Sabah (singer)
Sabah صباح | |
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Sabah in the 1960s | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | ash-Šaḥrūrah (lit. 'the Songbird'), Šaḥrūrat ul-Wādī (lit. 'Songbird of the Valley [of Shahrour, in reference to Wadi Shahrour (speculated to be her birthplace)]'), aṣ-Ṣabbūḥa (diminutive of Sabah), Šams uš-Šumūs (lit. 'the Sun of Suns'), The Notorious Diva (in the 2009 duet of Yana Yana with Rola Saad) |
| Born | 10 November 1927 Bdādūn, French Lebanon |
| Died | 26 November 2014 (aged 87) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Genres | Mawwāl, traditional Arabic music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1943–2014 |
| Spouse(s) | Najīb Shammās Anwar Mansī Aḥmad Farrāj Rushdī Abāẓa Yūsif Shaʿbān Yūsif Ḥammūd Wasīm Ṭabbāra Fādī Lubnān Joseph Gharīb |
Sabah, (Arabic: صباح, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [sˤɑˈbɑːħ], lit. 'morning') born Jeanette Georges Feghali, (Arabic: جانيت جرجس فغالي, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʒaːˈneːt ˈʒerʒes feˈɣaːli]) was a Lebanese singer and actress. She specialised in the Mawwāl, a popular genre of traditional music in the Arabsphere, and performed in many Egyptian films and songs.
Over the course of her career, she earned many nicknames; the most popular being 'Al-Shahrura' (Arabic: الشحرورة, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʔeʃ.ʃaħˈruː.re], lit. 'the songbird'), in reference to her her strong and rhythmic voice.