Ok as we are celebrating the feast , I would like to share with this little treasure I 
found on YouTube : A complete version of Mandil El Helo.
Mandil El Helo “My sweetheart’s handkerchief” is a musical comedy starring the legendary Tahia Karioka in her golden time and singer Abdel Aziz Mahmoud. The title of the film was its title song which was one of the most famous songs of Mahmoud. The plot of the film is not that serious , it is just simple comedy that many people like.
You can watch the film after the break.
The film was produced in 1949 , directed by Abbas Kamel . You can find more detailed information about it in Arabic in El Cinema.
Now one of the unique character of this film is the photographer Kodak Agfa that was portrayed by late Hassan Kamel “1883-1959”, I just love his character as well as Kodak Agfa’s expressional art in photography.
I use the name of Kodak Agfa as my flickr name and I am proud of it.
This is dedicated to dear Zeinab Samir and all the lovers of the Black and White films. Unfortunately it is not subtitled.
You know I am thinking of sharing old films here to keep the heritage , the old good heritage of Egyptian cinema alive especially I found that new generations do not know about it.
found on YouTube : A complete version of Mandil El Helo. Mandil El Helo “My sweetheart’s handkerchief” is a musical comedy starring the legendary Tahia Karioka in her golden time and singer Abdel Aziz Mahmoud. The title of the film was its title song which was one of the most famous songs of Mahmoud. The plot of the film is not that serious , it is just simple comedy that many people like.
You can watch the film after the break.
Now one of the unique character of this film is the photographer Kodak Agfa that was portrayed by late Hassan Kamel “1883-1959”, I just love his character as well as Kodak Agfa’s expressional art in photography.
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| Kodak Agfa |
This is dedicated to dear Zeinab Samir and all the lovers of the Black and White films. Unfortunately it is not subtitled.
You know I am thinking of sharing old films here to keep the heritage , the old good heritage of Egyptian cinema alive especially I found that new generations do not know about it.
As an Arabic movies addict,thanks to my late mother Mrs.Knarig,and i confirm her SHAMELESSLY that SHE was ILLITERATE even in Armenian language or even Turkish she used ,occasionally;,which, We and She ,but She liked the Movies and understood 80% of the conversations in Egyptian-Arabic accent,but never read or wrote, but still i am proud of her not just because She was my MOTHER,also of her courage. courage to create her own dialect to help any foreighner asked route directions to make Him or Her to get to their destination,sometimes even an educated person fails to do as She did, successfully?!!Thanks to her ,i am CERTAIN 200% we have seen that>>MANDIL EL HELOO,when i was about 5./6 or maybe 7 years old,but believe me I cant remember any scene of it??...Yes i do like the late crooner Mr.ABDEL AZIZ MAHMOUDs & His mind/soul relaxing voice and songs,especially movie s title song MANDEEL EL HELO ..YA MANDEEL....,every time i listen to it i get very emotional as i remember my childhood,sitting on my Mom s laps..as money was tight so 1 ticket for both of us...Those black & white movies made us Weep/Cry and other times Smile/Laugh..we seen it all,as there was no T.V,yet until 1959 in Lebanon?!
