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Nidal Abu Marad: The Songbird of Lebanon
Saba was one of the Arab world's most beloved performers, also known as the Songbird of Lebanon. Nidal Abu Marad has been speaking to Joseph Corabe, who knew the star well in the last decades of Saba's life. Her talent was spotted by a female pioneer of the Arab movie industry when she was still a school girl. She prayed and cried and begged God to give her the opportunity to be an actress.
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