May Nasr (; born 1965) is a Lebanese singer, musician and

microfinancing Microfinance consists of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses (SMEs) who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; saving ...

consultant. She was born in the

Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

in 1965 and she got a Bachelor of Arts from the University of

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

in 1987.

Biography

She appeared for the first time as a singer with the Lebanese composer

Zaki Nassif Zaki Nassif (; 4 July 1918 – 10 March 2004) was a Lebanese music composer and singer. He was influential among the first generation of composers for the mass audience for music on radio in Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s, and continued to be a ...

and artist Farid Abu Alkher, and trained with them between 1997 and 2002. Then she worked with Badia Haddad between 2004 and 2009. May Nasr sings classic songs from the Lebanese and

Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...

heritage, especially songs of Lebanese singer

Fairuz Nouhad Wadie Haddad (, ; born November 20, 1934 or November 21, 1935), known as Fairuz (, ), is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the history of the Arab world. She is pop ...

. Nasr has participated in many

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

concerts and festivals in

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

and

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

. She has also performed in concerts in the United States and Germany. She released her first album ''Expensive'' in

and

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

. Her second album was a collaborative effort with Puerto Rican musician

Lourdes Pérez Lourdes Pérez (born Bernardita de Lourdes Pérez Cruz on February 12, 1961) is a Puerto Rican contemporary recording artist, songwriter, composer, arranger, poet, contralto vocalist, oral historian and guitarist. She is also one of few female ...

. She previously performed with Perez in the song "Te Llamo/Unadeekum" on Perez's 2005 album ''Este Filo''. They also performed together in 2009 as part of Nasr's "Written in Water" tour, and in 2011 they reunited for a benefit concert for The Al Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue. Nasr is also a microfinancing consultant. She concentrates on funding for women in the Middle East.

Discography

;Albums *''Lil Ghaly'' (2008) *''Written in Water'', Lourdes Pérez and May Nasr (Spanish and Arabic) with special guest

Ahmad Kaabour Ahmad Kaabour (; born 9 July 1955) is a Lebanese singer, songwriter, music composer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his song "Ounadikom" which he composed in 1975 upon the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. Background Kaabour was born ...

(Chee Wee Records, 2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nasr, May 1965 births Living people 20th-century Lebanese women singers Microfinance people 21st-century Lebanese women singers