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4 unusual facts about Zaki Nassif


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Nassif passion for music started at an early age, which led him to attend the Higher Institute of Music and Performing Arts, where he majored in Oriental singing, following the way of his two idols; the legendary artists, Wadih El Safi and Zaki Nassif.

Zaki Nassif

He was one of the Big Five who contributed material to Radio Orient and Radio Liban in the 1950s (among whom were Halim El Roumi, father of Magida El Roumi, and Tawfic al Basha, Phélémone Wehbé, etc.).

Born in Machghara, the largest town in the western Beqaa Valley in 1918 and was involved in music and country folk poetry (zagal, maannaa, 'ataba, mijana, abu el zuluf, etc.) at an early age.

Watch for the Andalusian passages, the poem by Gibran Khalil Gibran (Ya Bani Oummi) and its entry piece, or the love song Ahwak.



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