Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
Ngga, udah bener Joshua nama orang Yahudi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_(name) Kayaknya ngga pernah denger Jesus nama orang Israel, orang Amerika Latin kali (dibaca Hesus), Kalau Joseph iya kali, seharusnya Yosef nama orang Israel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_(name) On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:29 AM, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: > Ha ha ha, kalau Joshua, Joseph, dsb itu malah orang Keristen dan dari > Inggeris pula > KM > > Original Message > From: soega...@gmail.com > Date: 06/09/2009 7:45 > To: > Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian > diva > > Masak sih mereka orang Yahudi? Bukannya orang Islam? > Kalau Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Joshua, dan Aaron, mungkin > aja > > > > On 9/5/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: >> >> Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan jahat. Lupa >> bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun adalah orang >> Yahudi. >> KM >> >> ----Original Message >> From: am...@tele2.se >> Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 >> To: <, <>> >> Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian > diva >> >> http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html >> >> Sep 5, 2009 >> >> >> Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva >> By Sami Moubayed >> >> >> DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic >> production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the > life >> of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in > favorable >> light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and >> Christians. >> >> The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian >> diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame > in >> the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy > after >> the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. >> >> Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart > is >> my Guide), is among the most widely watched works >> >> >> >> among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. >> Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great > lengths >> to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held > stereotypes >> against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were >> within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad > Zuhair >> and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. >> >> Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics > in >> Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, > talented >> and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame >> only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - >> together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on > Arab >> charts in the 1930s. >> >> Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in > February >> 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a >> respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a > composer >> and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of >> 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran > Dawoud >> Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. >> >> Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th- >> century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya > al- >> Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian > pounds, >> making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. >> >> In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad >> Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, > and >> with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and > Sheikh >> Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, >> placing the two ladies in direct competition. >> >> The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters > took >> an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many > of >> her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious > rumors >> spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her >> competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated > 50,000 >> Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. >> >> The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram > o
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
Mungkin juga KM ---Original Message--- From: firman wiwaha Date: 9/6/2009 6:17:22 AM To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva yahoo sama yahoogroups bukannya punya yahudi pak? --- On Sun, 9/6/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: > From: kmj...@indosat.net.id > Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 5:53 AM > > Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan > jahat. Lupa > bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun > adalah orang > Yahudi. > KM > > Original Message > From: am...@tele2.se > Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 > To: <, <>> > Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish > Egyptian diva > > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html > > Sep 5, 2009 > > > Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > By Sami Moubayed > > > DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a > dramatic > production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, > depicts the life > of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them > in favorable > light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian > Muslims and > Christians. > > The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, > Egyptian > diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed > to fame in > the inter-war years before her life was marred with > controversy after > the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. > > Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili > (My Heart is > my Guide), is among the most widely watched works > > > > among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in > 2009. > Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to > great lengths > to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held > stereotypes > against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive > they were > within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian > Mohammad Zuhair > and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. > > Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white > classics in > Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most > popular, talented > and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She > compared in fame > only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva > Asmahan - > together, they were the three women who competed for > supremacy on Arab > charts in the 1930s. > > Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad > in February > 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her > father was a > respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, > a composer > and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at > the age of > 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the > veteran Dawoud > Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian > cinema. > > Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of > 20th- > century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 > classic, Yahya al- > Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 > Egyptian pounds, > making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. > > In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer > Mohammad > Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future > works, and > with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati > and Sheikh > Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um > Kalthoum, > placing the two ladies in direct competition. > > The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. > Matters took > an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, > prompting many of > her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. > Vicious rumors > spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably > started by her > competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and > donated 50,000 > Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense > Forces. > > The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram > originally > reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the > rumors, but > with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian > Radio, > previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, > boycotted > her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the > early 1950s. > > Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director > Anwar Wajdi, > and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" > P
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
