The song ' Adawama'

Collection title

The Ninth International Summer Festival Nostalgy

ID

BIB00197

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

07/08/2010

Production year

2010

Abstract

Treasures of the past, "the fifties": Acollection of the most famous songs from Arab and foreign period of the fifties presented by a group of young singers. The song ' Adawama' by the artist Sabah from the film "soft hands" Al'Aidi Naima' in 1963 was composed by Mohamed Mougi . Sabah started her artistic life in her childhood when she was in Lebanon, She had a good reputation and was distinguished locally , until she managed to draw the attention of the lebanese film producer Asia Dagher, who was working in Cairo. She went to Egypt with her father and her mother, and stayed with Asia Dagher in Cairo, .

Type

video

Production companies

• Library of Alexandria - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Concert

Personalities

• Saad Mohamed

Primary theme

Live performances

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Music and songs

Credits / Cast

• Saad Mohamed - Director

Period of events

• 2010

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

6m17