Ahl Al Esheg (song)
Encyclopedia
"Ahl Al Esheg"; is the fourth video clip and sixth single by the Lebanese singer Diana Haddad it was released in January,1997 when the singer was still only 20 years old.It was also her 2nd released song in the Levantine Bedawi dialect (a trend she would follow until the early 2000s).
or commonly known as Jbeil among Lebanese. It begins from the end as Diana Haddad is putting a message in a bottle and throwing into the ocean.
Which was once historical a trading route for the Phoenicians. It is the oldest continuous
port in the world. The music video was directed by her husband Suhail Al Abdoul.
The city was also once somewhere Diana spent some of her childhood and youth when her family lived in Lebanon in the 1970s. At the end of the video there is even a caption of a baby photo of Diana as a much older Diana looks onto the ocean as the sun begins to set.
Location & nostalgia
The video is set in the ancient Lebanese port town of ByblosByblos
Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...
or commonly known as Jbeil among Lebanese. It begins from the end as Diana Haddad is putting a message in a bottle and throwing into the ocean.
Which was once historical a trading route for the Phoenicians. It is the oldest continuous
port in the world. The music video was directed by her husband Suhail Al Abdoul.
The city was also once somewhere Diana spent some of her childhood and youth when her family lived in Lebanon in the 1970s. At the end of the video there is even a caption of a baby photo of Diana as a much older Diana looks onto the ocean as the sun begins to set.
Awards
| Year | Awarded by | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Emarites FM | Best Song of The Year "Ahl Al Esheg" |