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Ḥumāt ad-Diyār" (Arabic: حُمَاةَ الدِّيَارِ, lit. 'Guardians of the Homeland') was written as the national anthem of Syria, [a] with lyrics written by Khalil Mardam Bey and the music by Mohammed Flayfel, who also composed the national anthem of Iraq as well as many other Arab folk songs. [1]
The song is a standard of Arabic and Middle Eastern musical repertoires. Versions of the song have been recorded by artists including Fairuz , [ 5 ] Sabah Fakhri , [ 5 ] Souad Massi , Lena Chamamyan , Nabyla Maan , Hamza El Din , Sami Yusuf , Abeer Nehme [ 6 ] and Talia Lahoud .
[1] In February 2006, the music video for the lead single, "Ya Tabtab," was released and was directed by longtime collaborator and friend Nadine Labaki. The music video was highly praised by critics and began a circus phenomenon. With the video, the full album was released with 11 songs, to be yet an even bigger success for Ajram. [2]
Romanization is often termed "transliteration", but this is not technically correct. [citation needed] Transliteration is the direct representation of foreign letters using Latin symbols, while most systems for romanizing Arabic are actually transcription systems, which represent the sound of the language, since short vowels and geminate consonants, for example, does not usually appear in ...
Arabic [3] Pronunciation (Arabic) Translation (English) [3] طلع البدر علينا: ṭala‘a 'l-badru ‘alaynā: The full moon rose over us من ثنيات الوداع: min thaniyyāti 'l-wadā‘ From the valley of Peace‘ وجب الشكر علينا: wajaba 'l-shukru ‘alaynā: And it is incumbent upon us to show gratitude
[1] [2] "Ya Lili" by Tunisian singer Balti with Hammouda is the second video to garner over 700 million views. [3] [4] [5] "Happy Happy" by Bahrani singer Hala Al Turk become the first Arabic music video to cross 100 million views. This is a list of the most-viewed Arabic music videos on YouTube.
Abū al-Farāj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing the work, which ran to over 10,000 pages and contains more than 16,000 verses of Arabic poetry.It can be seen as having three distinct sections: the first deals with the '100 Best Songs' chosen for the caliph Harūn al-Rashīd, the second with royal composers, and the third with songs chosen by the author himself. [3]
Andalusī nūbah (نوبة أندلسيّة), also transliterated nūba, nūbā, or nouba (pl. nūbāt), or in its classical Arabic form, nawba, nawbah, or nōbah, is a music genre found in the North African Maghrib states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya but, as the name indicates, it has its origins in Andalusi music.