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Name and Aliases	Fareed AL-Atrash (also written as Farid Alatrash or Atrash) alias prince of Durz in Syria alias one of the most famous Middle East singers and actors until 1980s, and partially until today with his songs alias American/English origin Mister. “Atrash” in Arabic means “deaf” in English, “taub” in German and “doof” in Dutch. This person is identified as (Added on 26.12.2008): See also his alleged sister Asmahan Al-Atrash, and new photos with comments added on 16.02.2012 below as well as new photos on the following page by clicking on Next 1. (Added on 16.02.2012) a God-father of a drug related organized crime family that consist of several hundred brothers stretched from Morocco to Syria, to Turkey, Germany, USA and other countries 2. (Added on 16.02.2012) Note: Fareed Al-Atrash always pretended and acted in public that he is sad and lonely , while in reality he had several hundred children and many of them and with their wives lived in his building that he used to share the women also with his sons enable he can generate many lookalike children to create a brotherhood of confusion where you don’t know who is who and where they are just like the identity of the Turkish president Abdullah Gül that you can’t track his identity, but also Sheikha Mozah and Moamar Khadafi alias my fake uncle Dr. Farzat Baroudi that exchanged places with other lookalike under Moamar Khadafi, and now they claim they have killed Moamar Khadafi, but they did not, because they were several persons exchanging places and there is always one that they sacrifice and kill to save the others, that are the richer and more powerful 3. (Added on 16.02.2012) to understand this profile see also: how old are God-Fathers, men disguise as women, Sheikha Mozah that is white with red hair and disguises herself as darker skin, black hair and brown eyes and hiding her children as actors in Hollywood, while performing a lot of damage to my life, Raja, Abdullah Gül, Quentin Tarantino, Alia Köse alias Condoleezza Rice and my ex-wife Anita Disbray and last but not least Hani Baroudi the hidden half-brother and very lookalike to both George Clooney and his brother Quentin Tarantino, 4. (Added on 16.02.2012) This man is identified as business partner with my fake family and in particular with Jameel Baroudi, Shams Baroudi, Jawdat Baroudi, Hani Baroudi and above all also with my fake brother Nick Naggar alias a hidden son of the famous American Talk show host Steve Allen or he is Steve Allen and all of them are major drug lords that smuggle illegal drugs from the Middle East such as from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Yemen and Turkey to Europe and USA under the protection of CIA, KGB and American military intelligence and most probably also under the NATO military intelligence while pretending to be doing it to infiltrate as spies in the Middle East, but they created the Middle East and they 100% control it and keep all the poor people as slaves for Petroleum, illegal drugs, sweat shops and many other natural resources=Rockefeller and their allies from Russian, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Europe 5. (Added on 16.02.2012) this man is identified as Rockefeller either from Russia, India or Saudi Arabia, however he is 100% not Syrian-Durz as they claim 6. (Added on 16.02.2012) as the father of Raja alias George Clooney, until I have a prove that human can really live several hundred years, Fareed Al-Atrash is the father of George Clooney 7. (Added on 16.02.2012) If some persons really can live several hundred years and Fareed Al-Atrash is one of them, then he is George Clooney after a few small cosmetic surgeries 8. A decoy brother of the American military intelligence agent Mohi Sabri that pretended to be Egyptian alias the American military intelligence agent and German ex-foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher 9. The hidden brother to professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber alias Rockefeller the German police president in Munich, Germany and See additions below under Other Knowledge 10. These are 5 different identities with one look alike, which are: Professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber, Professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer, Ali Bark, Monsieur Faris and Fareed Al-Atrash. How many actual persons they are I am not certain, however I am certain with the fact that they all know each other’s, exchange places with each other, are all related to my life and they are all drug lords in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Germany and USA. Please note that some of them may have age difference of possibly 20 years or more, especially if their one father was over 80 years old and continued to produce children until his disappearance or death. 11. They use dead persons as decoy enable to force an end of lead or to research who did what such as: Abdalghani Abokurah, Herbert Quandt alias Abo Maieen Malas, Franz Joseph Strauss, Mr. Hoegl, Mr. Krause, Mrs. Fischer and many others, but also because dead persons can’t defend their selves and prove otherwise. 12. Hidden brother to the terrorist Dr. Sami Assassa alias the official brother-in-law of my fake uncle Jawdat Baroudi alias Rockefeller
Name in Arabic	فريد الأطرش \ أطرش
Relation to me	Uncertain, but in a very deceiving and brainwash period I was taken to his house by my fake step father Mohi Sabri
First saw/met	Never met him, but I was in his house between 1965 and 1966
Age at that time	Over 40 years old
Last saw/met	Never personally met him or saw him, at least not consciously. Not consciously because he looked very much like one of our neighbors in Cairo, who was pretending to be Syrian Jewish converted to Islam to divorce and marry again, he also was one of the most famous tailors in Cairo, his name was Monsieur Faris
Hidden biological relatives	Windsor in England, he is most probably the direct son of queen Mary of England
Allegedly Died On	Mid 1970s or 1980s
Surrounding me during	Not personally, but that I was in his house during a very deceiving, brainwash and persecution period by my fake brother Mohamad Nashaat Naggar alias Nick Naggar that just arrived in to my life, my fake mother Hayat Baroudi and her alleged husband Mohi Sabri
Height	155-165 cm	Weight	70-80 kg	Skin Color	White
Hair Color	Brown	Eye Color	Brown with a touch of green or blue	Religion	Durz??!!
Special Features	Short, overweight, long distant between his nose and upper lip, very thin lips. Pretending to be Syrian living in Egypt, because there was no movie business in 1940s-1960s in Syria, due to it was all new established by American and English military, very famous singer since 1940s in
Special Crimes Against Me	Not directly. See details below under Other Knowledge

