Assala Nasri
Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri ( Arabic أصالة مصطفى حاتم نصري, DMG Aṣāla Muṣṭafā Ḥātim Naṣrī ; also Assalah and Asalah ) (born May 15, 1969 in Damascus ) is a Syrian singer .
Life
Assala Nasri grew up in a middle-class family in Damascus. Her father Mostafa Nasri was a well-known Syrian composer and singer. Nasri began to sing in public at the age of four. In 1986 her father died of internal bleeding after a car accident. At the age of 17, she and her mother had to look after her four younger siblings. Her professional musical career began in 1991. During the civil war in Syria in 2011, she opposed the Assad regime. She has her own show on Dubai TV called "Soula", with guest musicians visiting Nasri in her apartment.
Nasri has Syrian and Bahraini citizenship, is the mother of four children and is second married to the American - Palestinian businessman Tarek al Eryan .
Discography
Studio albums
- O'zorni, 1991
- Sola, 2015
- Asalah Top 10, 2016
- Sola 4 (with Melhem Barakat), 2016
- Asala Classic, 2016
Singles
- "Sum wa 'Asal" (Poison and Honey), 2009
- "Ah law hal korsy Bye7ki" (If this chair could talk), 2011 - (This song is dedicated for the Syrian revolution against Bashar al-Assad. Assala composed this song, it's her first experience in composing.)
Web links
- Assala Nasri at Discogs (English)
- Assala Nasri's channel on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fès Festival of Sacred Music 2014: Assala Nasri, Syria 2014, accessed on January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Dubai TV: Soula TV Show 2017, accessed January 22, 2017.
- ↑ bluehost: soulashow.com Assala Nasri 2013, accessed on January 22, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nasri, Assala |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nasri, Assala Mostafa Hatem (full name); أصالة مصطفى حاتم نصري (full name, Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damascus |