Ha ha ha, kalau Joshua, Joseph, dsb itu malah orang Keristen dan dari Inggeris pula KM Original Message From: soega...@gmail.com Date: 06/09/2009 7:45 To: Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva Masak sih mereka orang Yahudi? Bukannya orang Islam? Kalau Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Joshua, dan Aaron, mungkin aja On 9/5/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: > > Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan jahat. Lupa > bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun adalah orang > Yahudi. > KM > > Original Message > From: am...@tele2.se > Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 > To: <, <>> > Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html > > Sep 5, 2009 > > > Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > By Sami Moubayed > > > DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic > production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life > of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable > light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and > Christians. > > The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian > diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame in > the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy after > the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. > > Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart is > my Guide), is among the most widely watched works > > > > among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. > Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great lengths > to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held stereotypes > against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were > within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad Zuhair > and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. > > Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics in > Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, talented > and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame > only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - > together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on Arab > charts in the 1930s. > > Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in February > 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a > respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a composer > and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of > 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran Dawoud > Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. > > Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th- > century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya al- > Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian pounds, > making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. > > In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad > Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, and > with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and Sheikh > Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, > placing the two ladies in direct competition. > > The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters took > an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many of > her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious rumors > spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her > competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated 50,000 > Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. > > The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram originally > reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the rumors, but > with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian Radio, > previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, boycotted > her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the early 1950s. > > Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director Anwar Wajdi, > and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" President > Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and Egypt merged > into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on Syrian Radio. > An official communique was released by Egyptian authorities clearing > her name from all charges, including that which accused her of having > visited Israel in 1948. > > Rumors, however, r
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
Masak sih mereka orang Yahudi? Bukannya orang Islam? Kalau Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Joshua, dan Aaron, mungkin aja On 9/5/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: > > Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan jahat. Lupa > bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun adalah orang > Yahudi. > KM > > Original Message > From: am...@tele2.se > Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 > To: <, <>> > Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html > > Sep 5, 2009 > > > Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > By Sami Moubayed > > > DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic > production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life > of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable > light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and > Christians. > > The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian > diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame in > the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy after > the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. > > Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart is > my Guide), is among the most widely watched works > > > > among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. > Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great lengths > to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held stereotypes > against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were > within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad Zuhair > and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. > > Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics in > Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, talented > and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame > only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - > together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on Arab > charts in the 1930s. > > Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in February > 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a > respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a composer > and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of > 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran Dawoud > Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. > > Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th- > century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya al- > Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian pounds, > making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. > > In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad > Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, and > with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and Sheikh > Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, > placing the two ladies in direct competition. > > The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters took > an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many of > her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious rumors > spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her > competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated 50,000 > Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. > > The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram originally > reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the rumors, but > with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian Radio, > previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, boycotted > her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the early 1950s. > > Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director Anwar Wajdi, > and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" President > Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and Egypt merged > into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on Syrian Radio. > An official communique was released by Egyptian authorities clearing > her name from all charges, including that which accused her of having > visited Israel in 1948. > > Rumors, however, rocked her life in the 10 years after 1948. Some said > she died in a car accident in Paris. Others said she was married in > secret to King Farouk I. Nothing, however, compared with the stories of > her connections to Zionism, resulting in Murad's retirement from mus
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yahoo sama yahoogroups bukannya punya yahudi pak? --- On Sun, 9/6/09, kmj...@indosat.net.id wrote: > From: kmj...@indosat.net.id > Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 5:53 AM > > Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan > jahat. Lupa > bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun > adalah orang > Yahudi. > KM > > Original Message > From: am...@tele2.se > Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 > To: <, <>> > Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish > Egyptian diva > > http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html > > Sep 5, 2009 > > > Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva > By Sami Moubayed > > > DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a > dramatic > production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, > depicts the life > of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them > in favorable > light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian > Muslims and > Christians. > > The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, > Egyptian > diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed > to fame in > the inter-war years before her life was marred with > controversy after > the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. > > Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili > (My Heart is > my Guide), is among the most widely watched works > > > > among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in > 2009. > Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to > great lengths > to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held > stereotypes > against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive > they were > within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian > Mohammad Zuhair > and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. > > Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white > classics in > Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most > popular, talented > and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She > compared in fame > only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva > Asmahan - > together, they were the three women who competed for > supremacy on Arab > charts in the 1930s. > > Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad > in February > 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her > father was a > respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, > a composer > and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at > the