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Additional photo needed (The following text added on 16.02.2012) It looks to me like Quentin Tarantino the hidden brother of George Clooney as he was young!!

(Added on 26.12.2008) All photos Photo-1-10: Fareed Al-Atrash alias of the Windsor family in England, photo and personal information needed to prove that for crimes against me and against humanity Photo-11-12: Fareed Al-Atrash with his alleged sister Asmahan Al-Atrash Photo-13: Fareed Al-Atrash with an unknown person, possibly this person is the first Hani Baroudi that I saw in Egypt in 1960, in particular his chin and lower face part are identical, but also the eye glasses, or possibly one of his many brothers. And this can be especially true because the American Hani Baroudi from 1991 that I did not see from before mid-1960 and until around 1980/81 in Saudi Arabia where Siemens AG was using me to black mail their way through the Rockefeller and the Bush family members hiding under various identioties in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, and again I did not see him until he severely set me up to continuo to enslave me under the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud and damaged my life in 1991/92 during which he pretended to be the one from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where he looked more like Steve Job, and in this processes he was trying to convince my mind that he is not only from Egypt but also allegedly that he was somehow involved in the Egyptian entertainment and movie/film business. Today I have no more doubt in my mind that the mother fucker Hani Baroudi that I met in USA in 1991 was 100% not the Hani Baroudi from mid 1960s in Egypt and most probably is also a different person than Hani Baroudi from 1980/81 in Saudi Arabia. See photo-5 to the left of how Hani Baroudi in Saudi Arabia actually looked like to 95%.

(Added on 26.12.2008) All photos Photo-1: Professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber the German police president in Munich, Germany that persecuted me to death from 1970-1986 and from 2001-2006. Professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber alias the drug lord Ali bark alias the brainwash and kidnap professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer. Photo-2: Wolfgang Clements the ex-German economy minister and hidden son to Nelson Rockefeller and brother to among others, Mr. Hoegl, Professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber, Professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer, Ali Bark, Monsieur Faris and Fareed Al-Atrash. Photo-3: Nelson Rockefeller the father of the hidden circle of half brothers and sisters around my life Photo-4: Dr. Claus-Dieter Fischer (no profile, see his the profile of his official father professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer) alias the grandson of Nelson Rockefeller, his nephew, his son, or/and with all their incest possibly several of the above Photo-5: Mr. Kabani alias Lawrence S. Kubie the hidden Rockefeller in Egypt, USA, Syria and other countries. Mr. Kabani is the alleged uncle of Hani Baroudi, however I very positive that he is the actual father of Hani Baroudi, not only due to the look, but also due to many situations around my life and Hani Baroudi’s life. Professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber is 100% a hidden brother to the evil Fareed Al-Atrash and both of them exchanged places under the identity Ali Bark the alleged Lebanese Console in Amman, Jordan from at least 1966-1986. And the best friend and business partner among others to the Joseph Azrath of the Azrath family and to my evil brother-in-law Seev Aldin Bdeir of the Bdeir family

