Sabah (singer)

Sabah
صباح
Portrait, 1961
Born
Jeanette Georges Feghali

(1927-11-10)10 November 1927
Bdadoun, Lebanon
Died26 November 2014(2014-11-26) (aged 87)
Beirut, Lebanon
Burial placeMaronite Cathedral of Saint George, Beirut, Lebanon
Other names
  • The Songbird
  • Sun of Suns
  • The Legend
Citizenship
  • Lebanon
  • Egypt (from 1958)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Spouses
  • Najib Shammas
    (m. 1947; div. 1952)
  • Anwar Mansi
    (m. 1953; div. 1955)
  • (m. 1955; div. 1957)
  • Ahmad Farraj
    (m. 1960; div. 1963)
  • (m. 1967; div. 1968)
  • Yousef Hammoud
    (m. 1970; div. 1972)
  • (m. 1972; div. 1973)
  • Wasim Tabbara
    (m. 1973; div. 1978)
  • Fadi Lubnan
    (m. 1987; div. 2002)
Children
  • Huwayda Mansi
  • Sabah Shammas
Parents
  • Georges Feghali
  • Munira Samaan
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1940–2009
Labels
PublisherDigital Press Hellas
Websitesabahthelegend.com

Jeanette Georges Feghali (10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014), known professionally as Sabah, was a Lebanese singer and actress. Over a seven-decade career in entertainment mainly spanning Egypt and Lebanon, her influence continuously spread across the wider Arab world and regarded her as one of the greatest icons ever known to the region. More popular for her songs, she sang both folkloric and Westernized genres, while in films she took on mostly comedic and romantic roles.

Over the years of her professional life, she had come to be known by several other nicknames, the most notable of which being Al-Shahroura (alternatively Shahrourat al-Wadi), Shams al-Shomous, Al-Sabbouha, and Al-Ustura, as well as "The Notorious Diva" (in the 2009 duet of Yana Yana with Rola Saad).