A special tribute album in honor of 100 years anniversary to the legendary singer Oum Kolthoum, the Diva of Arab music.
This album includes innovations to her greatest songs - “Enta Omri”, “Al-Atlal”, “Ghanni Li Shwayya Shwayya” and many more.
The emotion and strength emerging through Lubna Salame‘s vocal work are similar to Oum Kolthoum’s practice.
In her singing, Lubna gives the familiar songs fresh and interesting new life, while keeping her own unique taste and depth.
The Nazareth Orchestra with Lubna Salame was recorded live at the “Peace Festival” in Tel Aviv, June 2003.

Oum Kolthoum - Born in 1904, in a small village in the south of Egypt.
In her singing, Oum Kolthoum offered an authentic art, relevant and rooted in the life of her people. She created a new genre of Arabic singing, which was adopted by many artists. She emphasized the sacredness of the sung lyrics, as though the words were from the Koran or from Arab classic poetry.
In 1975 she died, endowing the world a rich repertoire and one of the greatest human voice.

Lubna Salame - Born in Haifa, she now lives in Kfar Yassif.
She is a resident singer with the Nazareth Orchestra.
As a child, she began singing classical Arabic songs with a church choir. She specialized in singing songs of Oum Kolthoum, Layla Mourad and Yisman. Already on her first concert - at the Israeli Festival 2000 alongside with Sapho and Zehava Ben - she has won the audience’s love and appreciation and became a star over night. She participated as a lead singer at the tribute to the Lebanese music album ‘Habaytak’ (MGD041). This is her debut solo album with the Nazareth Orchestra

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