Maya Yazbek, (

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: مايا يزبك, born 1967) is a Lebanese singer who is famous for her songs "Bokra Rah Betsafer" (You will leave tomorrow), and "Habibi Ya Eini" (My love, my eyes).

Origin

Born and raised 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 ...

in 1967, artist Maya Yazbek comes from an artistic family. Her father is the late

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

George Yazbek, and her brother Basem Yazbek is a

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, with whom she formed a successful trio. In 1983, she released the album "Ana w el Asfour" produced by "Sawt Beirut" and distributed by

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. Maya Yazbek became famous for her song "Bokra Rah Betsafer" and her percussive song "Habibi Ya Eini". In 2011, she tried, along with Amir Yazbek, to present her old productions in a new format, but failed.

Personal life

At the age of twenty, she married violinist Mazen Zawaidi and had two children, Basem and Lara.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazbek, Maya Lebanese Christians Lebanese musicians 20th-century Lebanese women singers Lebanese Maronites 1967 births 21st-century Lebanese women singers Living people