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Fahd Ballan, the Glossary

Fahd Ballan (فهد بلان; 22 March 1933 – 24 December 1997) was a Syrian Druze singer and actor, known for performing "Mountain songs" (الأغاني الجبلية).^[1]

16 relations: Al-Kafr, American University in Cairo Press, Arabic music, As-Suwayda, As-Suwayda Governorate, Druze, Egypt, Farid al-Atrash, First Syrian Republic, Hauran, Jordan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Music of Syria, Rebab, Syria, United Arab Republic.
20th-century Syrian male singers
Syrian Druze people

Al-Kafr

Al-Kafr (الكفر, also spelled al-Kefr) is a village in as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria.

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American University in Cairo Press

The American University in Cairo Press (AUCP, AUC Press) is the leading English-language publisher in the Middle East.

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Arabic music

Arabic music (al-mūsīqā al-ʿarabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres.

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As-Suwayda

As-Suwayda (ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء / ALA-LC romanization: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.

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As-Suwayda Governorate

As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate (مُحافظة السويداء / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat as-Suwaydā’) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria.

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The Druze (دَرْزِيّ, or دُرْزِيّ, rtl), who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Farid al-Atrash

Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Fahd Ballan and Farid al-Atrash are 20th-century Syrian male singers and Syrian Druze people.

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First Syrian Republic

The First Syrian Republic, officially the Syrian Republic, was formed in 1930 as a component of the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, succeeding the State of Syria.

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Hauran

The Hauran (Ḥawrān; also spelled Hawran or Houran) is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine (مريممحمد فخر الدين, 8 September 1933 – 3 November 2014) was an Egyptian film and television actress, and was the second wife of prominent filmmaker Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914 – 1970).

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Music of Syria

Regarding the music of Syria, there are certain musical traditions and practices that have been present in Syria longer than others.

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Rebab

The rebab (ربابة, rabāba, variously spelled rebap, rubob, rebeb, rababa, rabeba, robab, rubab, rebob, etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe.

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