Other Descriptions/Details

Name and Aliases		Fareed AL-Atrash alias prince of Durz in Syria alias one of the most famous Middle East singers and actors until 1980s, and partially until today with his songs alias American/English origin
Profession under Alias		Very famous singer and actor in the Middle East
Official Nationality		Syrian
Countries Lived In		Syria, Lebanon and Egypt
Official Address		Fareed Al-Atrash Building, Fareed Al-Atrash Penthouse, Al-Gizah, Cairo, Egypt
Disguise Methods		Pretend to be Syrian Durz, and possibly he pretended to be Mon Senior Faris a Syrian Jewish who converted to Islam. This is two different identities in the same city, they also could be twin brothers, that hid this fact and pretended to not know each other, yet they were very close to each other, because Mon Senior Faris owned a very famous custom tailoring shop in downtown Cairo that was specialized for rich people and Movie Stars
Official Family Members	Father	unknown, allegedly Durz king or prince in Syria
	Mother	Unknown, allegedly Durz queen or princess
	Sisters	Asmahan Al-Atrash, a very famous singer in 1940s that
	Brothers	Unknown, possibly Monsieur Faris
	Cousins	Unknown
	Wife	Unknown
	Children	Unknown
	Other Relatives	Most probably the Winsor family in England and my fake mother Hayat Baroudi
Biological Family Members	Father	Unknown
	Mother	Unknown
	Sisters	Unknown
	Brothers	Unknown
	Cousins	Unknown
	Wife	Unknown
	Children	Unknown
	Other Relatives	Unknown
Friends of the Family		Most probably the Windsor family in England
Official Businesses		Entertainment business in Egypt and other areas in the Middle East
Businesses Partners:		Sabri, Al-Jumaiee, Mon Senior Faris, Kwader/Queder, Baroudi, CEO of Egypt Air airline
Illegal Businesses		Spying, drugs, terrorism, child kidnapping and all the crimes performed by his business partners
Other Knowledge		1. 1964/65, he owned a New York style high rise in Cairo, 20-40 floors, where he lived in the entire upper floor in a penthouse. His living room had direct in the center a big fountain, 2 meters diameter. And the entire apartment was furnished with so called Syrian style interior, which is a lie, Syria never had a style prior to 1940s, because it was a desert lived possibly by a few nomads 2. He did nothing to me personally or visible to me, except I was taken to his house in a very confusing time for people that were persecuting me and trying very hard to show me as if my family is not my family, and also trying very hard to prove that my fake family are not Syrians or even Arabs, and suddenly I be taken to his house by fake step father, the man who raped me and misused me sexually in coordination with my fake mother, and then persecuted me as if I am homosexual, then pretended to escape and went to Germany, and in Germany he is 100% American spy and saboteur since 1969. And today I know for fact he is of the Al-Jumaiee family who are in reality the family of James E. Robinson the official grandfather of ex-USA-first-lady Barbara Pierce Bush, and I was 100% brainwashed and kidnapped by George H. W. Bush to USA and kept hostage for 15 years and until 2001, and ever since I am being persecuted and until today, I don’t even have legal papers that proves my true and biological identity. (Below added on 27.12.2008) Fareed Al-Atrash incidents: 1. 1960-1965 Cairo, Egypt, sometimes between this date Monsieur Faris became our neighbor in the same building, he is the hidden brother of among others Fareed Al-Atrash 2. 1967/68 Cairo, Egypt, Mohi Sabri takes me to the penthouse of Fareed Al-Atrash 3. 1983 Munich, Germany, dragged by force and by using brainwash and ESP setups to the illegal American, English, Syrian, military intelligence project named Calypso, where I was severely brainwashed, tortured physically and mentally and persecuted as preparation to enslave me under the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud one of many hidden sisters to Fareed Al-Atrash and his huge circle of half brothers and sisters 4. 