ReplyDeleteCinema Theatres were the only out-lets we had.and being close to downtown Beirut, inevitably too close to them ALL! especially CINEMA Theatro El KABEER<<(GRAND THEATRE) on Ameer Basheer Street/Ryad SOLH Square??,as we lived close to the houses of The Parliament...or as we called it then>>Politicians OWN Theatre?? on (Maarad Street)Sahat El NEJMEH !..I still remember as if it happened just yesterday,times when i felt water drops on my forehead,and as i looked up i saw my Mother s eyes wet with tears falling on my small head as she was emotional with the films events then i began to cry,seeing her tearful eyes,by the way the film was>>ENNI RAHELA..acted by Greats such as Madam MADEEHA YOSSRI & Gentleman Actor late Mr.EMAD HAMDY(1955),Mom was in her early 40s then!! this happened many other times too/Thats why i grew up very sentimental ,careful even to step on ANTS or hurt any weak creature or being>s<...I used to cover my eyes when>>WAHSH EL SHA-SHA (Silver Screens villain then ,late/Great Actor Mr.FAREED SHAWQI trying to murder belly dancer,famous KETTY ,in film called: Afritat ISMAEEL YASSIN, so scared ,even though it was a comedy made in 1954, i was 7 Y.O.....Even when i once met, on BESHARA EL KHOURY Avenue/Beirut ..HIM the GREAT actor with his briefcase coming out , from a office block, signing a new film contract, i guess with a Lebanese producer->s such as Mr.TAHSSIN AL QAWADREE?MAYBE?!.. But still, that fear had some effect on me even after 15/16 long years??........People in those days did not attend theatres to eat POPCORNS,but to get educated/enlightened as much as they could..a movie can really change.. A life or some other times..LIVES!!......Th,,,Th,,,Th,,,That*s All Folks!!......All the best from :Is-Hak BARSOUMIAN/in London/
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ABDEL AZIZ MAHMOUD /REAL MEGA STAR OF THE 1940/50S, as an actor and as a singer/composer too,he was in the movie MANDIL EL HELO as mentioned above ,he also played a movie TAXI EL GHARAM(Love Taxi) with Late Madam HOUDA SULTAN...a great singer and fine actress herself too,!!...In the early 1950 s she was married to Arab silver screen s >>cute villain>> late unforgettable
ReplyDeleteMr.FAREED SHAWQI,both were nominated then the most happiest couple in the Arab cinema world..but unfortunately this long Honeymoon ended with tears mid 1960s ??...Together they made over 8/10 movies,too, the one i never forget was 1956 s AL NAMROUD..The Rebel??..i was 9years old ,i still remember that big film s poster that shows Mr.SHAWQI then,reclining on the floor .leg over leg..showing the large HOLE in the SOLEs of his worn out shoes?? outside the walls of CINEMA METROPOLE in Beirut(now demolished as a victim of 15 year civil war in Lebanon)!!...one of the biggest theatres in the city,after the showing /that movie /was over and all the lights came
back ,we heard applauding sounded like a big thunder,we looked upwards at the second floor in the theatre s and at the Balcony,to see this Most Beloved Couple standing in person or (SHAKHSSIYYAN) and waving at the cinema audiences,then this was what Madam HOUDA SULTAN quoted in a very shy way :<< TODAY I FEEL VERY UNEASY, AS YESTERDAY WE HAD YOUR DELICIOUS LEBANESE FAMOUS DISH (made of raw meat) AL KIBBI with AL ARAK( famous Lebanese milky coloured drink SUCH as wine)AND MY STOMACH IS INFLATED AS A BALOON AND GRUMBLING>>all laughed and cheered an applauded once again,as she blew kisses ,to all ,as they visited a day before,,THEATRES* QUEEN (Maleekat al Massareh)renowned, Late Madam:BADIAA