Death anniversary "King of Oud" Farid Al-Atrash
On this day, December 26, 1974, marks the anniversary of the death of Farid Fahd Farhan Al-Atrash, a Syrian singer and actor who belongs to the Al-Atrash family, who are princes and one of the ancient families in Jabal Al-Arab in southern Syria. He was born in the town of Al-Qurayya in Jabal Al-Druze and was forced to move and travel since his childhood. From Syria to Cairo with his mother, Princess Alia Al-Mundhir, fleeing from the French who intend to arrest him and his family for the patriotism of their father, Fahd Al-Atrash, who fought against their oppression in… Jabal al-Druze in Syria.
Farid lived in Cairo with his mother, his brother Fouad, and his sister Asmahan, and he enrolled in a French school, and despite the fact that the money he had ran out In his mother’s possession and there was no news of his father, she was keen to keep Farid in school until he joined the Institute of Music. In addition to the institute, he began selling cloth and distributing advertisements in order to support the family. After a year, he began searching for artistic outlets from which to start until he met Farid. Ghosn and singer Ibrahim Hamouda, who asked him to join his band to play the oud.
Farid Al-Atrash participated in 31 films, in all of which he was the hero, and he produced These films were made in the period from 1941 to 1947, the most famous of which is “Habib Al Omar” And "The Story of a Whole Lifetime" And "You are my love" And “A Message from an Unknown Woman” Farid Al-Atrash carefully chose the stories he presented to his audience, which helped the success of all his roles and the viewers’ attachment to them. He was also known for his love for horses. Farid Al-Atrash occupied everyone on the artistic and personal levels. Among the stories that were always raised was the story of his love for the dancer Samia Gamal. These rumors were often circulated in The artistic community and close circles, but Farid Al-Atrash’s insistence on not marrying put an end to this rumor.
Until the artist Samia Gamal married… The star Rushdi Abaza in the late fifties of the last century, while Al-Atrash remained unmarried. As for the death of his sister, the singer Asmahan, this left a deep impact on his conscience. After that, he suffered from angina pectoris, but it did not stop him from working hard, as he considered this to be the treatment, and the doctors asked him to rest. As much as possible, as his heart would not bear all this stress, he remained like this until he died in Al-Hayek Hospital in Beirut as a result of a heart attack in 1974 at the age of He is 64 years old, and the artist Farid Al-Atrash will remain a sign of authentic art and singing.
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