Am Bemzah Ma'ak is the seventeenth studio album from the Lebanese

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 singer Najwa Karam

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Najwa Karam is a Multi-Platinum, Best-Selling Lebanese Arab recording artist and Philanthropist. Najwa, widely known for her Mawwal and other musical talents, has surpassed musical and political limits in building her Empire, as she has effectively helped change the Arabic music industry in its...

. The album contains 8 tracks, and worked with the famous Lebanese composer Melhem Barakat

Melhem Barakat

Melhem Barakat , also known as Melhim Barakat, is a Lebanese singer and song-writer. He is nicknamed by his fans as Abou Majd. Melhem Barakat started his career back in the 1960s, Barakat has arguebly established a genre of his own in both the way he sings and composes, which makes him one of the...

 on two songs. Najwa Karam already released a music video for the album's title, Aa Bemzah Ma'ak .
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The album

Najwa released the album Am Bemzah Ma'ak in July 2008 under the distribution of Rotana

Rotana Records

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. The album consists of eight songs including the title track "Am Bemzah Ma'ak" which is the first single.

Track listing

1. Int'l Shams - You are the sun
2. Am Bemzah Ma'ak - I'm joking with you
3. Gatalna El Khof - The fear killed us
4. Amant Galby - I reserved my heart
5. El Helm El Abyad - The white dream
6. Kamel Ala Rohi - Continue on my soul
7. Ta'a Khabik - Come, let me hide you
8. Ma Bkhabbi Aleyk - I don't keep anything from you

About the songs

Most of the album songs contain the unique traditional Lebanese beat:

• "Ta'a Khabik" is a good example of futuristic Lebanese developed rhythm.
• "Ammanti Galbi" puts two styles of music together and has a strong upbeat presence, like the cultural dabkeh
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  Dabke is an Arab folk dance. It is popular in several Arab countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria,and Iraq. A line dance, it is widely performed at weddings and joyous occasions...
  
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• "Kammel Ala Rouhi" is a slow meaningful song with excellent voice stands provided by Najwa Karam and contains many high notes.
• "Kammel Ala Rouhi" and "Gatalna El Khof" were composed by Melhem Barakat and are the two examples of songs in which Najwa Karam expresses emotions through her voice.
• "El Helm El Abyad" is a wedding song, which starts with a cultural mawal
  Mawwal
  In Arabic music, the mawwāl is a traditional genre of vocal music that is usually presented before the actual song begins. It is characterized by spelling vowel syllables longer than usual...
  
   at the start then an upbeat, tabla
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  The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
  
   beat which matches with her former hits.
• "Enta El Shams" is an upbeat tempo similar to her other song "Baddak Terja'a", and "Ma Bkhabi Aleyk" is also on the slow upbeat side. The same song was also sung by Lebanese singer Diana Haddad
  Diana Haddad
  Diana Joseph Fouad Haddad is a Lebanese singer and television personality with Emirati citizenship. Mainly known as Diana Haddad, she is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab World and has been so since the late 1990s...
  
  at 2001.

Overall the album "Am Bemzah Ma'ak" is similar to her former releases in the 1990s.

Music videos

*Am Bemzah Ma'ak - Director: Fadi Haddad
*Ma Bkhabi Aleyk - Director: Randa Alam
*Ta'a Khabik - Director: Said El Marouk

Music Cooperations

Writers, arrangers and composers of the songs include Tameem, who was working with Najwa Karam for the first time:

• Emad Shams Al Deen: Wrote and composed the hit-song Am Bemzah Ma'ak and also was the composer of the wedding-song El Helm El Abyad.
• Michelle Joha: Wrote the romantic song Int'l Shams.
• George Mor'ab: Was the composer of Int'l Shams.
• Melhem Barakat: Composed the two major songs Gatalna El Khof and Kamel Ala Rohi.
• Hady Shararah: Arranged 3 songs. The beautiful song Gatalna El Khof, The master-piece Kamel Ala Rohi and the hit-single Ta'a Khabik.
• S'oud Al Sharbately: Wrote the cultural dabke song Amant Galby.
• Nizar Francis: He played a big role in this album when he wrote 3 of the songs. Gatalna El Khof, El Helm El Abyad and Kamel Ala Rohi.
• Tony An'aa: Arranged Int'l Shams and Amant Galby.
• Mohammad Mostafa: Arranged Am Bemzah Ma'ak.
• Wissam El Amir: Composed Amant Galby and Ma Bkhabi Aleyk.
• Danny Helloh: Arranged El Helm El Abyad.
• Fares Iskandar: Wrote Ta'a Khabik.
• Salim Salameh: Composed Ta'a Khabik.
• Tony Salameh: Wrote Ma Bkhabi Aleyk.
• Tameem: Arranged Ma Bkhabi Aleyk.