Najib Al-Sarraj

Ya Mudakdikat Al Khudud

• Ya Mudakdikat Al Khudud (Oh, Blushing Cheeks)
• Rid Al Salam Ya Zein (Peace Be Upon You, Zain)
• Yes'ed Sabahak Ya Badr (Good Morning, Badr)
• A'la Naghem Al Oud Ghanili (To the Tune of the Oud, I Sing)

• Fog Al Nakhel Ya Salima (Above the Palm Trees, Salima)
• La la W la la Lesh Al Za'al Ya Khala (No, No, No, Why Are You Upset, Uncle?)
• Hayert Qolub Kteer (Confused Many Hearts)
• Ya Beida Ya Helwe Ya Set Almalah (Oh White, Oh Sweet, Oh Lady of the Mariner)

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A cassette featuring a rare collection of sung poetry by Syrian artist Najib al-Sarraj. Najib Al-Sarraj (1923-2003) was a Hama born Syrian singer, musician and composer famous for his popular folk songs. He began his journey by playing the Oud, and studied the principles of musical notation in Damascus. His keen interest in the modern song (monologue) and the poem, eventually led him to become one of the most brilliant Syrian composers of the modern romantic poem. With his 1958 composition The House of the Beloved, he was considered the first to compose music from a poem by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani. Al-Sarraj composed for a number of male and female singers, most notably: Mary Gibran, Maha Al-Jabri and Yassin Mahmoud. He recorded songs for the Near East Broadcasting Station, New York based Arab-American label Alamphon, and later, in 1952, for Voice of the Arabs radio in Cairo. He also produced and acted in the 1972 Syrian film Al Musafer. Mohammed Abdel Wahhab once described Al-Sarraj as ‘Syria's Abdel Wahhab.’