1983-1985 Munich, Germany. Some prince of Abo Dhabi or Oman pushed his friendship upon my life through a setup at the Hilton hotel by my fake sister Afrah Najjar alias Afrah Abokurah and her husband Abdalghani Abokurah (alias brother to ex-USA vice president Al Gore) into my life to confirm as if I am of the family of prince of Druze Fareed Al-Atrash and allegedly all Arab princes are related 5. 1984 Munich, Germany, my fake mother the international CIA whore Hayat Baroudi plays repeatedly the recorded Arabic singing of the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud, whereby I never knew her from before and out of politeness I allowed her to listen to it in my presence, and in particular in my car. 6. 1984 Munich, Germany, my fake cousin the mother fucker Hani Baroudi alias Rockefeller, and very suddenly sends me Arabic music tapes from Saudi Arabia 7. 1984-1986 Munich, Germany, the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud was forced upon my life by the American and German governments 8. 1984-1986 Munich, Germany, Jameel Mahmoud the official brother of the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud sends me the music instrument called “Oud” just like Fareed Al-Atrash plays mainly Oud (similar to Guitar but in shape of a half egg) in addition to Arabic music teaching book and Arabic songs book 9. 1984-1986 Munich, Germany, I was forced by ESP and brainwash to behave as if I am madly in love with the films and songs of Fareed Al-Atrash and was forced by ESP to oft be busy recording his films and songs 10. 1985-1986 Munich, Germany, the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud kept on singing while the terrorist Dr. Sami Assassa playing the music using a violin 11. 1984-1986 Munich and Stuttgart, Germany. Professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer of the brainwash and kidnap company UDF Consulting AG the hidden brother of Fareed Al-Atrash comes into my life by force of CIA, American military intelligence, the German police, German secret service called BND and the German anti-terrorist group called GSG9 12. 1985-1986 Munich, Hamburg and Stuttgart, Germany, Mr. Ruge alias John D. Rockefeller the Third of the brainwash and kidnap company UDF Consulting AG comes into my life. John D. Rockefeller the Third and based on the situation is the father of my fake uncle Dr. Farzat Baroudi alias professor Joachim Sauer 13. 1986-1987 Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut, USA and based on the pattern shown above the hidden relative of Fareed Al-Atrash and his huge hidden circle of half brothers and sisters the Stevens Family comes in to my life, brainwashed me and enslaved me under the CIA whore agent Najlaa Mahmoud 14. 1987-1988/89 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, the CIA whore Najlaa Mahmoud brings in to my life the criminal Scott Shields and his whore mother Susanne Shields the hidden brother of Fareed Al-Atrash (and very look alike to John D. Rockefeller junior the Second), Ali Bark, Monsieur Faris, professor Dr. Helmuth Fischer, professor Dr. Manfred Schreiber and other members of the Rockefeller hidden and huge circle of the half brothers and sisters. Scott Shields pretended to remind me with Monsieur Faris of 1960s in Egypt, but I never made any connection or relation, therefore he was brainwashing me to not remember my past by creating more impressionable situation in relation to expensive tailoring for whores instead for actresses that were oft raped by the Rockefeller family members in Egypt enable to hide their own children 15. And other incidents, however the above incidents are the major ones that I can recall at the moment and directly related to Fareed Al-Atrash, because they were trying to link me only to Syria and Fareed Al-Atrash is not known that he is of the Rockefeller family and is not Syrian.

