Hussein Al Hasan

Special Session (Ataba and Swehli)

• Dunia Wa Sheitan (A World and a Devil)
• Ballah Bel Beit Al Haram (Swear to God, Swear to the Holy Mosque)
• Law Ashar Ya Habibi Leila (If You Let Me Stay One Night, My Love)
• Ma Namet El Ein (My Eyes Didn't Sleep) + Anouh Bel Dar (I Cry at Home)
• Bi Marad Sar (I Got Sick) + Hert Ma Ben Habl El Wasl (Was Confused Between the Ends of The Connecting Cord)
• Taresh Min Al Wilf (Leaving Because of Love) + Ya Kalb Ma Beek Anin (There Is No Desire in My Heart)
• Ayat Al Leil (The Night Verses) + Hajeb Wa Khadden (An Eyebrow and Two Cheeks)

• Kelt Lak Habibi (I Told You My Love)
• Kalli Law Teer W Turt (He Wished I could Fly, and I Flew)
• Liman Ofitni (Who Did You Leave Me With?) + Ya Hadi Al Eiss (Oh, Camel Puller)
• Man Ya Madina (Who Is It, My City?) + Ya Taraf Hibbni (Oh Love, Love Me)
• Rouhi Teblaha W Ellha (My Soul is Hers)
• Yabu Khded Al Ward (You! The Man with the Rosy Cheeks)
• Rahat Afetni Shlon (How Could She Leave Me?)
• Taresh Ma Lafa Minnak
• Wedeena W Harrat Beeha

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With an acoustic arrangement and unhurried rhythm, Hussein Al Hasan performs a series of attaba and souaihly in a tarab mood. The singer recites his words like a chant, turning each phrase into a small song, and gives us a dense melodic performance that requires immersive listening. A native of Qamishli, Hussein Al Hasan was active in the Syrian shaabi scene in the Syrian Jazira region during the nineties, when he became one of the region's most prominent singers of that era alongside names like Omar Suleiman and Ahmad Al Abd, before gradually from the scene by the mid-2000s, it becomes difficult to find any recordings of his after 2007.