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How an Azerbaijani song became a hit in the Middle East

Film by Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles. Sep. 2020 HOW AN AZERBAIJANI SONG BECAME A HIT IN THE MIDDLE EAST In 1973, Lebanese Armenian singer Adiss Harmandian released a song in Armenian titled "Karoun, Karoun," which quickly became a hit in Lebanon and beyond. The original music however was composed in 1968 in Azerbaijan to the poem "Sene Gurban" (Sənə Qurban) of Azerbaijani poet Mikayil Mushfig (1908-38), who dedicated it to his wife Dilbar. During the Stalinist purges, Mushfig was arrested and executed in 1938 "for his anti-Soviet and anti-revolutionary views". In 1968, Azerbaijani composer Alakbar Taghiyev composed the song "Sene Gurban". The song was performed for the first time by Azerbaijani singer Zeynab Khanlarova, who toured the Middle East the same year performing this song repeatedly. After Khanlarova's 1968 tour, this Azerbaijani music rapidly spread across the region in different languages. Following the Armenian version, the Arabic version was released. In 1974, Syrian TV series "Sah Al-Noom" popularized the music's Arabic remake titled "Fatoum Fatoum Fatoumeh". Turkish version was performed by Emel Sayin in 1974 in the comedy film "Mavi Boncuk". Filippos Nikolaou released in 1977 the Greek version with a title "Pare, pare, pare me". Persian remake was released by Aref Arefkia in 1974. This upbeat Azerbaijani music quickly became a hit also in Armenian, Arab, Greek, Iranian and Turkish diasporas around the world. "Sene Gurban" remains one of the most popular songs, continuing to bring joy to people of all backgrounds. For more info, read this article on the history of the song written by Armenian journalist Samson Martirosyan: https://hetq.am/static/richmedia/karo...