Fahd Ballan فهد بلان | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | March 22, 1933 Al-Kafr, Mandatory Syria |
| Origin | Suwayda, Syria |
| Died | December 24, 1997 (aged 64)[1][2] Al-Kafr, Syria[3] |
| Genres | Syrian folk music, Arabic music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor[1] |
| Years active | 1957–1997[2] |
Fahd Ballan (Arabic: فهد بلان) (22 March 1933 – 24 December 1997, Al-Kafr)[4] was a popular Syrian Druze singer[5] and actor.[6] Like most of his generation of artists who started their show business careers in the early sixties he was exposed to a world of influences of those decades of music glory. His voice and looks made him a symbol of masculinity and won him many acting roles in his youth.
Fahd Ballan traveled to Egypt and worked with Farid al-Atrash.[7] He married actress Mariam Fakhr Eddine and had an acting career. At least one of his tracks (Ma Aqdarshi Ala Kidah ) is done in Egyptian dialect. Most of his songs are performed in a Hourani dialect typical of Southern Syria and Northern Jordan. One track is done in formal Arabic (Jassa El Tabibo Liya Nabadhi). Fahd Ballan had an amazingly strong and beautiful voice that used to shadow the soundtrack music. Many people think some of his songs including "Larchab Haddak Yal Motor" and "Irkibna 3al Houssan" constitute the basis for the type of Arabic music that was later known as "songs from the mounts" (Arabic: الأغنية الجبلية). Most of his popular songs can be found on YouTube.
References
- ^ a b Fahd Ballan from Arabic Wikipedia
- ^ a b "Singer of manhood - 15 years of absence Fahd Ballan, a unique phenomenon in the Syrian song". Alba'ath media website. 2012-09-01.
- ^ "فهد بلان.. مطرب الرجولة". alwehda (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "هل الفاء جمعت بين "فريد الأطرش" و"فهد بلان"؟". esyria (in Arabic). 26 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music and the visual arts of the Middle East. American University in Cairo Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-977-424-607-4.
- ^ Moubayed, Sami M. (2006). Steel & silk: men and women who shaped Syria 1900-2000. Cune Press. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-885942-40-1.
- ^ Zuhur, S. (2003). "Building a Man on Stage: Masculinity, Romance, and Performance according to Farid al-Atrash". Men and Masculinities. 5 (3): 275. doi:10.1177/1097184X02238527.
Bibliography
Zuhur, Sherifa (2000) Asmahan's secrets: woman, war and song, University of Texas Press