age of > 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the > veteran Dawoud > Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian > cinema. > > Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of > 20th- > century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 > classic, Yahya al- > Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 > Egyptian pounds, > making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. > > In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer > Mohammad > Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future > works, and > with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati > and Sheikh > Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um > Kalthoum, > placing the two ladies in direct competition. > > The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. > Matters took > an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, > prompting many of > her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. > Vicious rumors > spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably > started by her > competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and > donated 50,000 > Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense > Forces. > > The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram > originally > reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the > rumors, but > with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian > Radio, > previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, > boycotted > her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the > early 1950s. > > Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director > Anwar Wajdi, > and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" > President > Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and > Egypt merged > into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on > Syrian Radio. > An official communique was rel
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
Di Indonesia, apapun yang berbau Yahudi pasti jelek dan jahat. Lupa bahw Yakub, Yusuf, Musa, Daud, Sulaiman, Isa, dan Harun adalah orang Yahudi. KM Original Message From: am...@tele2.se Date: 06/09/2009 5:07 To: <, <>> Subj: [wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html Sep 5, 2009 Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and Christians. The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame in the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart is my Guide), is among the most widely watched works among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great lengths to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held stereotypes against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad Zuhair and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics in Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, talented and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on Arab charts in the 1930s. Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in February 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a composer and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran Dawoud Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th- century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya al- Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian pounds, making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, and with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and Sheikh Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, placing the two ladies in direct competition. The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters took an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many of her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious rumors spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated 50,000 Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram originally reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the rumors, but with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian Radio, previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, boycotted her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the early 1950s. Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director Anwar Wajdi, and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" President Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and Egypt merged into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on Syrian Radio. An official communique was released by Egyptian authorities clearing her name from all charges, including that which accused her of having visited Israel in 1948. Rumors, however, rocked her life in the 10 years after 1948. Some said she died in a car accident in Paris. Others said she was married in secret to King Farouk I. Nothing, however, compared with the stories of her connections to Zionism, resulting in Murad's retirement from music and descent into complete obscurity until her death at the age of 77 in 1995. The Zionist connection badly affected her health, both physically and psychologically, sending her into spells of severe depression. At one point, she was humiliatingly requested to show all her financial records to the authorities to prove that she had never made any illegal donations to Israel. She did not give a single press interview after leaving show business, refusing to comment on any of the upheavals in the Arab-Israeli conflict, ranging from the war of 1967, w
[wanita-muslimah] Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak01.html Sep 5, 2009 Arabic television lauds a Jewish Egyptian diva By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and Christians. The series is as controversial as the life of its heroine, Egyptian diva Layla Murad - a Jewish singer and actress who rocketed to fame in the inter-war years before her life was marred with controversy after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Currently showing on 14 Arabic channels, Ana Albi Dalili (My Heart is my Guide), is among the most widely watched works among 60 productions made by Egyptian and Syrian artists in 2009. Apart from covering the life of Layla, the work goes to great lengths to promote tolerance and co-existence, shattering long-held stereotypes against Arab Jews, showing how integrated and proactive they were within Egyptian society. The film is directed by Syrian Mohammad Zuhair and stars Syrian actress Safa Sultan. Layla Murad, with a powerful legacy of 27 black and white classics in Egyptian cinema and 1,200 songs, was one of the most popular, talented and beautiful Arab artists of the 20th century. She compared in fame only to the Egyptian Um Kalthoum and the Syrian diva Asmahan - together, they were the three women who competed for supremacy on Arab charts in the 1930s. Born to a Moroccan Jewish father named Ibrahim Zaki Murad in February 1918, Layla's mother was a Polish Jew named Gamila. Her father was a respected singer in the 1920s and with her brother, Munir, a composer and celebrity in his own right, encouraged her to sing at the age of 15. Her first recorded song was in 1932, composed by the veteran Dawoud Hosni, the same year that talkies first came to Egyptian cinema. Murad was handpicked by Mohammad Abdul Wahab, the giant of 20th-century Arabic music, to co-star with him in the 1938 classic, Yahya al-Hobb (Long Live Love). She received a staggering 250 Egyptian pounds, making her one of the best-paid artists in Cairo. In addition to Abdul Wahab, she worked with famous composer Mohammad Fawzi, who was the romantic lead man in many of her future works, and with other giants like Mohammad Qassabji, Riyad al-Sunbati and Sheikh Zakariya Ahmad - three names who graced the songs of Um Kalthoum, placing the two ladies in direct competition. The radio and cinema boom of the 1940s aided her career. Matters took an unpleasant turn in 1948, when Israel was created, prompting many of her audience to become suspicious of her Jewish origins. Vicious rumors spread throughout Egypt and the Arab world - probably started by her competitors - saying that Murad had visited Tel Aviv and donated 50,000 Egyptian pounds to the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. The Damascus bureau of the popular Egyptian daily al-Ahram originally reported that rumor. Murad categorically challenged the rumors, but with little luck. The damage had already been done. Syrian Radio, previously one of the most powerful promoters of her works, boycotted her songs and she was banned from entering Syria in the early 1950s. Murad converted to Islam after marrying Egyptian director Anwar Wajdi, and often told reporters, "I am now an Egyptian Muslim!" President Gamal Abdul Nasser intervened on her behalf when Syria and Egypt merged into the United Arab Republic in 1958, lifting the ban on Syrian Radio. An official communique was released by Egyptian authorities clearing her name from all charges, including that which accused her of having visited Israel in 1948. Rumors, however, rocked her life in the 10 years after 1948. Some said she died in a car accident in Paris. Others said she was married in secret to King Farouk I. Nothing, however, compared with the stories of her connections to Zionism, resulting in Murad's retirement from music and descent into complete obscurity until her death at the age of 77 in 1995. The Zionist connection badly affected her health, both physically and psychologically, sending her into spells of severe depression. At one point, she was humiliatingly requested to show all her financial records to the authorities to prove that she had never made any illegal donations to Israel. She did not give a single press interview after leaving show business, refusing to comment on any of the upheavals in the Arab-Israeli conflict, ranging from the war of 1967, when Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was occupied by Israel, to the October War of 1973, and finally, the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement of 1978. Her own explanation for seclusion was that she was aging and wanted her fans to remember her only as they saw her on the silver screen - young, bold and beautiful. The one-time "Lady of Egyptian Cinem
