Fahd Ballan

Fahd Ballan was born in 1933 in the village of Al-Kafr in Suwayda, Syria to a Druze family.In 1958, he sang his first song Ya batal al-ahrar ("O Hero of the Free") composed by Suhail Arafa in celebration of the unification of Syria and Egypt.[7] In the early sixties, Ballan began a collaboration with artist Shaker Barikhan after the two met while working at Aleppo Radio.Barikhan would go on to compose for Ballan numerous songs including Aah Ya Gleby ("Oh, my heart"),[8] a duetto with singer Sahar.[9] Zuhur, Sherifa (2000) Asmahan's secrets: woman, war and song, University of Texas Press
Al-KafrMandatory SyriaSuwaydaSyrian folk musicArabic musicArabicSyrianFarid al-AtrashMariam Fakhr EddineHouraniJordanSuwayda, Syriaunification of Syria and EgyptList of DruzeZuhur, SherifaAmerican University in Cairo Press