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- Birth nameSabah Abu Qaws
- Sabah Fakhri was born on May 2, 1933 in Aleppo, Syria. He was an actor, known for El-Saalik (1968) and SuperStar (2003). He died on November 2, 2021 in Damascus, Syria.
- Famous Syrian traditional singer.
- He studied at the Academy of Arabic Music of Aleppo and then at the Damascus music conservatory, from which he graduated in 1948.
- He was a muezzin in Al Rawda Mosque in Aleppo in his youth. The role earned Fakhri the attention of musician Sami Al-Shawa, who began taking him on singing tours across Syria.
- In 2000 Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman presented him with the Omani Order of Merit for his work.
- In 2004 he was awarded by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation.
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