{"id":448,"date":"2010-04-28T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=448"},"modified":"2010-04-26T19:48:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T19:48:52","slug":"arab-artists-fairouz-%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arab-artists-fairouz-%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Artists: Fairouz &#8211; \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first post in a monthly series featuring Arab artists from across the Arab World. As we go forward I will introduce one or more artists from each Arab country along with some of their music or their respective art.<\/p>\n<p>To begin this series I decided to feature Nouhad Haddad, more commonly known as Fairouz (Turquoise), perhaps my favorite Arab artist and singer. Fairouz was born in Cedar Mountain, Lebanon, on November 21, 1935. She is one of the most popular artists in the Arab world, and is widely considered the most famous living Arab artist today. If I had to compare her to a western artist in terms of stature, I would say she is to the Arab world what Frank Sinatra is to western culture. Fairouz was married to Assi Rahbani, a playwright and composer who shaped much of her musical career. Fairouz and Assi had four children: sons Ziad and Hali, and daughters Layal and Rima. Her son, Ziad, who also became a playwright and composer, later took the role of his father and composed for Fairouz. Her daughter Rima is a director and photographer.<\/p>\n<p>As well as a famous and renowned artist, Fairouz is also considered a cultural icon and a symbol of Lebanese pride. This image owes in part to her musical style, which is very traditional and folkloric. For a lengthy period of time Fairouz&#8217;s music was considered melancholic and political, especially works that were written and recorded during the Lebanese civil war (1975-1991). One such song presented below is titled Shady, the name of a boy who goes missing during the war. The story is recounted through the eyes of a little girl who was Shady&#8217;s playmate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGIzNl4cOvo\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGIzNl4cOvo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0646 \u0632\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u0649 \u0635\u0628\u064a<br \/>\n\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0634<br \/>\n\u0646\u0644\u0639\u0628 \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u064a\u0627\u0647<br \/>\n\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0633\u0645\u0647 \u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a<\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a \u063a\u0646\u064a\u0646\u0627 \u0633\u0648\u0649<br \/>\n\u0644\u0639\u0628\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u062c \u0631\u0643\u0636\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0648\u0649<br \/>\n\u0643\u062a\u0628\u0646\u0627 \u0639 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u062c\u0627\u0631 \u0642\u0635\u0635 \u0635\u063a\u0627\u0631<br \/>\n\u0648\u0644\u0648\u062d\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0648\u0649<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u0644\u0639\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0646\u0649<br \/>\n\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0636\u062f \u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0639\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0627 \u0628\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0646\u0649<br \/>\n\u0648\u0635\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0644 \u064a\u0642\u0631\u0628<br \/>\n\u0639\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0646\u0649 \u062f\u0646\u0649<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0639\u0644\u0642\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0637\u0631\u0627\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u062f\u064a<br \/>\n\u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0631\u0643\u0636 \u064a\u062a\u0641\u0631\u062c<br \/>\n\u062e\u0641\u062a \u0648\u0635\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0647\u0644\u0647<br \/>\n\u0648\u064a\u0646\u0643 \u0631\u0627\u064a\u062d \u064a\u0627 \u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a<br \/>\n\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0647\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0633\u0645\u0639\u0646\u064a<br \/>\n\u0648\u064a\u0628\u0639\u062f \u064a\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u062f\u064a<br \/>\n\u0648 \u0645\u0646 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u0639\u062f\u062a \u0634\u0641\u062a<br \/>\n\u0636\u0627\u0639 \u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a<\/p>\n<p>\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u062c \u0627\u062c\u0649 \u0648 \u0631\u0627\u062d \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u062c<br \/>\n\u0639\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0645\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u062c\u0649 \u0648 \u0631\u0627\u062d \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u062c<br \/>\n\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0635\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0643\u0628\u0631<br \/>\n\u0648 \u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0628\u0639\u062f \u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631<br \/>\n\u0639\u0645 \u064a\u0644\u0639\u0628 \u0639\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0644\u062c<\/p>\n<p>Long ago when I was young there was a boy<br \/>\nwho would come from the woods<br \/>\nWe played he and I<br \/>\nHis name was Shady\t<\/p>\n<p>Me and Shady sang together<br \/>\nWe played on the snow and ran through the wind<br \/>\nWe wrote little stories on the rocks<br \/>\nAnd we waved our arms in the air<\/p>\n<p>Then one day the world became smothered in flames<br \/>\nPeople against people, they fought in this world<br \/>\nAnd the fighting started to get near the hills<br \/>\nAnd the world&#8230; what a world<\/p>\n<p>And the fighting started on the edge of the valley<br \/>\nShady ran to watch<br \/>\nI became frightened and called out to him<br \/>\n&#8220;Where are you going Shady?&#8221;<br \/>\nI called out for him but her never heard me<br \/>\nOnly he went further and further into the valley<br \/>\nAnd since that day I no longer saw him<br \/>\nShady become lost<\/p>\n<p>And the snow has come and gone<br \/>\nTwenty times it&#8217;s come and gone<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ve gotten older<br \/>\nWhile Shady is still small<br \/>\nPlaying on the snow <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief biography of Fairouz, Lebanese and Arab singer and artist.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8491,8489,8490,8492,3565,8493],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-arabic-artists","tag-arabic-music","tag-arabic-songs","tag-fairouz","tag-lebanese","tag-lebanese-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}