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Below are a comparison of the faces off Fareed Al-Atrash with George Clooney	Below are a comparison of the face profile of Fareed Al-Atrash with George Clooney
Below are Fareed Al-Atrash left and George Clooney alias Raja right alias the Egyptian version of the Rockefellers	This is the inside of the penthouse of Fareed Al-Atrash in his own high rise called Fareed Al-Atrash building in Cairo, Egypt, where my fake stepfather Mohi Sabri took me to only once and I did not know why, I thought that he was the guard of this house or something like that. Today I understand and since George Clooney alias Raja and the son of Fareed Al-Atrash, just to pretend that I am the son of Fareed Al-Atrash or related to him, and I am related to him, because he is 100% a Rockefeller, but he is not my father. However he along with his son Raja alias George Clooney and Mohi Sabri alias Newt Gingrich that exchanged places with Jürgen Möllemann and all of them conspired against me to force me to be in this situation as protection for the fake George W. Bush that was born and raised in the ex-Soviet Union and then was taken to USA over the Middle East as distraction of his real birth place and te prove for that is that he helped the Russian Federation much more than he helped USA and on top of that he created several Tsunamis to hard many countries while creating a wave of a very bad economic situation for USA, Europe and East Asia but benefiting the Russian federation and China
George Clooney and his real father to the righ the famous Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian singer Fareed Al-Atrash that I strongly suspect him to be originated from Rockefellers in Saudi Arabia	Fareed Al-Atrash in the balcony of his own high rise as mentioned in the photo above Also and in comparison to George Clooney they are almost identical just like father and son supposed to look like
The so called Arabic Oud, there are many variations of this so called Arabic Oud, that are found in India and Saraswati VeenaSaraswati veena, in China and called Pipa, Russian Dorma and others. In Short these instruments are not Arabic and were integrated in 1920s and 1930s by the Rockefellers and their allies as a mean to create a new fake societies that allegedly exist since several thousands of years=The Middle East. The alleged Arabic music instrument called Oud http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/history.html or in Europe is also called Lute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute) that is originated of the European instrument called zither that originally comes from Piano or also called keyboard instrument that also comes from zither or zither comes from piano, who knows they always falsify the history of our lives, while zither=sit Mr. or seat master=professional who sits and plays this music instrument that with the time turns to be portable the Guitar, Oud and other instruments in India and China. In other words Oud is not Arabic because Arab countries were established after 1910 and the controlling families such as the Rockefeller family created so much new things as a scheme to separate the all new so called Arab people of the rest of the world, among others they imitated other things or just modified their look a little bit and gave them a new name such as Oud, they created the Arabic language and repeatedly modified it between 1945 and now, they create the Islam Sunni and Alawee, they created fake Arabic food, fake Arabic cloths, fake Arabic history, fake Arabic traditions based on fake religion and based on the controlling families that come from USA, England, France, China, India, Netherland and other countries with one goal to enslave people and use them as slaves for acquiring natural resources or producing agricultural products and the list is endless, which is really sad that these mother fuckers have so much intelligence yet absolutely limited horizon and can’t invent new things such as computers, cars, TV, Radio and so on, they just enslave people and steal their properties with American, NATO and Russian military!!	Below are the Chinese music instruments, one of the oldest in the world, and the bottom right ones are called Pipa All of the below music instruments on the right and on the left shows that the Arabic Oud is and with absolute no doubt was integrated after 1910 by the Rockefeller and Hollywood entertainment business in Egypt that is the only existing movie and entertainment in the Middle east that can be tracked back to the 1920s all other so called Arab movies and Entertainment came much later the majority after the second world war due to the entire Middle east has a fake History and it is nothing but slavery created to protect the properties of the Rockefellers and their allies and it all started by petroleum and drilling and gradually they build cities and entire countries around it.
Above is the Russian Dorma by far the closest to the Arabic Oud=Rockefellers	Below also one of the oldest in the world the Indian Tanpura
Zither in various shapes until the guitar	The Inside a piano
Click here to see more photos of Fareed Al-Atrash to see him from all kind of angels while understanding what he was doing and what he taught his children, among others George Clooney	Outside of a piano

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Farid al-Atrash
Farid al-Atrash
Background information
Born	October 19, 1910(1910-10-19)
Origin	Suwayda, Syria
Died	December 26, 1974(1974-12-26) (aged 64)
Genres	Arabic, Egyptian classical, Instrumental
Occupations	Singer, Actor, Composer, Instrumentalist
Instruments	Singing, oud
Years active	1930s – 1970s
Associated acts	Asmahan
Website	www.farid-el-atrache.com