MASSABNY s, Dairy Farm,as old time friends ;when Madam Massabny made many Great stars come out of her >>Stardom farm<< in CAIRO from 1925 to the end of 1940s,when She returned to SH-TOURA mountainous & a very beautiful village in Lebanon?? Now the Metropole has gone as i mentioned above also saddly the couple and others in that movie departed too ..but what was left SOLID , this cherishable few moments we had in 1956,,as if a 3 dimentional event,as if they walked out ot rhat scope screen to show us that they are one of us flesh an blood and feelings,,,that s why those few minutes engraved in my memory,even though i can^t recall any scene from>>EL NAMROUD<< black/white film of 1956!!...still, one can see it again & again & again on -You Tube-...but that very brief event in METROPOLE no other person will..just me,myself and I,also make me emotional each time i recall it,....THANKS FOR THAT CHEERFUL MEMORY><IES)THEY BOTH LEFT IN MY MIND/HEART & SOUL!////WITH MUCH LOVE TO ALL/Is-Hak BARSOUMIAN/London
AA-SHAT LIL HOBB,meaning, SHE LIVED TO LOVE & FOR LOVE This most beautiful Egyptian lady star that we,> MOST sadly< lost HER on Tuesday 13 December 2016 at the age of 76?? I mean THE Great SUPERSTAR M/ZBEIDA THARWAT(Sarwat)....HER EGYPTIAN beauty was, even SHE>>really proved<< the saying <>YOM MIN OMRY or A DAY IN MY LIFE, with Unforgettable Abdel Halim Hafez too/1961 & Great comedian ABDEL SALAM AL NABOULSI...also ina film with Great crooner Mr.FARID EL ATTRASH in 1973 >>ZAMAN YA HOBB or>>Late Came the LOVE ,few Stage plays can be added to her careers C.V too, but SHE rarely done any significant appearances after 1980s?? as SHE turned up to be in her fifties,.. but for other reasons too, but as, SHE came quietly on our screens in 1956 and so sadly ..quietly SHE LEFT IT 1981..and finally as SHE left her admiring audiences VERY QUIETLY, indeed, on 13/12/2016, FOR GOOD!!...Even though The EGYPT-ARAB silver screen was deprived from its FAIRY-TALE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS ZBEIDA/but HER old, black & white and some others in colour movies will never fail or deny HER qualifications & talent and ofcourse HER beauty for the next generations of film/cinema BUFFS!!>GODHIS< HEAVENLY PEACE// & GOD bless ALL: from: Is-Hak BARSOUMIAN/London
ReplyDeleteMadam ZBEIDA THARWAT or ZUBAYDA..however one spelled HER sweet sounded name of THIS ARAB-SILVER SCREEN ICON & PRINCESS,leads to ONE fact that WE /The Arab World LOST IRREPLACEABLE Super-cinema STAR of the 1950/60/70 and of the early 1980s??..Loved and Admired by millions of Cinema audiences and many other Sound & Sight means followers/THIS is in fact a SAD week concerning The Egyptian cinematic industry as, WE too, lost a Great actor..A giant talented Late Mr.AHMAD RATEB a GIANT talent which thoroughly and Sadly will be missed by Millions ..Both were seriously devoted to their careers in whatever the task was..leaving behind a WIDE GAP that will take a very long time to fill..if that was ever, possible at all??
ReplyDelete...But one thing they surely left behind is their MARKS on the FILMS
industry and and Unforgettable names in its HISTORY,as pillars of it too...time will never pass THEM by/As we farewell both The GREAT stars...that will never diminish and will become ..Brighter with their LEGACY and also will be remembered as time goes by..,RIP..M/Z.THARWAT & Mr. AHMAD RATEB /Surely THEY BOTH WILL BE MISSED TREMENDOUSLY!! Our deepest condolences to the close & loving members of both>>Respectful Families<<from London/Is-Hak BARSOUMIAN & Friends.
