Karawan
Collection of Songs
SIDE A
- Zein Yaba Zein (Beautiful, O Father, Beautiful)
- Shuddoli Al Hawdaj (Hitch Up The Howdah For Me)
- Ya Mal Al Sham (O Wealth Of Damascus)
- 'Ali Jablna (High Is Our Mountain)
- 'Al'mem 'Al'mam (On The Turban, On The Turban)
SIDE B
- 'An Al 'Shaq Saalouni (They Asked Me About Lovers)
- 'Ala Dom Yamma (Always Mother)
- Mawal Ya Teir Rafref Bl Sama (O Bird, Flutter In The Sky)
- Fidaai 'Alayk Al Salam (Fedayeen, Peace On You)
- Ya Shajreh Bl Dar (O Tree In The House)
- 'Atshan Qddam AL Maye (Thirsty In Front of the Water)
- Muhammad Diaa Al Deen - Mahlak Mahlak (Wait, Wait)
- Limone 'Al Limone (Lemon On Lemon)
- Ya Am Al 'Abayeh (O Mother Of The Cloak)
Location Issued
Damascus, Syria
Artist Origin
Latakia, Syria
More Info
A cassette featuring various songs by the Syrian singer Karwan (1932-2001). Born in Latakia, Karwan moved with her family to Damascus in the mid-1940s, where she enrolled in the Najah Institute and began singing and performing Asmahan songs. In 1945, she joined the Radio Children's Club, then the Damascus Radio Choir, and then the Radio Music Institute, where she learned solfege and the oud. The Damascene musician Mustafa Hilal gave her the artistic name Karawan, and the song Shddu Al Hawdag Walla, written by Rifaat al-Aqil and composed by Adnan Quraish, is considered the beginning of her artistic career, and her total number of songs on Syrian radio exceeded four hundred.