Sabah (singer)

Sabah صباح‎ Ṣabāḥ
Sabah in the 1960s
Background information
Birth name	Jānīt Jirjis Fighālī
Also known as	Al-Shaḥrūra, Shaḥrūrit al-Wadī, Shams al-Shumūs, Al-Usṭūra, Al-Ṣabbūḥa, the Notorious Diva[1]
Born	(1927-11-10)10 November 1927 Bdādūn, French 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 Abāẓa Yūsif Shaʿbān Yūsif Ḥammūd Wasīm Ṭabbāra Fādī Lubnān Joseph Gharīb

Sabah, (Arabic: صباح‎, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [sˤɑˈbɑːħ], lit. 'morning') born Jeanette Georges Feghali, (Arabic: جانيت جرجس فغالي‎, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʒaːˈneːt ˈʒerʒes feˈɣaːli]) was a Lebanese vocalist and actress. She specialised in the 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]}

Over the course of her career, she earned many nicknames; the most popular being 'Al-Shahrura' (Arabic: الشحرورة‎, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ʔeʃ.ʃaħˈruː.re], lit. 'the songbird'), or 'Shahrurit al-Wadi' (Arabic: شحرورة الوادي‎, 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]}