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| Sabah صباح |
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 Sabah in 2007 in Beirut |
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| Birth name | Jeanette Gergi Feghali |
| Born | November 10, 1927[1] |
| Origin | Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon |
| Genres | Lebanese music, Arab pop, Folk music, Traditional pop |
Sabah (Arabic: صباح) (born Jeanette Feghali on November 10, 1927), Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon is a Lebanese singer and actress.
She has released over 50 albums and has acted in 98 movies, as well as 20 stage plays. She is among the most prolific Levantine singers, with a reported 3,500 songs in her repertoire.
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Career
In the 1940s she started singing and acting in Egyptian movies. She got very popular and famous. She acted with many famous actors including the famous singer/actor Abdel Halim Hafez.
Still a prominent performer at the age of 82, Sabah continues to perform both in concert and on television, including programs like Lebanon's Star Academy (the Arabic equivalent of the United Kingdom's Fame Academy) where she sang her new single on a stage lined with mannequins displaying costumes from several of her early films and musicals.
The singer is known to her fans by the diminutive Sabbouha and is also called Al Shahroura, or "Song Bird". She is well-known for her ability to sustain a single note for over a minute when performing in the Lebanese 'ataba style. Lately, she said that her "off" used to last for 50 seconds.
Her only European TV performance was in 1980, when she was a guest on the French TV show Le Grand Echiquier where she performed "Saidi" and the duet "Aal Naddaa" with French singer Enrico Macias.
In the 90s, Sabah and her former husband Fadi Lubnan (Kuntar) made a documentary about her life.
In 2005, Sabah released a new dance single and in 2006 a duet with Lebanese singer Rola. It is a remake of a 1970s hit. The accompanying video, in which Sabah is shown as "the notorious diva" to whom her younger colleague pays tribute, has received wide play on Arabic music channels.
On November 10, 2007, while celebrating her birthday with friends, Sabah received a rose and a phone call from General Aoun, a well known Lebanese politician. She has also in recent years developed a close collaboration with singer Rola Saad in remaking some of her old hits, such as "Yana Yana".ئاءبيلة
Sabah was hosted on Akher Man Yalam on 31 May 2010. Al Shahrourah, a TV drama based on her life aired during Ramadan 2011. She was played by singer Carole Samaha.[2]. Some names of the characters in the TV drama have been changed.
Marriages
Sabah has been married seven times. Her marriage with Najib Chammas lasted five years. Her marriage with Egyptian violinist Anwar Mansy lasted four years with whom she had a daughter, Howayda. She also married Egyptian television presenter Ahmed Farrag, and Egyptian actor Rushdy Abaza, (to whom she was married for 4 days only) She demanded a divorce after she found out he had lied to her. He had not divorced his wife Samia Gamal as he had led Sabah to believe. Joe Hammoud, Wassim Tabbara, and Fadi Kuntar. Lately, she said that all her husbands have taken advantage of her career; especially, when she was at her summit of fame. Sabah was named by her former husbands as "Madame Bank" because she used to spend her money generously on the people she loved.
There were rumors that she was engaged to Omar Mihio ("Mr. Lebanon") in 2003. When the relationship ended in 2004, she admitted that it had been a stunt to launch Amr's acting career. In April 2008, a publication with photos announced that she got married to Joseph Gharib, her hair dresser for 17 years. It was later revealed that she was only pulling an April Fool's joke on the public. She has two children. Her son Sabah from her marriage with Najib Chammas is a doctor and is married to his cousin Zeina Chammas, "her father Co-Star with Sabah in the movie Awwal Nazra". Her daughter Howayda Mansy from her marriage with Anwar Mansy is a dance teacher in the United States. Sabah has two grandchildren, Danielle Chammas and Naji Chammas, who both live in California.
Selected filmography
Many of Sabah's movies have not been released commercially on either VHS tape or DVD. Movies she has acted in include:
- Kanat Ayyam (1970)
- Nar el shawk (1970)
- Mawal (1966)
- El Aydi el naema (1963) aka Soft Hands
- El Motamarreda (1963)
- Jaoz marti (1961)
- El Rajul el thani (1960)
- El Ataba el khadra (1959)
- Sharia el hub (1959)
- Salem al habaieb (1958)
- Izhay ansak (1956)
- Wahabtak hayati (1956)
- Khatafa mirati (1954)
- Lahn hubi (1953)
- Zalamuni el habaieb (1953)
- Khadaini abi (1951)
- Ana Satuta (1950)
- Sabah el khare (1948)
- Albi wa saifi(1947)
- lubnani fi al gamiaa (1947)
References
- ^ LaTeef, Nelda (1997). Women of Lebanon: interviews with champions for peace. University of Michigan: Mcfarland. p. 72. ISBN 0786403292. "Born Jeannette Feghali on November 10, 1927, Sabah is as famous for her blonde, glamorous looks as she is for her amazing vocal cords."
- ^ "Court refuses lawsuit by Fairouz against “Al Shahrourah”". AlBawaba. 7 August 2011. http://www.albawaba.com/latest-news/court-refuses-lawsuit-fairouz-against-%E2%80%9Cal-shahrourah%E2%80%9D-387098. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
External links
- Sabah (I) at the Internet Movie Database
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