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Sayidat al ShaSha al Arabia or Lady FATEN HAMAMA...if you were in the Middle-East back in the mid.1940/50/60->early 1970s ,surely you read that name on 1, even 2 cinema /theatres* film posters, as SHE was in HER haydays making,at least, 4->5 great movies a year,Only mentioning HER name on a poster..made the seats ..booked/OR THEATRES COMLPETE/as we used to say,and for few weeks in advance, some cinema attendants used to squat or even sit on their coats laid on the floor,HER movies the shortest period shown in those venues,at least 5 weeks,unseized!! HER fame & popularity was Phenomenon...and unlimited in the region...SHE briefly appeared as a child in 1939 /was 7 y.old cute little girl next to Music/Song GIANT Mr. MOHAMMED ABDEL-WAHAB in a classical movie called YOM SA-EED(Happy Day),SHE was called in it ANEESA but HER come-back was AFTER 6 years called NAGWA in 1944 in>> A BULLET IN THE HEART movie :or(RESSASSA FIL QALB)again with Late/Great Mr. M.ABDEL-WAHAB??..FATEN=Charmer/HAMAMA=female pigeon or dove?if HER good name translated literally?? AS a name and AS a person SHE charmed us all in the Arab world for many decades and still HER screen appearances through HER classical/mostly black & white ones..Still>>>Do TO THIS DAY!!...Everyone saw her movies wished if.. his/her sister..cousin..next door neighbour..even daughter was a copy of HER characters SHE devotionally + most convincingly..played on the silver screen!from 1944>1972??..A modest Comment as mine doesn^t give Lady Hamama HER full rights, HER intriguing lifetime needs volumes to tell HER Cinematic-Biography/..at least!!But all i can mention here is a reminder to all that TUESDAY the (17)th JANUARY 20(17) will be HER ABSENCE* 2nd ANN.,.even though SHE left us a couple of years ago but HER legacy/works/tears that SHE shed and they were so catchy & TRUE that jerked OUR tears..too,except in one Movie SHE didn^t WEEP/ was>LAN ABKI ABADAN/or >>I WON^T CRY ?? WE TOO, WON^T FORGET YOU DEAR FATEN HAMAMA...NEVER!!From Is-hak Barsoumian/London
ReplyDelete<>or I WON^T CRY..NEVER>>..as 1957 film was called, where YOU,THE LADY of the Arab Silver-Screen Mrs.FATEN HAMAMA (ABDELWAHAB). played it Once with no tears in your Beautiful-ANGELIC eyes, next to your colleague , HIMSELF a Super-Star, Late/Great Mr.IMAD HAMDY or>>>THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN of the Arab Cinematic culture?? YOU BOTH were the BEST ever(screen couple)of the 1950>60s...we all AGREED ON unanimously in those 20 years....But still the MAGIC potion that you held in YOUR Movements + YOUR voice + YOUR Kindness & Affection + Calm & Simple looks.,+ Your Hair Style/Casual Cloths YOU chose to wear in YOUR movies.let alone The heavenly sincere smiles/Laughter/Tears you were renowned by & shed ..made your MOVIES a CULTURAL HERITAGE in its almost 90 y.old History..Even in few movies when you wore torn/very poor quality blouses/skirts/ as your role Required then,YOU looked always like a PRINCESS, A PERFECT LADY <> entered our hearts & soles without prior permission... So,on your 2nd year of departure from us Tuesday 17th Jan.2017 WE say>>that line<< to YOU,,Loudly >> WE LOVE YOU..TOO/Most Beloved & UNFORGETTABLE Lady FATEN HAMAMA....I should add here one certain quote,< I WON^T CRY AGAIN..NEVER?!
ReplyDeleteBut WE all, whom knew & loved YOU,can^t promise you(that),BUT one thing we promise YOU>DEAREST ONE is YOU will always be Remembered as A ROLE MODEL..as it was to the Ladies of yesteryears & Today^s & Future^s/ also to the FEMALE STARS/Actresses of Today & Tomorrow whom SHOULD TAKE HEED OF & Follow YOUR steps/.....GOD BLESS YOUR SWEET UNDYING MEMORY... &Finally,as they said: Tears won^t bring back the dear departed..but i say humbly...YOU Dear Lady FATEN HAMAMA brought the Tears back to our eyes..as you always..DID THEN?!///From London Is-hak BARSOUMIAN
(A)//AS i WAS WATCHING a comedy movie of The Late/Great Comedy actor Mr.ISMAIIL YASSIN FOR SALE/or/Ismaiil Yassin LIL BAIE?? with also the Late/Great PEROUZ KALFAYAN /Aka child prodigy..FAIROUZ/I reached to this modest conclusion about what made many/Arab & the world cinema^s CHILD PRODIGIES lose their abilities and charms/once they crossed that childhood threshold??...in HOLLYWOOD..we remember Late Ms.SHIRLEY TEMPLE?? Child star of mid 1930/40s Mrs.JUDY GARLAND in>> Wizard of OZ? +The CHAMP Ms.HAYLEY MILLS..of the Polyana/+Parents trap movies??as Hollywood s Walt DISNEY used HER great childhood GOD given talents...tirelessly!