Farid al-Atrash, or in French spelling Farid El-Atrache, (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974) was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor.^[1][2] Having immigrated to Egypt in childhood, Farid embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades — recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as 'King of the Oud', he is one of the most important figures of 20th Century Arab music.^[3]

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· 1 Early life

· 2 Musical career

· 3 Film career

· 4 Personal life

· 5 Death

· 6 Legacy

· 7 Filmography

· 8 References

· 9 External links

[edit] Early life

Farid was born in Suwayda, Syria to the Druze Atrash family who fought the French Colonial armies.^[4] His father was Syrian and mother Lebanese.^[5] As a child, Farid emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid's mother sang and played the oud, which spurred his musical interest at an early age.

As a child and young adult, Farid sang in school events. He studied in a music conservatory and became an apprentice of the renowned composer Riyad as-Sunbaty. In the 1930s, Farid began his professional singing career by working for privately owned Egyptian radio stations. Eventually, he was hired as an oud player for the national radio station and later as a singer. His sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, and for a while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first successful movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب - The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed all the music.^[6]

[edit] Musical career

Farid had a long and colorful music career lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a highly regarded composer, singer and instrumentalist. Farid maintained that although some of his music had western musical influence, he always stayed true to Arab music principles. Although the majority of his compositions were romantic love songs, he also composed several patriotic and religious songs.

One of Farid's most unusual and distinguishable traits was his voice. High and mellow at the start of his career, it evolved into a wider, deeper sound. A person not familiar with his work would find it hard to believe the singer in "Ya Reitni Tir" (1930s) and "Adnaytani Bil Hajr" (1960s) were the same singer. His singing style was deeply passionate.

In many of his songs, and nearly all of his concerts, Farid would sing a mawal, which is a slow voice improvisation of a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 minutes. The mawal was a favorite of his fans. Some of the most famous songs include "Rabeeh" (Spring), "Awal Hamsa" (first whisper), "Hekayat Gharami" (story of my love), "Albi Wa Moftaho" (my heart and its key), "Gamil Gamal", "Wayak", "Ya

Zahratan Fi Khayali

" (يا زهرة في خيالي - "Flower of my imagination), "Bisat Ir Rih" (flying carpet), "Ya Gamil Ya Gamil", "Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybeen", "Eish Anta", and "sa3a bi 2orb el habib" (an hour in company of the beloved).

[edit] Film career

Farid starred in 31 Egyptian musical films from 1941 to 1974. His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati(نغم في حياتي, Songs in my life) was released after his death. All his films except the last two were black and white. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. Farid composed all the songs in his movies including the songs sung by other singers, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include approximately ten songs, but overall the films would average about five songs each. Some of Farid's famous movies include Intisar al-Shabab (انتصار الشباب - The Triumph of Youth, 1941), Yom Bila Ghad, Ahd el-Hawa, and Lahn al-Kholoud (لحن الخلود - "Eternal Lyric", 1952).

[edit] Personal life

Farid al-Atrash and Samia Gamal.

Quick success brought the young man a lifestyle of nightclubs, love affairs, and gambling. Soon Farid was in debt and found himself abandoned by his disapproving mother. During this difficult period of his life, he also endured the death of his sister and fellow performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort in a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was motivated to risk all he owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred in a movies with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The love of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried couple broke up. Farid continued to work with other film stars in numerous successful movies in which he always had the romantic lead role of a sad singer. He even repeatedly chose his character's name to be "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Farid refused to get married, claiming that marriage kills art. In his films, the audience remembered his leading ladies and Farid's beautiful songs more than the story lines.

Prior to the 1952 military coup d'état against King Farouk I, Farid became friends with Farouk's consort, Queen Nariman, a relationship that continued after the Queen's divorce and the coup that cost Farouk his throne. The former queen's family did not accept Farid, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a long depression, the start of health problems that worsened from that point on until his death.

