Fares Karam
Encyclopedia
Fares Karam is a popular Lebanese
singer who specializes in the Dabke
style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist.
He has produced many hit singles around the Arab world & other parts of the Middle East such as El-Tanoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (Womanizer).
Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations, and festivals.
Karam has also notably toured South America
, USA, Australia
and Canada
.
,in Southern Lebanon
to a modest working-class Christian
family.
His father was a farmer and his mother worked as a teacher in the local school for their village. .
Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996-7 series of the Lebanese talent show
Studio El Fan
.
His musical style in recent times is linked more closely to Dabke
his live band play many of his songs with a large tabal drum. This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke
.
Lebanese people
The Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
singer who specializes in the Dabke
Dabke
Dabke is an Arab folk dance. It is popular in several Arab countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria,and Iraq. A line dance, it is widely performed at weddings and joyous occasions...
style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist.
He has produced many hit singles around the Arab world & other parts of the Middle East such as El-Tanoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (Womanizer).
Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations, and festivals.
Karam has also notably toured South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, USA, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Biography
Fares Karam was born in JezzineJezzine
Jezzine is a town in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine forests, and at an average altitude of 950 m , it is the main summer resort and tourist destination of South Lebanon...
,in Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon is the geographical area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. These two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s...
to a modest working-class Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
family.
His father was a farmer and his mother worked as a teacher in the local school for their village. .
Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996-7 series of the Lebanese talent show
Studio El Fan
Studio el fan
Studio El Fan was a Lebanese talent show broadcast on Télé Liban during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in Lebanon and throughout the Arab world. Like the Olympics, the show ran every four years for an entire calendar year. Contestants from all over Lebanon competed. The best contestants in the...
.
His musical style in recent times is linked more closely to Dabke
Dabke
Dabke is an Arab folk dance. It is popular in several Arab countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria,and Iraq. A line dance, it is widely performed at weddings and joyous occasions...
his live band play many of his songs with a large tabal drum. This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke
Dabke
Dabke is an Arab folk dance. It is popular in several Arab countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria,and Iraq. A line dance, it is widely performed at weddings and joyous occasions...
.
Discography
- Shlon (1998)
- Janen (2002)
- Aktar Min Rohi (2003)
- Dakhelo (2004)
- Wedni (2005)
- Yo'Borni (2007)
- Elhamdullah (2010)
Awards
Fares Karam has won many prestigious awards in his artistic career:- Sydney Cedars Club (1999)
- Art Lebanon (2002)
- Al- nojoum production Australia (2003)
- Hollywood, California (2004)
- Lions International (2005)
- The Arms of Alberta (2005)
- Fifteenth Faces Concert (2005)
- Festival of Cartage (2006)
External links
- Official Website: http://www.fareskaram.tv
- Contact: http://www.fareskaram.tv/fares/contact.html
- Fan Club: http://www.fareskaram.tv/fpg/index.php