Fairuz and Fall<\/a>) Julia Boutros is by far one of the most recognized Arab female musicians in the Middle East and North Africa. She is also admired by many expatriates from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine living in the United States of America, Canada and different European states. Her music is an icon for nationalism (\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629), patriotism (\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a\u0629)and love (\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0628). She usually contributes a part of her earnings from concerts and performances to support national and humanitarian (\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629) causes in Lebanon and the Arab World. In 2006, she amassed over 3 million dollars from sales of one of her patriotic songs to fully donate to displaced victims (\u0636\u062d\u0627\u064a\u0627) and families of individuals that had perished during the Lebanon-Israel conflict in 2006.<\/p>\nShe was born in Beirut, Lebanon on April 1,1968. She has family roots in Lebanon, Palestine and Armenia. Her father is originally from Lebanon, while her mother is from Palestine, with an Armenian background. At a very early age, Boutros\u2019s musical talents (\u0645\u0648\u0627\u0647\u0628) and abilities (\u0642\u062f\u0631\u0627\u062a) began to shine. She sang in the school choir at a very early age and participated in different musical plays and performances. She was a student at the Rosary Sisters School, and always contributed to the school\u2019s musical performances.<\/p>\n
Not only was she influenced and inspired by the Rahbani Brothers, but also by another Rahbani musical prodigy and virtuoso (\u0645\u0628\u062f\u0639), son of the one of the Rahbani Brothers duo, Ziad Al Rahbani. The works and plays of Ziad Al Rahbani are well recognized and mainly provide critical narratives of the domestic problems in Lebanon and the Arab World. Stay tuned because in the near future, I am planning on introducing you to the works of Ziad Al Rahbani. When she was only 12 years old, Boutros recorded her first song entitled \u2018A Maman\u2019 (\u0627\u0644\u0649 \u0623\u0645\u0651\u064a) at Elias Al Rahbani\u2019s studios, the younger sibling of the Rahbani Brothers duo.<\/p>\n
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Boutros made use of her musical talents in criticizing the ineffectiveness of many leaders in the Arab World, while also pushing for Arab unity, patriotism and fervent nationalism. For example, three of her most famous songs, the first which she sang at the age of 17, \u2018Ghabet Shams el Haq\u2019 (\u063a\u0627\u0628\u0629 \u0634\u0645\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642\u0651) and the latter two \u2018Wein Al Malayeen\u2019 (\u0648\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u064a\u064a\u0646)and \u2018Ana Bitnaffas Hourriyye\u2019 (\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u062a\u0646\u0641\u0651\u0633 \u062d\u0631\u064a\u0651\u0629) later in her career, focus on the grievances of impoverished people living in South Lebanon under Israeli occupation, the passiveness of many Arab leaders and nations to the dire situation in Palestine and the struggle for freedom from oppression respectively.<\/p>\n