As Farid became older, he reconsidered his opinion of marriage and proposed to Egyptian singer named Shadia, but at the last minute he backed out. By now his health was poor, and Farid feared that he would leave her a young widow. He often played out that scenario and sang about it in his romance movies.^[7]

Farid was a very close friend to musician Abdel Halim Hafez.

[edit] Death

Farid suffered from heart problems throughout his last 30 years. In the last few years of his life, he became physically thinner, and his singing voice became raspy as his sickness intensified. Although he was struggling with his health, he continued to make movies and perform in concerts until he died.

On Monday 24 December 1974 the doctors told Farid that after 2 days he could go home. This was because they noticed that Farid did not like the hospital, or the drugs and the food that the hospital provided for him. On December 26, 1974, Farid died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, shortly after arriving from London. Farid is buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside his sister and brother.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Legacy

Over his lifetime, Farid starred in 31 movies and recorded approximately 350 songs. He composed songs for top Arab singers, foremost his own sister, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah. He is widely considered to be one of the four 'greats' of Egyptian and Arabic music, along with Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Oum Kalthoum.^[8]

[edit] Filmography

Farid and his sister Asmahan

1. Nagham Fi Hayati (1975)
2. Zaman Ya Hob (1973)
3. Hob al kabir, -Al (1969)
4. Khouroug min el guana, El (1967)
5. Hikayet el omr kulluh (1965)
6. Ressalah min emraa maghoula (1963)
7. Yomun bala ghaden (1962)
8. Shatie el hub (1961)
9. Min agl Hobbi (1960)
10. Maleesh Gheirak (1958)
11. Inta habibi (1957)
12. Wadda'tu hubbak (1957)
13. Izhay ansak (1956)
14. Oussit Hobi (1955)
15. Ahdil Hawa (1955)
16. Risalat Gharam (1954)
17. Lahn hubi (1954)
18. Ayza atgawwez (1952)
19. Lahn al khouloud (1952)
20. Ma takulshi la hada (1952)
21. Taa la salim (1951)
22. Akher kedba (1950)
23. Afrita hanem (1949)
24. Ahebbak inta (1949)
25. Habib al omr (1947)
26. Bolbol effendi (1946)
27. Gamal wa Dalal (1946)
28. Ma akdarshi (1946)
29. Shahr el asal (1946)
30. Ahlam el chabab (1943)
31. Intisar al-chabab (1941)

[edit] References

1. ^ "Prominent Egyptians - Egyptian Government State Information Service". Sis.gov.eg. 1974-12-26. http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/figures/english/html/Farid.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-04.

2. ^ Newspaper Article by Abdel-Fadil Taha 2008-05-23 Al-Quds Al-Arabi, "وحصلت الأسرة علي الجنسية المصرية وظلت تنعم بها ومنهم اسمهان بالطبع"

3. ^ World music: the rough guide. Africa, Europe and the Middle East 1999 p330 ed. Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo "The late Farid el-Atrache and Asmahan - a brother and sister team - are claimed by the Syrians and Lebanese"

4. ^ Provence, Michael (2005). The great Syrian revolt and the rise of Arab nationalism (illustrated ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780292706804. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ej8ZMk1822sC&pg=PA72&dq=sultan+al+atrash.

5. ^ Images of enchantment, p, 81 http://books.google.com/books?id=Sd5g1ohkocAC&pg=PA81&dq=asmahan+Hasbaya#v=onepage&q=asmahan%20Hasbaya&f=false

6. ^ Mustafa Darwish Dream makers on the Nile: a portrait of Egyptian cinema 1998

7. ^ "Al Jadid, Vol. 4, No. 22 (1998). Remembering Farid al-Atrash: A Contender in the Age of Giants, by Sami Asmar". Almashriq.hiof.no. http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/000/070/079/al-jadid/aljadid-farid01.html. Retrieved 2012-02-04.

8. ^ "Best Arabic Music". Best Arabic Music. http://www.bestarabicmusic.net/abdel-halim-hafez/. Retrieved 2012-02-04.

[edit] External links

· Farid El Atrache at the Internet Movie Database

· Farid El Atrache Discography and Music

· Oud taqsim clips

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