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Artist
Jahida Wehbé
12+ albums
lebanesefemale vocalists
about
Jahida Wehbe is a true all-rounder of a performer. Poet, comedian in the theatre, on television and in film, orator of poetry, she is also a singer/songwriter. Her voice gets into our very souls, A silken voice, the top tarab performer, says the Arab press about Jahida Wehbe. Jahida Wehbe studied at the Lebanese University; she receives a BA in Psychology from the Lebanese University and at the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music where she learned oriental song, Syriac chant, Qura'nic recitals, and to play the 'ud (Middle Eastern lute). She also holds a Master’s Degree (MA) in Acting and Directing from the Lebanese University – School of Fine Arts. Jahida is a member and the President of the Culture and Programs Committee at the Professional Musicians Syndicate in Lebanon, she is also a member at SASEM. in 2012, Cambridge University has chosen Jahida among the 2000 international outstanding intellectuals of the 21th century. A complete folder briefing about her biography and work will be included in the the University Dictionnary and distributed in the main international libraries. Working with the great Lebanese theatre producers soon made her famous in Lebanon. At home she is not only known for the exceptional quality of her voice but also for the strictness with which she chooses her repertoire. She only sings songs that were either composed for her, or were composed by writers of the inimitable 20s, such as Zakaria Ahmad, Sayed Darwish and Mohamed Kassabji. The words
