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Fakhri died on November 2, 2021, in Damascus, aged 88. Major works. Fakhri sang many traditional songs from Aleppo, based on the poems of Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Al-Mutanabbi and other poets. He also worked with contemporary composers. Some of his most popular songs are: Yā Hādī al-‘Ess / Mālek Yā Ḥelwa(t) Mālek; Khamrat el-Ḥobb
Nov 2, 2021 · Famous Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri, known across the Arab world for performing concerts that could go on for hours, died of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 88. The Damascus branch of the...
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Nov 2, 2021 · BEIRUT — One of the Arab world’s most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died, Syria’s government said...
- Associated Press
Nov 2, 2021 · BEIRUT (AP) — One of the Arab world’s most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved nearly extinct forms of Arabic music, has died, Syria’s government said Tuesday. He was 88.
- seldeeb@ap.org
- Investigative Reporter
Nov 2, 2021 · Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri has died aged 88. The news was announced in a joint statement by Syria's Ministry of Information and the Syrian Artists Syndicate, on Twitter and Facebook. No cause of death was revealed.
Nov 2, 2021 · One of the Arab world’s most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic music, has died, Syria’s government said...
Nov 2, 2021 · He was 88. It was not immediately clear what caused Fakhri’s passing. Born Sabah Abu Qaws in the Syrian city of Aleppo in 1933, Fakhri got his stage name as an adolescent when he started performing.