ReplyDelete..Once reached the age of TEEN.most of them were forgotten cinematically speaking,only Mrs. Judy Garland kept going on until SHE passed away in old age & very sad circumstances??,,also Ms.DREW BARRYMORE..that little cute child in E.T movie 1982??...rare appearances,since, but she made a comeback in HER 20s & beyond...hundreds others came and vanished,after one or two successes,,REALLY,VERY SAD SYNDROME..INDEED?? This is as if someone smashed an egg that^s in few hours would have hatched and became a chick running around with other ones...but never given the chances??... The Late LADY of the Arab Cinema Mrs.FATEN HAMAMA,when in 1938 SHE appeared ,as an 8 y,old girl in> YOM SAEED(HAPPY DAY)film,...her comeback was as an 18 y.old...Since then SHE made HER success and entitled/Crowned as THE FIRST LADY OF not just THE EGYPTIAN, also THE ARAB/silver screen till the year SHE sadly passed away in january 2015??which made me think How fortunate was the STAR OF THE ORIENT/THE LADY OF THE ARAB-SONG..Late Mrs. UMM KALTHOUM..that a couple days ago,actually this Friday 3/2/2017 we remembered HER sad departure^s 42th/ on Monday 3rd Feb,1975!..SHE showed HER singing talent as early as 8 y.old girl...lucky for HER the Egyptian cinema was just picking up and commencing...so this was NOT on HER parents agenda YET to let her act..until SHE was a mature young lady..which in a way saved UMM KALTHUM from suffering as many other Arab screen^s child prodigies did..since,or effected HER future progress to become a STAGE SINGING ICON??..i remember here Madam HEYAM YOUNESS/great Lebanese/Talent+voice,appeared once as a 7 y.old child in an old Egyptian film next to GREAT Late Mr.KAMAL EL SHENAWWI?...one film & zo>o>o>om...& that^s all FOLKS??Til she made HER comeback in SINGING on theatre stages/T.V..and few films in LEBANON with HER Late sister Mrs.NAZHA YOUNESS>once>(Infamous Lebanese Crooner Ehssan Sadek^s Spouse)?! Perouz Artin KALFAYAN succeeded while directed/Mentored by Late/GREAT Actor/Director Mr. ANWAR WAGDI..HIS death was FAIROUZ^S career demise TOO..sad fact to admit!!..Because only HE knew her acting qualifications..as much as to admit that SHE had GOD given abilities..but sadly enough ..never showed since HER childhood years faded away, FAIROUZ al SAGHEERA/(Not to confuse HER given name with Lebanon^s GREAT SINGER Madam FAYROUZ RAHBANI?), came after Late infamous SHOW-LADY Ms. NAEEMA AKEFF..sadly Akeff passed away very young...there was an opportunity for FAIROUZ to fill that GAP for Musicals..but chances missed then, & for unknown reasons??..but out of the blue came a new talent named Ms.SOUAD HOSSNI,youngest sister of our GREAT singer NAGAT, or once Nagat Al Sagheera, meaning >Junior< as another Nagatcontinuously?Is.Barsoumian /London
(B)//continued/..Lady of Arab musicals Late/Great Madam SOUAD HOUSNI, youngest sister of our infamous Lady Singer NAGAT/once renowned as Al Sagheera(Junior) as in mid 1930/40 s and ,still heard in the 1950s, another Great singer named NAGAT ALI..not to confuse both names,in fact SHE our generation^s>(NAGAT)..was in HER late teens when SHE STRUCK us with HER Heavenly Voice around mid 1950s?..Ms.Souad HOUSNI was/Still is crowned as Princess of the Arab screen or as THE Cindrella..also known as MOON^S SISTER(Okht el Amar)..and finally Shahidat aalam al fann al Arabi,or Arab/Egyptian Art world^s MARTYRE? as Sadly enough died in London in a terrible/tragic circumstances,away from HER great love >>EGYPT in June 2001??..but SHE made many GREAT musicals..acting/singing (perfectly) from early 1960->1980s best years of HER life on the Silver Screen & the T.V..that will..never DIE!!..GOD bless HER good memory..as a 5/6 year old child, SHE appeared few times in a Radio show for Kids famed as BABA SHAROW mid 1940s.. and children^s fashion shows ,but never in any movie until 1959 next to Great crooner late Mr.MOHARRAM FOUAD ..in HASSAN WA NAEEMA..both together in their first (1959) Film??But SHE will always BE remembered as ZOU ZOU,since SHE acted in that Great Musical movie called KHAL-LI BA-LAK MEEN ZOUZOU/ Be Aware of ZouZOU/in 1972 and nearly 100 big movies..sometimes 8 of them in 1968 ,for instance/camera/limelight/ACTION were HER world in her short cut life..Unfortunately!!
ReplyDelete...When i gazed at Fairouz KALFAYAN^s beautiful face in ISMAIIL YASSIN LIL BAIE/Yassin FOR SALE movie..i felt as if SHE was saying to HERSELF>(Let us finish THIS and go home??) SHE never looked to me as SHE was enjoying HER role..It was very disappointing performance ..which i blame the director(s) more than HER acting...SHE needed new direction..as a mature person..SHE^s no more a child,like suffering of PETER PAN>Syndrome or the boy that never grew up?? same goes to Ismaiil YASSIN TARAZAN or Tarzan, film?..even though such late failure made HER early childhood years* movies..>>>CLASSICS and memorable?..maybe??..Well the treasure is or was hidden waiting to be discovered,GREAT film Director Mr.Anwar Wagdi succeeded in 1948..but left THE AMANA and SADLY departed young/& early , leaving behind & hoping someone else will embrace it ..re-value it...all others failed to do that,sorry to say!!..but still SHE failed in one route but succeeded in becoming a GREAT Mother to HER 2 children and A beloved Grandmother..too!! all that,i assume in my humble opinion, compensated HER mature years* other MISHAPS in cinema world...Still SHE will always be ARAB CINEMA^S-CHILD PRODIGY- WHICHNEVER BEEN REPLACED,SINCE 1950!! All the Best from:Is-hak BARSOUMIAN/London
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER >The Girls of The Summer,written by Great Egyptian/Arab-World novelist Late & unforgettable Mr.EHSSAN ABDEL QADDOUS, received too much retribution from film critics of that era /as cinema critics>such as Mr.Ahmed HAMROUSH a journalist and few others Picked-on,specifically,Late/sweet,innocent pretty girl of the Arab-Cinema Lady ZIZI AL BADRAWI that always played the unfortunate girl that loses lovers because of her,sometimes OLD FASHIONED looks,or Naivety..and timidity,because SHE always tried to avoid >HOT< situations/scenes in this or that film?? The reason SHE was singled out as a victim concerning this Trilogy was,HER rejection/indifference/and harsh attitude towards HER neighbour MOHAMMED whom wanted to marry HER..in the movie that is, acted by the LATE/GREAT Arab crooner OUR>>immortal Mr.ABDEL HALIM HAFEZ??,which made ,especially the generation of 1960s go berserk and very..angry,considering such Rebukes..as PERSONAL SLUR?!Because Mr.A.H.HAFEZ was, and i assume still to this day SYMBOLIZES >The Good Fellaonly a FILM<..a story written and had to be played,maybe the whole blame must have been directed toward the one whom asked a VERY-much loved person as Mr.HAFEZ to play it, also for HIS 2 songs HE sang in it such as RAH..RAH..RAH/<,GONE..GONE..GONE??after seeing HIS fiancee with another Playboy type guy, played by the Late Handsome