Fares Karam

Fares Karam فارس كرم
Origin	Jezzine, Lebanon
Genres	Lebanese, World, Oriental Arabic Levantine
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1996-Present
Website	fareskaram.tv

Fares Karam (Arabic: فارس كرم) is a popular Lebanese singer who specializes in the Dabke style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist. He has produced many hit singles around the Arab world & other parts of the Middle East such as El-Tanoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (Womanizer). Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations, and festivals. Karam has also notably toured South America, USA, Australia and Canada.

Biography

Fares Karam was born in Jezzine,in Southern Lebanon to a modest working-class Christian family. His father was a farmer and his mother worked as a teacher in the local school for their village. . Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996-7 series of the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan. His musical style in recent times is linked more closely to Dabke his live band play many of his songs with a large tabal drum. This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke .

Discography

• Shlon (1998)
• Janen (2002)
• Aktar Min Rohi (2003)
• Dakhelo (2004)
• Wedni (2005)
• Yo'Borni (2007)
• Elhamdullah (2010)

Awards

Fares Karam has won many prestigious awards in his artistic career:

• Sydney Cedars Club (1999)
• Art Lebanon (2002)
• Al- nojoum production Australia (2003)
• Hollywood, California (2004)
• Lions International (2005)
• The Arms of Alberta (2005)
• Fifteenth Faces Concert (2005)
• Festival of Cartage (2006)

External links

• Official Website: http://www.fareskaram.tv
• Contact: http://www.fareskaram.tv/fares/contact.html
• Fan Club: http://www.fareskaram.tv/fpg/index.php