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| birth_name = Kheirieh Jarkas
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'''Kheirieh Jarkas''' (1922–2022), known monomyously as '''Nourhane''', was an Arabic singer and actress in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zibawi |first=Mahmoud |url=https://www.alfurat.com/books/178370 |title=نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية |last2=Makhoul |first2=Assaad |date=2017 |publisher=] |others= |isbn=978-9953-0-4203-9 |edition= |location=Beirut |trans-title=Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s |oclc=1089812335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jamil |first=Muhib |date=2022-03-29 |title=نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات |trans-title=Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s |url=https://raseef22.net/article/1086998-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86--%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharkawi |first=Yousra |date=March 25, 2022 |title=«نورهان».. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها |trans-title=Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/204069/1179/848025/الصفحة-الثانية/«نورهان»-ذكرى-فنية-من-الأربعينيات-ترويها-حفيدتها.aspx |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=] |publisher= |language=ar}}</ref>
'''Nourhane''' (1922-2022) was a singer and actress in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s in the Arab World.
Nourhane (whose real name is Kheirieh Jarkas) was born in Damascus in 1922 to parents of ] origin, Ali and Maryam.<ref>interview with Nourhane on Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station </ref>


== Personal life == == Early life ==
She was born in ] (registered in the civil registries of ] in the ]) in 1922 to parents of ] origin, Ali and Maryam.<ref>interview with Nourhane on Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station </ref>
She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (istiqbal) that her mother and her friends would organize. One of her favourite songs, and one she often sang was Um Kulthum's "''Ili habek ya hanah''" ({{Translation|Happy is the one who loves you}}).<ref> Um Kulthum sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnrmi-nqns</ref>


She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (]) that her mother and her friends would organize. One of her favourite songs, and one she often sang was ]'s "Ili habek ya hanah" (happy is the one who loves you)..<ref> Um Kulthum sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnrmi-nqns</ref>
An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to a boarding school where she was seen as a natural leader due to her wit, intelligence, and fearless nature. She was married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in Aleppo to teach. Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying to a scholarship to study English literature in Cairo which he got. Along with their son, they moved to Cairo.<ref>interview featured in the documentary "Nourhane, a child's dream" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min) https://vimeo.com/285858153</ref>

An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to a boarding school where she was seen as a natural leader due to her wit, intelligence, and fearless nature.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
She was married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in ] to teach.
Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying to a scholarship to study English literature in Cairo which he got. Along with their son, they moved to Cairo. <ref>interview featured in the documentary "Nourhane, a child's dream" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min) https://vimeo.com/285858153</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably "Honey Moon" (1945) starring Farid Al Atrash where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor).<ref> Honey Moon the film https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fbwsb Nourhane appears @00:17:43 </ref> Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer Nour El Hoda and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess Asmahan.<ref> interview with Nourhane on Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine </ref> For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably ] (1945) starring ] where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor).<ref> Honey Moon the film https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fbwsb Nourhane appears @00:17:43 </ref>
Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer ] and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess ].<ref> interview with Nourhane on Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine </ref>


From that point on, she met musicians, singers, composers, actors, directors, and producers, and eventually she started singing and acting professionally. From that point on, she met musicians, singers, composers, actors, directors, and producers, and eventually she started singing and acting professionally.
She acted in three feature films: '']'' (1946),<ref> Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/</ref> '']'' (1946),<ref>Son of the Orient (1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/</ref> and '']'' (1949).<ref>Leila in Iraq (1949) https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/</ref><ref> Leila in Iraq full film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE</ref>


