>>5620578For those interested, this is my favorite Arabic song, a famous one.
The songstress’ name is Ismahan, a Druze from Syria who settled in Cairo. She was the legendary rival of Umm Khalthum, and ultimately died at a young age in a car accident (some say her rival whacked her).
It’s called Lialy al-uns fi fienna (Nights of Ecstasy in Vienna) in a film called intisar al shabab (triumph of the youth) made in the 40s. It talks about the music and youthful company of a ballroom in Vienna equating to true paradise, and shows what Egypt was like in the cities before the brotherhood came to be.
https://youtu.be/W5yZvZEnCks