Fariha Al Abdallah

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This live tape presents a concert by Fariha Al Abdullah, during which she performs a collection of her most demanding and challenging songs in terms of vocal power, such as her iconic song Allah Yihdak Jabalhom which has also been performed by singers like Saria Al Sawas and Sara Zakaria. Fariha is accompanied by a varied and hybrid arrangement that keeps the tape entertaining from the first to the last moment. Before Sarya Al-Sawas became the first lady of Syrian shaabi song, this throne belonged to another mighty voice, that of Fariha Al Abdullah. Fariha is still present today, but she lived a golden age in the 1990s, when she was abundantly present at weddings, private parties, and nightclubs. She collaborated with a wide spectrum of voices and musicians, and shaped the features of the Syrian shaabi singer with her highly dynamic voice adorned with a hoarseness that gives it sadness. At the beginning of her career, Fariha carried the classification of Al-Hajiat or Al-Sheikhat, a title given by the people of Homs to female Syrian shaabi singers from their region, who suffered rejection from their conservative societies. However, Fariha today carries another title she deservedly earned through her long career: Singer of the Badia.