Nāzik

Biography

Nazek, a singer and actor from a Libyan family in Beirut, appeared with Muhammad Fawzi in Kull Daqqa fi Qalbi.

Ziyad Assaf traces her beginnings to Near East Radio in the middle of the nineteen-forties: Halim Rumi introduced her as a chorus singer and trained her in singing and maqamat. He describes support from Muhammad Hasan al-Shujai at Egyptian Radio and work with Ahmad Sidqi, Riyad al-Sunbati and Muhammad Muhsin. Her radio tableaux included Al-Zaman wal-Hubb with Karim Mahmud and Hulm Sha’ir with Ibrahim Hammuda. This later research does not independently date every recording session.

Nabil Hanfi Mahmud describes Ma Tqulshi Kunna wa-Kan as a rast taqtuqa, with Ismail al-Habruk’s lyrics and Farid al-Atrash’s music. Drawing on Zaki’s criticism, he links Nazek’s voice to Asmahan’s school. His broadcast dating does not establish the recording date.

Eman Mandour’s article quotes a 1959 Radio and Television Magazine interview. The reproduced statements describe Nazek’s view that artistic work could coexist with her religious commitments and that a performer could succeed through artistic ability. These are attributed quotations; the original magazine issue has not yet been inspected.