Fariha Al Abdullah

Gol Ani Ma Tgool (Say What You Say About Me)

• Attaba
• Law Habetak (If I Love You)
• Attaba
• Mabrook Thob Al Zaffa (Congratulations On the Wedding Dress)

• Attaba
• Gol Ani Ma Tgool (Say What You Say About Me)
• Nael
• Ya Arab Al Sharqieh Dabkeh (Arab of the Orient Dabke)
• Nael

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After a majestic introduction from the master of ceremonies and a flamboyant keyboard prelude, Fariha Al Abdullah greets the wedding audience, offering them one of the best gifts a new couple could receive on their wedding day: a series of shaabi songs and attabas from one of the most important female voices in the history of Syrian shaabi. Fariha shows a level of comfort in performance that only comes from deep experience and intensive practice, commanding the stage from her first "ah," while the echo repeats her voice as if she's singing to a deep valley. 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.