Basel Zayed is a virtuoso oud player and an acclaimed vocalist skilled in c… Read Full Bio ↴Basel Zayed is a virtuoso oud player and an acclaimed vocalist skilled in classical and contemporary Arabic music. He draws on deep experience with the Maqam (Arabic) music tradition to explore the beauty and universality of Middle Eastern music, especially when combined with other musical styles, such as jazz. Basel is also a trained pianist and skilled musical arranger. He has composed and arranged music for several successful artistic projects and performing groups. He also creates and records original soundtracks for movies, plays, and dance troupes.
Basel began his music career as a composer, vocalist, and professional oud artist, and has developed a reputation as successful musical leader and conductor. He has performed at many international music venues in various roles—featured artist, bandleader, conductor—in Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Lebanon, UK, US, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine.
In addition, Basel is an experienced music educator with a background in music therapy. He holds a master’s degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at City University of London. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children, where he works as an artist, clinician, and educator.
Basel began his music career as a composer, vocalist, and professional oud artist, and has developed a reputation as successful musical leader and conductor. He has performed at many international music venues in various roles—featured artist, bandleader, conductor—in Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Lebanon, UK, US, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine.
In addition, Basel is an experienced music educator with a background in music therapy. He holds a master’s degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at City University of London. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children, where he works as an artist, clinician, and educator.
Harb Ahleyeh "Civil war"
Basel Zayed Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Basel Zayed:
Hada Leil هذا ليل ولا شو؟ هذا بحر بشو بدك اتعلق الاسامي والصور؟ هذا لي…
I See in the Heavens جبينك عالٍ ونورك أعلى نهاراً أضاء وليلاً تجلّى جبينك عالٍ ون…
Li Hadil El-Hamam لهديل الحمام تركت النوافذ مفتوحة.لهديل الحمام تركت على حافة …
Sharek Dahab شعرك دهب مغزول بنول الشمس و الريح قلبي صهيل خيول متل الفرس ب…
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pierre dupont
Hello @ashrafieh,
I am a french and i just read a great book from one of the few french volunteer who fought on the christian side, mostly with the kataeb, during the beginning of the war in 1976. He spent a couple days in the holliday inn and talk about the guys who was fighting there. He said the last day only 6 kataeb fighters was still there, 4 manage to escape and the two others got killed, one was effectively threw out of the building alive …
On his first day in the hotel with the kataeb guys, he said they clearly told him to respect one rule « don’t shoot kids or women », and then they take him to the elevator and show him like 15 floor below the body of a kataeb guy who didn’t listen and was thrown for shooting like a maniac. Unfortunately, he also said later in his book, that clearly palestinian wasn’t embarrassing themselves with such things and was killings kids and women left and right …
The man who wrote the book is called Emmanuel Albach and you can find on youtube a nearly 3hours interview of him speaking on his experience of the war in lebanon fighting with the Christians. If you understand french, you can check it out.
I hope i don’t make too Many mistakes in my message, anyway hats off to you and your beautiful people (christians lebanese) sorry that our cowards politics here didn’t do more to help at the time …
Much love to Beirut and specially Achrafieh !! 🇫🇷🇱🇧
Khodorchan
I lived a long time of my childhood in the street hundert meters away right in front of the holiday inn. Though it was war I don’t to miss the experience had ever lived there. I can tell a story of almost every corner shown. Thanks for creating and sharing this film.
Sam
Thank you for literally painting a very accurate image. Born in 1964 and lived throughout the war within walking distance from the Holiday Inn !. I can relate to every scene. Never held a weapon but managed to cheat death countless times. Immigrated to Canada in 1990 as Canada will remain my home forever.
Bassema Dawoud
I am a second generation Lebanese. Please can someone talk to me about this. My parents don't talk much about it. I was born in 86 and our family fleed to the US when i was around 2yrs old
Ayans Kumar
👌 Bor
S. Jr
thats good to hear my man cheers from California ! Lebanese Roots
Ghassan jenainaty
I am inhabitant of Beirut . I wish this great holiday (Holiday inn) would get rebuilt again or Rehabilitate it and make it a symbol for peace ! Every time i pass near it, it makes me sad the way it is and all the sad memories of the civil war era
Jumping Ship
At least one floor at a time.
110Cupcake123
And by the way Al Jazeera thanks for the documentary. You guys provide that different angle or perspective that I look for. Thanks for the vast amount of resources you provide the public. Keep up the good work. God bless
Badass Beaver
The building should be reused again not as a hotel but turned into a Civil War Museum and Memorial Hall in which the exterior with the bullet holes are preserved and covered with windows while the interior is completely renovated.
Badass Beaver
@benbenjo let’s hope not