With maturity and the forging of a successful performance formula, Farid became famous in his own right. Yet he was initially overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. Farid is better known than Asmahan because her career was interrupted by her death in an accident in 1944. (Asmar 1998) His younger sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical talent in her teens, becoming one of the most popular female vocalists and cinema stars in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Family Ĭamilla Al Atrash, the only daughter of Asmahan with her uncle Faridįarid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze clan of their parents, Princess Alia and Prince Fahd al-Atrash. 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. His sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, and for a while they worked together. Eventually, he was hired as an oud player for the national radio station and later as a singer. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing career by working for privately owned Egyptian radio stations. He studied at Egypt's music conservatory and became an apprentice of the famous Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati.
Īs a child and young adult, al-Atrash sang within school events. Farid's mother sang and played the Oud, which spurred his musical interest at an early age. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens.
Īs a young child, al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. His father was Syrian and his mother was Lebanese. Early life Īl-Atrash was born in Al-Qurayya, in southern Syria to the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army.
Sometimes referred to as "malek al-oud", he is one of the most important figures of 20th- century Arab music. Having immigrated to Egypt at the age of only nine years old with his mother and siblings, he studied there under numerous respected musicians.Īl-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades-recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Farid al-Atrash ( Arabic: فريد الأطرش October 19, 1916 – December 26, 1974), also written Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor.
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