spring (ربيع) again. When I was young, the Egyptian television used to show a movie with a very nice song about spring. The movie is called (أميرة حبي أنا), and the famous song about spring is called (الدنيا ربيع). It is a very cheerful and lovely song. The…
Merry Christmas Posted by aziza on Dec 25, 2010
Merry Christmas ميلاد مجيد Christmas is now widely celebrated around the Arab world. Hotels and restaurants hold special banquets and invite celebrities. Musical performances are arranged in different countries and are aired on national televisions. People have a day off work.Many families buy a Christmas tree, but not as many as in the West. This…
Nizar Qabbani’s Poem “Words” Posted by aziza on Jul 13, 2010
In this post, I present one of the most beautiful poems of Nizar Qabbani that became a song by Majda Al-Roumy. It is called (كـــلمات) ‘words’. The poem, its translation and the video are given below. Enjoy! He tells me, when he dances with me,Words are not like other words He takes me, from under…