Biographies: Issam Hajali - Actor

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A Lebanese jazz and folk rock musician, who was a guitarist for the progressive rock band Rainbow Bridge in Beirut in 1975. He fled Lebanon with his wife, first to Cyprus, then to Paris, where he resided in 1977 before returning to Beirut again. Between santoor music and western-style music with jazz guitars and vocals in the texts taken from the Palestinian revolutionary poet Samih al-Qasim, he founded the band Ferkat Al Ard in 1976, then continued working until the beginning of 1982 and recorded three albums. In 1980, he graduated with a Masters degree in Philosophy. He is also married and has children. As of 2019, he was running a jewelry store in Beirut, and his income came from the sale of his previous books.

• 9 May 2023
• Toqa Hesham