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Nicolas Mouawad Makes Cameo in Assala's “Wallah W Tifaragna”


Tue 29 Sep 2020 | 08:54 AM
Yara Sameh

Rotana Production Company dropped on Monday Syrian megastar, Assala’s new music video “Wallah W Tifaragna”, on its YouTube channel.

It is by the lyrics of Shumook Alagla and composed by Yasser Abo Ali. The footage featured Lebanese actor Nicolas Mouawad as a model.

“Wallah W Tifaragna” arrives from her new Khaliji (Gulf) album “La Tastaslim” (Do not Give Up).

The album consists of 20 songs.

In the new album, Assala cooperates with a large number of poets and composers, including Badr Abdel Mohsen, Azouf, Muhammad Abu Nimah, Yasser Buali, Muhammad bin Abdulaziz, and Saudi bin Muhammad al-Abdullah al-Faisal.

https://youtu.be/kl52W_73_vM

Syrian megastar’s last released album is “Fi Orbak”, which was released in August 2019.

It will be her first studio album to be released after splitting from her former husband Palestinian-American film director, Tarek Al Eryan.

It is worth mentioning that Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri, most commonly known as Assala, is a Syrian singer and TV host.

She was born in Damascus to a middle-class couple, her father Moustafa Nasry, was a well-known Syrian composer and singer.

The megastar began her musical career by performing patriotic, religious, and children’s songs when she was four years old.

Assala sang the theme song “Qessas al-Sho’oub (Stories of People”) of the cartoon show “Hekaayat ‘aalamiyah” (Global tales).

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In 1986, her father passed away in a fatal car accident after suffering from internal bleeding. Aged 17, she helped her mother in taking care of her siblings, Reem, Amaany, Ayman, and Ayham.

Assala made her musical debut in 1993 with “Law te’rafou” (If you know). The album had 4 songs in the oriental operatic TARAB style composed by great Egyptian composers. The album was an instant hit with heartbreaking songs like “Ya sabra yana” (How patient I am), and ”Samehtak ketir” (I forgave a lot).

She quickly cemented her presence in a growing industry brimming with new, young talents like Najwa Karam, Saber Rebai, Angham, and Abdelmajeed Abdullah.

Assala booked herself a place along with the Arab singing legends among great albums through two decades.

Among her most famous albums are “Eghdab” (Get angry), “Wala tessadda” (Do not believe), “Alby beyertahlak (My heart feels at home with you), “Ya mag-noun” (Oh madman), “Moshtaa’a” (I am missing you), ” Yameen Allah” (I swear), “Add al-horouf” (As much as letters), “Hayaaty” (My life), “Noss haala” (A half situation), and “Kanoun kaifek” (The law of your fancy).