Sabah (singer)

Sabah صباح‎ Ṣabāḥ
Al-Shaḥrūrah—Ṣabāḥ, 1940s–1950s
Background information
Birth name	Jānīt Jirjis Fighālī
Also known as	Al-Shaḥrūrah, Shaḥrūrit al-Wadī[1]
Born	(1927-11-10)10 November 1927 Wadī Shaḥrūr, Greater Lebanon
Died	26 November 2014(2014-11-26) (aged 87) Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Mawwāl, traditional Arabic music
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, actress
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1943–2014
Spouse(s)	Najīb Shammās Anwar Mansī Aḥmad Farrāj Rushdī Abāẓah Yūsif Shaʿbān Yūsif (Joe) Ḥammūd Wasīm Ṭabbāra Fādī Lubnān Joseph Gharīb

Sabah, (Arabic: صباح‎, romanized: Ṣabāḥ, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [sˤɑˈbɑːħ], lit. 'morning') born Jeanette Georges Feghali, (Arabic: جانيت جرجس فغالي‎, romanized: Jānīt Jirjis Fighālī, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʒaːˈneːt ˈʒeːrʒes feˈɣaːli]) was a Lebanese vocalist and actress. She specialised in Mawwāl, a popular genre of traditional music in the Arabsphere, and performed in many Egyptian films and songs.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

She was known as 'Al-Shahrurah' (Arabic: الشحرورة‎, romanized: Al-Shaḥrūrah, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʔeʃ.ʃaħˈruː.ra], lit. 'the songbird'), or 'Shahrurit al-Wadi' (Arabic: شحرورة الوادي‎, romanized: Shaḥrūrit al-Wadī, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʃaħˈruː.rɪt l.wæː.di], lit. 'songbird of the valley') both in reference to her origins and her strong and rhythmic voice.^{[9][10][11][12]}