tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post4073666236020095194..comments2023-05-11T07:14:06.145-07:00Comments on Kanz al-Tuhaf (Casket of Rarities): More on Bob Azzam & "Mustapha"Ted Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-47524560599998712302018-04-29T20:55:48.512-07:002018-04-29T20:55:48.512-07:00I am his great nephew (my grandmother is his siste...I am his great nephew (my grandmother is his sister Mary Azzam), and you have some things wrong:<br /><br />1. He was not Christian Lebanese, he was Christian Palestinian. I have no clue who above said that he was Lebanese, he isn’t. <br /><br />2. They didn’t live in Attarine, they grew up in Zamalek. It was very upper class, my grandmother says that is where the embassy’s were.<br /><br />I know this is old and it will get buried but I just had to set things straight since I was talking with my grandmother right now and found this.<br /><br />Austin Swansonhttps://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002318082941&ref=content_filternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-87275693257531045962011-11-13T01:45:44.530-08:002011-11-13T01:45:44.530-08:00Dear Sir, I grew up listening to the English versi...Dear Sir, I grew up listening to the English version with seemingly similar instrumention and the words are<br /><br />On a desert island I wish I could be<br />crying out my misery coz youre so mean to me!<br />From damascus to sudaran (??)<br />Like a camel I have run (x2)<br /><br />do you know where I can get that version and the lyrics?<br /><br />ThanksMichael Loh (myholm2002@yahoo.com.sg)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-37701331026229716122010-08-03T17:01:26.504-07:002010-08-03T17:01:26.504-07:00Good article on a unique man whose music certainly...Good article on a unique man whose music certainly reflected the cosmopolitan flavor of the Middle East in the 50's and 60's. It was not uncommon for European singers to make it big in the Levant (Tino Rossi, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Becaud, and of course Dalida were popular and appealed to the "polyglot nature" of many listeners). However, one correction regarding Bob Azzam: He was a Christian born in Egypt of Lebanese origin, not a Jew; my parents are good friends with his sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-23778257328036006232010-05-12T20:59:20.156-07:002010-05-12T20:59:20.156-07:00Should add that you can get my blog-post "tra...Should add that you can get my blog-post "translated" by Google Translator.<br />But on the other hand, your name has a Swedish touch to it.Mats Wernerhttp://matswerner.blogg.senoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-73805812155160282532010-05-12T20:57:51.123-07:002010-05-12T20:57:51.123-07:00Found your blogg-posts on Bob via Wikipedia as I s...Found your blogg-posts on Bob via Wikipedia as I suddenly got a comment on my own post from 2008 ( http://matswerner.blogg.se/2008/may/bob-azzam-the-bandleader.html ) and started checking on some facts.<br />Bob was a good friend and I still have occasional contact with his wife Miny.Mats Wernerhttp://hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317020438178619394.post-79050172737138662252008-05-11T16:10:00.000-07:002008-05-11T16:10:00.000-07:00I believe "El Attarine" is a popular (mostly a non...I believe "El Attarine" is a popular (mostly a non European - Muslims and Middle eastern Jews)suburb of Alexandria not Cairo. In those days it was not "a slum" actually a middle class suburb where one of the "Haret el yehud" (Jewish enclave)was. Bob Azzam was born in 1925 and died in Monaco in 2004.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com