Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of the Lebanese actress and singer Sabah, who delighted audiences in the Arab world for over six decades.
A Google Doodle commemorating the diva shows Sabah - an adopted name that means morning in Arabic - before fez-wearing crowds. It's a scene that could have been lifted straight from one of her movies.
Born Jeanette Gergis al-Feghali in a Lebanese mountain village, the girl who would become Sabah had a troubled childhood. Her parents bullied and neglected her and one of her uncles "told my parents that I had a beautiful voice when I sobbed," she said in a 2012 interview. Later, Sabah's brother killed her mother, whom he accused of having an affair.
By : Joseph Hincks
