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Also known as Janet Gerges Feghali

Lebanese & Egyptian singer and actress (1927–2014)

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  • Local Government Elections Ordinance, 1962 (Sabah no. 2 of 1962) together with the subsidiary legislation made thereunder
  • Enakmen Prosedur Mal Syariah, 1993 (Sabah)
  • Enakmen Prosedur Jenayah Syariah, 1993 (Sabah)
  • Constitution of the State of Sabah
  • Arahan perkhidmatan Negeri Sabah

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Sabah (Arabic: صباح‎; born Jeanette Gergis Al-Feghali, 10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014) was a Lebanese singer and actress. Considered a "Diva of Music" in the Arab World, (the same title often given to Oum Kalthoum, Warda Al-Jazairia and Fairuz), she has released over 50 albums and has acted in 98 movies as well as over 20 stage plays. She has a reported 3,500 songs in her repertoire. She was the first Arabic singer to perform at Olympia in Paris <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sabah">Rea

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Born
( 1927-11-10 ) 10 November 1927, Bdadoun , Lebanon
Origin
Cairo , Egypt
Died
26 November 2014 (2014-11-26) (aged 87), Beirut , Lebanon
Genres
Mawwal shaabi pop
Occupations
Singer actress
Instrument
Vocals
Years active
c. 1945–2009
Labels
Parlophone Voix de l'Orient Rotana The Orchard Global
Publisher
Digital Press Hellas

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Sabah (vocalist)
name in native language
صباح
date of death
2014-11-26
date of birth
1927-11-10
birth name
چانيت جرجس فغالى
start of work period
1943-00-00
nickname
الصبوحة
end of work period
2000-00-00
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Jeanette Georges Feghali (10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014), known professionally as Sabah, was a Lebanese singer and actress. Her professional career started in Egypt and later extended to Lebanon and the wider Arab world. She amassed a vast line of work over six decades, out-scaling most past and present contemporaries. Sabah is often regarded as one of the greatest Arab singers of the 20th century.

Born to rural Lebanese parents in a village 15 kilometres from Beirut, Sabah grew up with a love for performing arts. In 1945, she was noticed for an acting talent at her school in Lebanon and later invited to Egypt by actress and film director Assia Dagher. There, she was cast in her first film as the original character Sabah, whose name was chosen through a public poll and later adopted by Sabah as a stage name.

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