Melhem Barakat

Melhem Barakat Arabic ملحم بركات Also Known As Melhim Barakat Is A Lebanese Singer And Song-Writer. He Is Nicknamed By His Fans As Abou Majd. Melhem Barakat Started His Career Back In The 1960s Barakat Has Arguebly Established A Genre Of His Own In Both The Way He Sings And Composes Which Makes Him One Of The Most Esteemed And Popular Stars In Lebanon Today. He Has Toured Australia South America Canada And The USA.
Career Melhem Barakat Mainly Performs In Colloquial Lebanese A Feat He Has Always Defended Criticizing His Fellow Lebanese Peers For Favouring The Egyptian Dialect For Commercial Purposes. Although His Popularity Is Rather Modest In Egypt Where Non Egyptian Music Material Generally Receives Lukewarm Mass Appeal Melhem Has Achieved Huge Stardom In Most Arab World Countries Most Notably In Syria Jordan And Lebanon. Barakat Started Singing More Than Thirty Years Ago. Barakat Participated As An Actor And Singer In Many Of The Rahbanis' Musicals To Some Lebanese Even Saying He Has Established Himself As One Of The Strongest Voices In The Country. He Also Appeared In Many Lebanese Movies Back In The 1980s. Melhem Barakat Hit Song From The 80s Was Called Kboush El Touti And Wahdi Ana I Am Alone . During The 90s Melhem Barakat Acted With Lebanese Dancer Dani Boustros In A Lebanese Theatre Play Entitled Wemsheet Bee Tariki I Walked My Way . Since The Year 2000 Melhem Barakat Had Several Hit Songs Such As Habibi Enta Which Was Later Sung By His Ex-Wife May Hariri. He Has Also Collaborated With Current Famous Singers Such As Najwa Karam Karol Sakr Shatha Hassoun Majida El Roumi. read less