ملحم بركات

Melhem Barakat Arabic ملحم بركات‎‎ 15 August 1942– 28 October 2016 Also Known As Melhim Barakat Or Abou Majd Was A Lebanese Singer Songwriter And Melodist. He Has Toured Australia South America Canada And The United States. Melhem Barakat Mainly Performed In Colloquial Lebanese A Feat He Had Always Defended Criticizing His Fellow Lebanese Peers For Favoring The Egyptian Or Gulf Dialect To Appeal To A Broader Audience For Commercial Purposes. Although His Popularity Is Rather Modest In Egypt Where Non-Egyptian Music Material Generally Receives Lukewarm Mass Appeal Melhem Is Better Known In Syria Jordan And Lebanon. Barakat Started His Career In The 1960s. He Participated As An Actor And Singer In Many Of The Rahbani Brothers' Musicals And Operettas. He Also Appeared In Many Lebanese Movies In The 1980s. Some Of His Songs From The 1980s Were “Kboush El Touti” And “Wahdi Ana I Am Alone .” During The 1990s Melhem Barakat Acted With Lebanese Dancer Dani Boustros In A Lebanese Theater Play Titled Wemsheet Bee Tariki I Walked My Way . Since The 1990s Melhem Barakat Had Several Popular Songs Such As “Habibi Enta ” Which Was Later Sung By His Ex-Wife May Hariri. He Also Collaborated With Najwa Karam Karol Sakr Shatha Hassoun And Majida El Roumi. read less