{"id":16824,"date":"2019-06-19T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2019-06-24T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:25:17","slug":"famous-arab-singers-who-sing-in-standard-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/famous-arab-singers-who-sing-in-standard-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Arab Singers Who Sing in Standard Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When learning a new language, some learners like to begin listening to <strong>songs <\/strong><strong>\u0623\u063a\u0627\u0646\u064a<\/strong> in that language. In the case of Arabic, you can find many Arabic songs of course, but most songs are in different dialects such as Egyptian, Lebanese, and gulf. So, if you\u2019re learning standard Arabic, you\u2019ll want to <strong>listen to <\/strong><strong>\u062a\u064e\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0639 \u0625\u0644\u0649<\/strong> songs in Fusha\/MSA (Modern standard Arabic). In this post we\u2019ll be looking at a few very <strong>famous <\/strong><strong>\u0645\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0647\u0648\u0631<\/strong> singers that sing in standard or classical Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>Below, I have chosen two songs for each singer from YouTube with English subtitles to help you follow along. I think as an Arabic learner, you will find that these songs go at a slower pace than many of the pop songs and have rich lyrics and beautiful tunes.<\/p>\n<p>The first singer here is <strong>Kadim Al-Saher <\/strong><strong>\u0643\u0627\u0638\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0647\u0631<\/strong><strong>\u200e<\/strong>, an Iraqi <strong>singer<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u064f\u063a\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064a \/ \u0645\u064f\u0637\u0652\u0631\u0650\u0628 <\/strong>and <strong>composer<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u064f\u0624\u0644\u0651\u0641 \u0645\u0648\u0633\u064a\u0642\u064a<\/strong>, who is famous for his classical songs taken from <strong>Arabic poetry <\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u0650\u0639\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16825\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16825\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16825\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/kazem_Main-267x350.jpg\" alt=\"en:Kathem Al Saher performing\" width=\"267\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/kazem_Main-267x350.jpg 267w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/kazem_Main.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Y.Momani at en.wikipedia. on commons.wikimedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vLf97WkKXjo\">\u0647\u0644 \u0639\u0646\u062f\u0643 \u0634\u0643<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7HVNg3R8IE\">\u0625\u0646\u064a \u062e\u064a\u0631\u062a\u0643<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16826\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16826\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16826\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/majida_el_Roumi_in_a_portrait_from_1994-237x350.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Mrs. Majida by Maya Kanakry taken in 1994.\" width=\"237\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/majida_el_Roumi_in_a_portrait_from_1994-237x350.jpg 237w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/majida_el_Roumi_in_a_portrait_from_1994-768x1136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/majida_el_Roumi_in_a_portrait_from_1994-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/majida_el_Roumi_in_a_portrait_from_1994.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Maya Kanakry &#8211; Own work on commons.wikimedia.or<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Second, <strong>Majida El Roumi <\/strong><strong>\u0645\u0627\u062c\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0645\u064a<\/strong>, a Lebanese singer, <strong>actress <\/strong><strong>\u0645\u064f\u0645\u064e\u062b\u0651\u0650\u0644\u0629<\/strong>, and <strong>human rights activist <\/strong><strong>\u0646\u0627\u0634\u0650\u0637\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u064e\u062c\u0627\u0644 \u062d\u064f\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646<\/strong> famous for her beautiful <strong>voice <\/strong><strong>\u0635\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rKsCwKUhEpA\">\u0639\u064a\u0646\u0627\u0643<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=02zIthIEauE\">\u0643\u0644\u0645\u0627\u062a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16827\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16827\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16827\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-308x350.jpg\" alt=\"\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0631\u064a\u0634\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0635\u0627\u0645 \u0639\u0632\u0648\u0632\" width=\"308\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-308x350.jpg 308w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-901x1024.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Essam Azouz &#8211; Own work on commons.wikimedia.or<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Third, the most famous of them all, <strong>Fairouz <\/strong><strong>\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632<\/strong>, also a Lebanese singer. You may have already heard of her since she is one of the most admired and <strong>influential <\/strong><strong>\u0630\u0648 \u0646\u064f\u0641\u0648\u0630<\/strong> singers in the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lYKnQ9814T8\">\u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0633 \u0632\u0647\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0626\u0646<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_DT3HJwltUo\">\u0623\u0639\u0637\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u064a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I truly hope that you enjoy listening to these songs and eventually try to sing along. ????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"308\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-308x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0631\u064a\u0634\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0635\u0627\u0645 \u0639\u0632\u0648\u0632\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-308x350.jpg 308w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-768x872.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/fairouz_\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632-901x1024.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><p>When learning a new language, some learners like to begin listening to songs \u0623\u063a\u0627\u0646\u064a in that language. In the case of Arabic, you can find many Arabic songs of course, but most songs are in different dialects such as Egyptian, Lebanese, and gulf. So, if you\u2019re learning standard Arabic, you\u2019ll want to listen to \u062a\u064e\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0639&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/famous-arab-singers-who-sing-in-standard-arabic\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":16827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3],"tags":[3531,3532,376400,295822,364668,8489,12002],"class_list":["post-16824","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","tag-arabic","tag-arabic-culture","tag-arabic-language","tag-arabic-listening","tag-arabic-lovers","tag-arabic-music","tag-arabic-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16824"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16848,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16824\/revisions\/16848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}