Jabra I. Jabra

"To the Arab world Fairouz came suddenly, as a miracle. At a time when Arabic singing was weighted down with convention and predictability, and spirits were nationally at their lowest, her voice rang, as though from beyond the notes of salvation and joy. Arabic music has never been the same since. Nostalgic but vibrant, sad but defiant, folkloric and yet so new, hers has been for nearly 30 years perhaps the only voice that seems so capable of jubilation in an almost cosmic sense. By turns mystic and amorous, elegiac and fiery, her singing has expressed the whole emotional scale of Arab life with haunting intensity. Often singers give listeners pleasure, as they expect. She often gives them, beyond their expectations, ecstasy."
Jabra I. Jabra