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وردة الجزائرية Warda al Jazairia harramt ahebbak מוסיקה ערבית

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Warda Al-Jazairia (وردة الجزائرية; literally "Warda, the Algerian"), commonly referred to as just Warda (وردة) ( July 1940), is an Algerian singer. She is well known in the Arabic music community for her Egyptian songs and music. She is one of the most famous Arabic artists due to her powerful voice. She was born the youngest of five children near Paris in Puteaux in 22 July 1940. Her father, Mohammed Ftouki was one of the first Algerian immigrants to France, ran a hotel for migrant workers at Boulogne-Billancourt then became the owner of an Arabic music cabaret in the Quartier Latin called the Tam-Tam (named after the three initials of the three Maghreb countries, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco). She used to sneak out of her room every night and hide in one of the corners for two or three hours to listen to the band while they were playing or rehearsing in her father's night club below and then she would sing for her self the next morning.

In those days Warda was unable to write any Arabic, she always had to ask her older brother to write out all her Arabic songs in the Latin alphabet. From time to time Warda's father was tolerant enough to allow his daughter's brief appearance on a stage of his club at the request of a friend.

Warda's mother was a Lebanese born in Beirut in a Muslim family of good social position called Yamout. She had taught Warda every Lebanese song of some importance. Thus the girl's liking for the Middle Eastern song had developed.

She was only a little girl when she would sing songs by Mohammed Abdel Wahab or Farid El Atrache. Ahmad Tejani, a friend of Warda's father, was working for a famous record company, Pathè Marconi-EMI (now EMI France), which used to produce children's programs for North African Arabs in France on the Paris radio station. During one of his visits to the TAM TAM club he heard her singing and liked her voice so much that, shortly after, he presented her to the radio and she participated in the show with a song called "Song for the Mother".

In 1958, as Paris was more and more concerned by the development of the Algerian War of Independence, the whole family had to seek refuge in Beirut where she went on singing militant songs. The whole family lived in a small apartment in Al Hamra Street in Beirut. When Warda started singing in Tanyos, a famous night club in Aley, she was only 17 and her national songs were hardly the style for night clubs.

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  • Warda was born in Puteaux, France to a Lebanese Mother and Algerian father.

    SHE IS A FRENCH BORN CITIZEN! she isnt even full Algerian! despite her name being warda al jazieria. She does sing patriotic Arabic songs though

  • @TheFairytales2012 Warda is one of the top best Arab singers but youre over here being rude and disgusting! how about you worry about yourself and improve your grammar! how about you worry about your own success instead of the success of Arab artists! Warda contributed to the world of music! AMAZING AND GREAT MUSIC! what are you doing with your life? Im sure warda or any respectful Algerian would be disgusted at the way youre putting down other nations to raise your own,pathetic

  • The natural Algerian beauty, and the best singer ever. All arabic women singers from arabic countries tried in vain to imitate her. They will never reach her level. Now Egyptians hate Warda, because she is a true Algerian. But wheter they like her or not, they are just jealous. No any arabic country would arrive to the level of Algeria in any domain. because Algeria is a pure BERBER COUNTRY, WHO EXCELS IN ANYTHING THEY TRY.

  • למישהו יש את הביצוע של נסרין ? אני לא מוצא אותו :/

  • @hamaz As muslim I' want to know where was living Israelite in the time of all thoses Son's of Israel ( David,Jacob,Salomon...etc peace up to them),if it wasen' t in that region in the world than where,Be honest everybody have right to exist including my brothers Palistinians so we should think for best solution for all,and we should live in peace and not war.

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