Emile Deeb and Various Artists

Qisas wa Aghani Atfal (Arabic Stories and Nursery Rhymes)

• Kelon Andon Siarat (They All Have Cars)
• Tele' Eldaw Alwadi (The Light Rises On the Valley)
• Eidek ya Mama (It's Your Day, Mama)
• Fusoul Lseneh (Seasons of the Year)
• Fi Anna Shajara (We Have a Tree)
• Shatti Shatti (Rain Rain)
• Ammi Bu Masoud (My Uncle Bu Masoud)
• Khlset Lsneh (The Year is Over)
• Lbatta Bte'mel (The Duck Does That)
• Mabrouk ya Baba (Congratulations, Dad)
• Yallah Na'amer (Let's Build)
• Madinat Al Atfal (The City of Children)

• Alef Ba'a (A, B)
• Laila Wal Theib (Layla and the Wolf)
• Al Ghurab Wal Thaalab (The Crow and the Fox)
• Al Sayyad Wal Samak (The Fisherman and the fFsh)
• Helm Al Rai'e (The Dream of the Shepard)
• Al Khazna Wal Hisan (The Safe and the Horse)
• Al Thalab Wal Bajaa (The Fox and the Swan)
• Hikayat Mama (Mama's Tale)

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Credits

Lyrics: Rafic Anis Rouhana Music: Emile Deeb Produced by: A. Chahine & Fils

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This cassette contains a collection of children's songs that a generation of children in the Levant region grew up with during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, including Kelon Andon Siarat (They All Have Cars) and Ammi Bu Masoud (My Uncle Bu Masoud). The tape demonstrates Lebanon's early influence on children's music in the region, before Syrian influence emerged in the 2000s with the spread of Spacetoon channel. The cassette is attributed to the late Lebanese musician Emil Deeb, who left Lebanon for Canada during the civil war and lived there for the rest of his five decades. Emil composed numerous musical works and frequently collaborated with Lebanese radio, as well as publishing books on music education in Arabic.