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She acted in three feature films "Good and Evil",<ref> Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/</ref> "Son of the Orient",<ref>Son of the Orient (1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/</ref> (1946) and "Leila in Iraq" (1949).<ref>Leila in Iraq (1949) https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/</ref><ref> Leila in Iraq full film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Kheir wel Shar Poster Cairo Cinema Opera.jpg|"Good and Evil" (1946) Poster Cinema Opera, Cairo ]
File:Son of the Orient poster Cairo 1947 12 Jan Cinema Lux.jpg|"Son of the Orient" film poster announcing release on 12 January 1947 at Cinema Lux, Cairo, Egypt ]
File:1946 Annahar newspaper Beirut.jpg|Good and Evil Film Screening Announcement in Annahar newspaper, Beirut (1946)
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Through the first film “Good and Evil”, she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband.<ref> Nourhane and Mohamed Salman sing together in "Leila in Iraq" https://vimeo.com/340627877 </ref>









Through the first film ''Good and Evil'', she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband, and her partner in professional and personal life for five happy years.<ref> Nourhane and Mohamed Salman sing together in "Leila in Iraq" https://vimeo.com/340627877 </ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2022}}<!-- You need a reliable source saying these were happy years. -->


She sang on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more. She sang on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more.
The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition. The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Some of the composers who wrote music for her to sing were Mohamed Mohsen <ref> "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357 </ref>, Philemon Wehbe <ref> "Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265 </ref>, Mohamed Abdelkarim, Mohamed Abdelwahab <ref> Some of the composers who wrote music for her to sing were ],<ref> "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357 </ref> ],<ref> "Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265 </ref> ], Mohamed Abdelwahab<!-- Not sure who to link here, but should be linked -->,<ref>
https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing </ref>, Salim Helou <ref> "Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144</ref> and Wadih Al-Safi <ref> "Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072</ref>. https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing </ref> ]<ref> "Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144</ref> and ].<ref> "Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072</ref>
The 6th number of the Syrian National Radio Station magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane. The 6th number of the ] magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane.
On November 25th, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM features Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30th 1953 starting with Nourhane at 9h30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the great buzuq virtuoso and Nourhane's dear friend Mohamed AbdelKarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953 </ref> On November 25th, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM features Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30th 1953 starting with Nourhane at 9:30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the ] virtuoso and Nourhane's friend Mohamed Abdelkarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953 </ref>
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From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover. <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958 </ref>




















From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover. <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958 </ref><gallery mode="packed" heights="250">
File:Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine Number 6 November 1953.jpg|Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, November 1953
File:Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine Number 88 May 1958.jpg|Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, May 1958
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Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures. Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures.
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As the American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux writes "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din".<ref> Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux </ref> Nourhane's records and her voice therefore made it to the United States.


As the American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux writes "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din."<ref> Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux </ref> Nourhane's records and her voice therefore made it to the United States.
She ended her career in the early 1960s and opened up a hair salon in the area of Arnous in Damascus. She had wanted her son Ziad to work with her in the salon. She therefore sent him to L’Oréal’s in Paris for training.
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Upon his return, Ziad decided to enter the American University of Beirut to study Economics.
Advertisement_for_Nourhan's_two_singles_on_Alamphon.PNG|Advertisement for Nourhan's two singles on Alamphon. Caravan 22 April 1954. Courtesy Newspapers.com
Nourhane closed down “Salon Nour” and moved with him to Beirut. After completing his studies, Ziad was hired by the United Nations Office in Beirut where he met his future wife Fatima. Nourhane continued to lived with her son, his wife and their three children: Hana, May and Ramzi.
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== Later life ==
She ended her career in the early 1960s and opened up a hair salon in the area of ] in Damascus.
She had wanted her son Ziad to work with her in the salon. She therefore sent him to ]’s in Paris for training.
Upon his return, Ziad decided to enter the ] to study economics.
Nourhane closed down “Salon Nour” and moved with him to ]. After completing his studies, Ziad was hired by the United Nations Office in Beirut where he met his future wife Fatima. Nourhane continued to lived with her son, his wife and their three children: Hana, May and Ramzi.


Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled “Nourhane, a child’s dream” which came out in 2016 <ref> DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE: "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (Dir. May Kassem - 2016 - 72min) - https://vimeo.com/285858153 </ref>. Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled “Nourhane, a child’s dream” which came out in 2016 <ref> DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE: "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (Dir. May Kassem - 2016 - 72min) - https://vimeo.com/285858153 </ref>.


Nourhane lived to be a hundred and passed away, at home, surrounded by her family, on the 28th of February 2022 in Beirut – after listening to one of her favourite songs by Um Kulthum – which happened to be playing on television that night – Fat al Maad (The rendez-vous has passed)<ref> Um Kulthum sings "Fat al Maad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNVUaW61hI </ref> Nourhane lived to be a hundred and passed away, at home, surrounded by her family, on 28 February 2022 in Beirut – after listening to one of her favourite songs by Um Kulthum – which happened to be playing on television that night – Fat al Maad (The rendez-vous has passed).<ref> Um Kulthum sings "Fat al Maad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNVUaW61hI </ref>

== Bibliography ==
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=== Songs ===
"Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" (composer: Mohamed Mohsen)
ياام العيون الكحيلة
https://vimeo.com/340870357

"Hajarni wou Rah" (composer: Philemon Wehbe)
هجرني وراح
https://vimeo.com/340227265

"Ishtaqna ya helou" (composer: Salim Helou)
اشتقنا يا حلو
https://vimeo.com/340870144

"Ya Zeno" (composer: Wadih Al-Safi)
يا زينو (وديع الصافي)
https://vimeo.com/340870072

"Fat Yom Min Ghayr Ma Tkalemni" (Composer: Abd al Wahab)(Radio Broadcast)
فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب
https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

"Mijana and Itaba" (with Mohamed Salman) - excerpt from film "Leila in Iraq" (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi
ميجانا وعتابا (مع محمد سلمان) فيلم ليلى في العراق
https://vimeo.com/340627877

=== Films listed in El Cinema Egyptian Cinema Archive ===
Son of the Orient (1945) Dir. Ibrahim Helmi
https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/

Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) Dir. Hassan Helmi
https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/

Leila in Iraq (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi
https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE

=== Press ===
Article in English about the book "Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s" and an event at Dar el Nimer for Arts and Culture, Beirut, Lebanon.
https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/female-singing-stars-of-the-lebanese-40s/<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=April 2022}}

Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022
"Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux
https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/nourhane-forgotten-singer-rediscovered.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1pLGFfYkBKo3ILDNGAyHKail3B4Hn-1ulGnp9QhytFp7Hx5tLKFVtX2NU

ARTICLE IN AL-AKHBAR - March 15th 2022
"مئة عام بين الضوء والظلّ: ورحلت «نورهان» نجمة الأربعينيات"
"One hundred years between light and darkness: and Nourhane has disappeared - the Star of the 1940s"
https://al-akhbar.com/Celebrities/332819

ARTICLE in INDEPENDENT ARABIA - March 12th, 2022
"المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام"
"The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100"
https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871

ARTICLE in ANNAHAR DAILY NEWSPAPER, BEIRUT - March 12th, 2022
"نورهان الّتي رحلت بِصمت... ماذا تعرفون عن "صاحبة العيون الكحيلة"؟ (صور وفيديو)"
"Nourhane who left in silence...What do you know about the one with the beautiful eyes?" (photographs and video)
https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/6-%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/12032022092013253

ARTICLE in L'ORIENT LE JOUR by GEORGES BOUSTANY - March 5th, 2022
"La DERNIERE LARME DE NOURHANE A ETE POUR MAY"
"NOURHANE'S LAST TEAR DROP WAS FOR MAY"
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1292681/la-derniere-larme-de-nourhane-a-ete-pour-may.html

ARTICLE in Al-ARABI AL JADEED by NADIM JARJOURA - June 17th, 2019
عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة
ABOUT A SINGER WHO QUIT EARLY: NOURHANE AND THE MAGIC OF MEMORY
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9