Mr.Youssef FAKHREDDIN,most probably that song lyrics got too much IMPACT,and showed how MOHAMMED or(HALIM) was hurt by ZIZI al Badrawi, because in the novel Mohammad was not a singer or sings such SAD song?? which brought tears to those who heard&seen HIS heartache, the SADDEST outcome of all this was for Madam Zizi Al BADRAWI as a new face trying to invade the silver-screen then as some kind of, what we call:The curse of Pharaohs..syndrome?..Plus!the Romance that was REAL 200% between the Late/martyr of the Arab-Cinema/Lady SOAD HOUSNI & Mr.A.HALIM HAFEZ was BLOOMING around that period..EVEN though after 1960 Late/much missed : Lady Al BADRAWI,acted in many many great movies and followed with T.V dramas,and sadly passed away on 31th January 2014..(Coincidently 31January itself was,& since 1962 a very sad date for ME,as i lost my Dear Mother)?!<LEBLEBA<while impersonating Late Mr.Abdel AZIZ MAHMOUDM^s song MANDEEL EL HOB/in a film called ARBA3 BANAT WA DZABET(4Girls & an OFFICER) Directed by Late MR.ANWAR WAGDY in 1954?......May GOD BLESS all I mentioned above,and give the still living ones & us all,the joy They all wanted us to have BY watching them in the good cultural heritages they left us with/ From:IS-HAK BARSOUMIAN/LONDON
ReplyDeleteIMMORTAL MOHAMMAD ABDEL WAHHAB...and after 26 years STILL HE is with us..as if He never left the mortals,because we come and go in this limited period as visitors ..But HIS works will always S T A Y> ALIVE ? because people like HIM did not live for themselves ,but lived in each person's consciousness ..with their works/masterpieces and the legacy they left us..with!! Every SONG..TUNE..MUSIC..MOVIE HE left for us to enjoy, be Himself/ Present or Absent/, WILL always keep HIM present everywhere We hear or view them with whatever means we have the access to,HE sang for LOVE, & my GOD how much LOVE in our days>now..WE DO NEED???..THIS GREAT EGYPTIAN GENIUS of 8 consecutive decades since 1920s never stayed SILENT ,singing for LOVERS/Praising GOD.in most memorable songs/ & A Patriot as ever..in any circumstances HE endured and the changes Egypt went through in those 7-8 decades HE was composing those MARVELOUS works HE worked on for Himself and also for Hundreds of other male/female Arab+Egyptian singers ALIKE! This is one genius that REALLY loved what for THE ALMIGHTY put HIM in this world to do,and that was?!! MAKE US ALL SING..like Birds,and make life worth living with a tune to whistle ,when feeling down..Be it Sad or Cheerful one ,however HIS songs went,they all went out for a single purpose and that was
ReplyDelete--- WE ALL COME TO THIS WORLD NOT AWARE..WHY & FOR WHAT ??a QUESTION he asked in one of HIS last, but eternal songs,maybe HE left this world with that question in HIS SOUL..but we know one thing certain as an answer to HIS question and that is ..PHENOMENON individuals as HIM make us the ACKNOWLEDGE the purpose of living or LIFE with every song or tune HE left for us from 3rd of MAY in 1991 and since 26 years with no NEW MASTERPIECE-S TO DONATE anymore /but what HE gave us will get sweeter each time we HEAR as if they were our first time we're hearing THEM?!..MAY GOD BLESS your undying memory..,years may come and go/new GOD given talents will come & go as well..but your EACH MUSICAL NOTE + TUNE WILL TINGLE EVERY STRING IN OUR HEARTS..to our last moments!!From LONDON/Is-hak BARSOUMIAN or Mr.NostalgiA..<<<AS what does nostalgia mean without Mr.MOHAMMED ABDEL WAHAB'S every Song/Music??/