The song ' Boukra Naaraf'

Collection title

The Ninth International Summer Festival Nostalgy

ID

BIB00198

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

07/08/2010

Production year

2010

Abstract

Treasures of the past, "the fifties": A collection of the most famous Arab and foreign songs in the fifties presented by a group of young singers. The song ' Boukra Taaraf' by the artist Faiza Ahmed was written by Mohamed Sultan . Faiza Ahmed (December 5, 1934 - September 24, 1983), a Syrian singer ,had the Egyptian nationality . Her father was Syrian ,he was born in Saida in Lebanon . He went back to Damascus when Faiza was eleven years old . During her artistic life she sang hundreds of songs and played in a few films .she won awards and medals, including: the armor in the Second Army on May 1, 1974. she had also received the Order of the Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba .

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

9m54