'''DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE:'''
"NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min)
https://vimeo.com/285858153


'''PRESS around the release of "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" the film:'''
ARTICLE in AL QUDS AL ARABI by ZAHRA MERHI - August 10th, 2019
https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a7/?fbclid=IwAR3kb3P__O2wGedSKrRczQEXjw4Q1uwdjSea00zh6IXfdMTU_VAJZTX5fQ0


FUTURE TV INTERVIEW - 2019
== Futher reading ==
Interview by Zaven Kouyoumdjian with May Kassem about "Nourhane, a child's dream" http://futuretvnetwork.com/video/27093948/%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86?fbclid=IwAR05BQ9QnmQ41socNZrkgWKz2_xmUyVIjuctrPxwJxxYgU2_f_wAU5I-F4Q


=== '''Books''' ===


SCREENINGS/LISTINGS "Nourhane, a child's dream":
* "" by Mahmoud Zibawi and Assaad Makhoul (2017), Alfurat Books Publishers
* ""


At Cairo Women International Film Festival: https://cairowomenfilmfest.com/entry/MovieItem/222/
=== Articles ===


At Dar El Nimer for the Arts: https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/nourhane-a-childs-dream/
* Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/nourhane-forgotten-singer-rediscovered.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1pLGFfYkBKo3ILDNGAyHKail3B4Hn-1ulGnp9QhytFp7Hx5tLKFVtX2NU
* ARTICLE in RASEEF22 BY MUHIB JAMIL - March 29th, 2022 "نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات" "Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s" https://raseef22.net/article/1086998-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86--%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA?fbclid=IwAR1OvIO7Z4nKHCZ8G6STCAzM99OQVVARPJWYvpdC92yFGmGVAMUImNCZ3O0
* ARTICLE in AL-AHRAM DAILY NEWSPAPER by YOUSRA SHARKAWI - CAIRO, EGYPT - March 25th, 2022 نورهان.. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها "Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter" https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/848025.aspx
* ARTICLE IN AL-AKHBAR - March 15th 2022 "مئة عام بين الضوء والظلّ: ورحلت «نورهان» نجمة الأربعينيات" "One hundred years between light and darkness: and Nourhane has disappeared - the Star of the 1940s" https://al-akhbar.com/Celebrities/332819
* {{Cite web |date=2022-03-12 |title=المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام |trans-title=The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100 |url=https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871/%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-100-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=اندبندنت عربية |language=ar}}
* {{Cite web |title=نورهان الّتي رحلت بِصمت... ماذا تعرفون عن 'صاحبة العيون الكحيلة'؟ (صور وفيديو) |trans-title=Nourhane who left in silence...What do you know about the one with the beautiful eyes? |url=https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/6-فن-ومجتمع/12032022092013253 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=annahar.com |language=ar}}
* {{Cite web |date=2022-03-05 |title=La dernière larme de Nourhane a été pour May |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1292681/la-derniere-larme-de-nourhane-a-ete-pour-may.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=L'Orient-Le Jour}}
* {{Cite web |last=Jarjoura |first=Nadim |title=About a singer who retires early: Nourhan and the magic of memory |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.alaraby.co.uk |language=ar}}


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Singer, Actress, Stage, Radio, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Nourhane
File:Nourhane Blue paint.jpg
Background information
Born1922
Died2022
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Actress
Musical artist

Kheirieh Jarkas (1922–2022), known monomyously as Nourhane, was an Arabic singer and actress in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

Early life

She was born in Damascus (registered in the civil registries of Quneitra in the Golan Heights) in 1922 to parents of Circassian origin, Ali and Maryam.

She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (istiqbal) that her mother and her friends would organize. One of her favourite songs, and one she often sang was Umm Kulthum's "Ili habek ya hanah" (happy is the one who loves you)..

