As a young child, al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to , escaping the French occupation | [ ] Soon Farid was in debt and found himself abandoned by his disapproving mother |
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During this difficult period of his life, he also endured the death of his sister and fellow performer Asmahan | Family [ ] Camilla Al Atrash, the only daughter of Asmahan with her uncle Farid Farid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze clan of their parents, Princess Alia and Prince Fahd al-Atrash |
He composed songs for top Arab singers, foremost his own sister, , as well as , Shadia, , and | Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades—recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies |
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Mustafa Darwish Dream makers on the Nile: a portrait of Egyptian cinema 1998• One of al-Atrash's most unusual and distinguishable traits was his voice | High and mellow at the start of his career, it evolved into a wider, deeper sound |
[ ] This was because they noticed that Farid did not like the hospital, or the drugs and the food that the hospital provided for him.
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