Asmahan songs

Asmahan meaning in arabic
The great Arab singer Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the late 1930s and early 1940s, as World War II.
Asmahan (Amal al-Atrash), the sister of Farid al-Atrash (another popular Arab singer), who lived most of her life in Egypt (but who was.

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The Luxor African Film Festival is organized by the Independent Shabab Foundation (ISF) with the support of the Ministries of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Youth and Sports, and Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Syndicate of Film Professions, Luxor Governorate, and with the sponsorship of the National Bank of Egypt.

The activities of the 11th Edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) will be held during the period from 4 to 10 March 2022, under the slogan “Rediscovering Egypt”.

Scriptwriter Sayed Fouad, founder and president of Luxor African Film Festival, stated Uganda is chosen as the guest of honour, in honor of the Ugandan cinema due to its industry development, its expansion and high distribution outside its borders with compelling films and ambitious young generations struggling to develop the Ugandan cinema.

Scriptwriter Sayed Fouad was delighted to announce Mahmoud Hemida’s acceptance to continue his role as LAFF’s honorary president, convinced that LAFF plays an important role in supporting the relationship between Egypt and African countries vi

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Musings on Arab Culture

Umm Khultum

Umm Khultum, an Egyptian native who lived from the turn of the last century until 1975, and who was considered by many in Egypt, and the Middle East, in general, to be the greatest singer of all time, sang the song, “Inte Omri” (You Are My Life), for the first time in 1964. In her prime, Umm Khultum, (which means ‘mother of Khultum’), would sing two or three songs on stage, with certain lines repeated over and over again, that could last up to four hours depending on her creative mood and the reaction of the audience.

In 1944 Umm Khultum was decorated with the most prestigious level of orders (nishan el kamal) by King Farouk I, a privilege normally bestowed on royalty and politicians. It is said that Umm Khultum could sing as low as the second octave and as high as the seventh octave, and that her vocal chords produced around 14,000 vibrations per second. Reportedly, the power of her voice rendered commercial microphones (for singing) ineffective at close range, requiring Umm Khultum to stand one to three meters away. Umm Khultum’s or

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Asmahan

Asmahan, pseudonimo di Amal al-Atrash (in araboآمال الأطرش‎^?; Mar Mediterraneo, 25 novembre1912 – Mansura, 14 luglio1944), è stata una cantante e attricesiriana, sorella del compositore e musicista Farid al-Atrash. Asmahan è considerata una delle più belle voci della discografia araba, nonché una delle più belle e raffinate attrici del cinema egiziano degli esordi.

Biografia

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Amal al-Atrash nacque in Siria da madre libanese e padre siriano, principe druso. Nel 1924, dopo la prematura morte del padre, si trasferì in Egitto con sua madre e i suoi fratelli Fouad e Farid.^[1]

La fama del fratello Farid e la sua bellezza, le permisero di partecipare a piccole parti in commedie teatrali a fianco del celebre attore di teatro egiziano Youssef Wahbi.^[2] Iniziò a cantare e si rivelò particolarmente promettente. Venne anche ingaggiata per un ruolo a Hollywood, ma la sua prematura morte troncò il tutto al nascere.

Sulla morte di Asmahan per incidente d'auto, quando annegò in un torrente tornando da Mansoura