An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to a boarding school where she was seen as a natural leader due to her wit, intelligence, and fearless nature. She was married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in Aleppo to teach. Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying to a scholarship to study English literature in Cairo which he got. Along with their son, they moved to Cairo.

Career

For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably Honey Moon (1945) starring Farid al-Atrash where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor). Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer Nour El Hoda and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess Asmahan.

From that point on, she met musicians, singers, composers, actors, directors, and producers, and eventually she started singing and acting professionally. She acted in three feature films: Good and Evil (1946), Son of the Orient (1946), and Leila in Iraq (1949).

Good and Evil Film Screening Announcement in Annahar newspaper, Beirut (1946)
Good and Evil Film Screening Announcement in Annahar newspaper, Beirut (1946)
"Good and Evil" (1946) Poster Cinema Opera, Cairo
"Good and Evil" (1946) Poster Cinema Opera, Cairo
"Son of the Orient" film poster announcing release on 12 January 1947 at Cinema Lux, Cairo, Egypt
"Son of the Orient" film poster announcing release on 12 January 1947 at Cinema Lux, Cairo, Egypt






Through the first film Good and Evil, she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband, and her partner in professional and personal life for five happy years.

She sang on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more. The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition. Some of the composers who wrote music for her to sing were Mohamed Mohsen, Philemon Wehbe, Mohamed Abdelkarim, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Salim Helou and Wadih Al-Safi. The 6th number of the Syrian National Radio Station magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane. On November 25th, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM features Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30th 1953 starting with Nourhane at 9:30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the buzuq virtuoso and Nourhane's friend Mohamed Abdelkarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover

Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine November 1953
Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine November 1953
Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine May 1958
Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine May 1958

From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover.











Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures.

As the American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux writes "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din." Nourhane's records and her voice therefore made it to the United States.

Later life

She ended her career in the early 1960s and opened up a hair salon in the area of Arnous in Damascus. She had wanted her son Ziad to work with her in the salon. She therefore sent him to L’Oréal’s in Paris for training. Upon his return, Ziad decided to enter the American University of Beirut to study economics. Nourhane closed down “Salon Nour” and moved with him to Beirut. After completing his studies, Ziad was hired by the United Nations Office in Beirut where he met his future wife Fatima. Nourhane continued to lived with her son, his wife and their three children: Hana, May and Ramzi.

Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled “Nourhane, a child’s dream” which came out in 2016 .

Nourhane lived to be a hundred and passed away, at home, surrounded by her family, on 28 February 2022 in Beirut – after listening to one of her favourite songs by Um Kulthum – which happened to be playing on television that night – Fat al Maad (The rendez-vous has passed).

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Songs

"Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" (composer: Mohamed Mohsen) ياام العيون الكحيلة https://vimeo.com/340870357

"Hajarni wou Rah" (composer: Philemon Wehbe) هجرني وراح https://vimeo.com/340227265

"Ishtaqna ya helou" (composer: Salim Helou) اشتقنا يا حلو https://vimeo.com/340870144

"Ya Zeno" (composer: Wadih Al-Safi) يا زينو (وديع الصافي) https://vimeo.com/340870072

"Fat Yom Min Ghayr Ma Tkalemni" (Composer: Abd al Wahab)(Radio Broadcast) فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

"Mijana and Itaba" (with Mohamed Salman) - excerpt from film "Leila in Iraq" (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi ميجانا وعتابا (مع محمد سلمان) فيلم ليلى في العراق https://vimeo.com/340627877

Films listed in El Cinema Egyptian Cinema Archive

Son of the Orient (1945) Dir. Ibrahim Helmi https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/

Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) Dir. Hassan Helmi https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/

Leila in Iraq (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE

Press

Article in English about the book "Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s" and an event at Dar el Nimer for Arts and Culture, Beirut, Lebanon. https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/female-singing-stars-of-the-lebanese-40s/

Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/nourhane-forgotten-singer-rediscovered.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1pLGFfYkBKo3ILDNGAyHKail3B4Hn-1ulGnp9QhytFp7Hx5tLKFVtX2NU

ARTICLE IN AL-AKHBAR - March 15th 2022 "مئة عام بين الضوء والظلّ: ورحلت «نورهان» نجمة الأربعينيات" "One hundred years between light and darkness: and Nourhane has disappeared - the Star of the 1940s" https://al-akhbar.com/Celebrities/332819

ARTICLE in INDEPENDENT ARABIA - March 12th, 2022 "المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام" "The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100" https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871

ARTICLE in ANNAHAR DAILY NEWSPAPER, BEIRUT - March 12th, 2022 "نورهان الّتي رحلت بِصمت... ماذا تعرفون عن "صاحبة العيون الكحيلة"؟ (صور وفيديو)" "Nourhane who left in silence...What do you know about the one with the beautiful eyes?" (photographs and video) https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/6-%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/12032022092013253

ARTICLE in L'ORIENT LE JOUR by GEORGES BOUSTANY - March 5th, 2022 "La DERNIERE LARME DE NOURHANE A ETE POUR MAY" "NOURHANE'S LAST TEAR DROP WAS FOR MAY" https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1292681/la-derniere-larme-de-nourhane-a-ete-pour-may.html

ARTICLE in Al-ARABI AL JADEED by NADIM JARJOURA - June 17th, 2019 عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة ABOUT A SINGER WHO QUIT EARLY: NOURHANE AND THE MAGIC OF MEMORY https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9

DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE: "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min) https://vimeo.com/285858153


PRESS around the release of "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" the film: ARTICLE in AL QUDS AL ARABI by ZAHRA MERHI - August 10th, 2019 https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a7/?fbclid=IwAR3kb3P__O2wGedSKrRczQEXjw4Q1uwdjSea00zh6IXfdMTU_VAJZTX5fQ0

FUTURE TV INTERVIEW - 2019 Interview by Zaven Kouyoumdjian with May Kassem about "Nourhane, a child's dream" http://futuretvnetwork.com/video/27093948/%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86?fbclid=IwAR05BQ9QnmQ41socNZrkgWKz2_xmUyVIjuctrPxwJxxYgU2_f_wAU5I-F4Q


SCREENINGS/LISTINGS "Nourhane, a child's dream":

At Cairo Women International Film Festival: https://cairowomenfilmfest.com/entry/MovieItem/222/

At Dar El Nimer for the Arts: https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/nourhane-a-childs-dream/

References

  1. Zibawi, Mahmoud; Makhoul, Assaad (2017). نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية [Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s]. Beirut: Alfurat Books Publishers. ISBN 978-9953-0-4203-9. OCLC 1089812335.
  2. Jamil, Muhib (2022-03-29). "نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات" [Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s]. Raseef22. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. Sharkawi, Yousra (March 25, 2022). "«نورهان».. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها" [Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter]. Al-Ahram (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  4. interview with Nourhane on Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station
  5. Um Kulthum sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnrmi-nqns
  6. interview featured in the documentary "Nourhane, a child's dream" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min) https://vimeo.com/285858153
  7. Honey Moon the film https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fbwsb Nourhane appears @00:17:43
  8. interview with Nourhane on Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine
  9. Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/
  10. Son of the Orient (1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/
  11. Leila in Iraq (1949) https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/
  12. Leila in Iraq full film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE
  13. Nourhane and Mohamed Salman sing together in "Leila in Iraq" https://vimeo.com/340627877
  14. "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357
  15. "Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265
  16. https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  17. "Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144
  18. "Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072
  19. Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953
  20. Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958
  21. Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux
  22. DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE: "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (Dir. May Kassem - 2016 - 72min) - https://vimeo.com/285858153
  23. Um Kulthum sings "Fat al Maad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNVUaW61hI
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