Julia Boutros is a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 singer  that rose to stardom in the 1980s with a series of nationalistic songs like "Ghabet Shams El Haq" and "Wen el malaieen". She is also the sister of Lebanese songwriter

Songwriter

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 Ziad Boutros

Ziad Boutros

Ziad Boutros is a Lebanese composer of Palestinian descent. He is also the brother of the famous Lebanese singer Julia Boutros, and composes most of her songs. In 2005, Ziad Boutros joined the popular television show SuperStar as one of the judges...

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Biography

Julia was born in Beirut, Lebanon on April 1, 1968. She was educated at the Rosary Sisters Schools where she sang in the school choir. Growing up, she and her brother were heavily influenced by Ziad Rahbani

Ziad Rahbani

Ziad Rahbani is a Lebanese composer, pianist, performer, playwright, and political commentator. His compositions are well-known throughout the Arab world...

's works. When she was 12 years old she recorded her first song, entitled "A Maman", at Elias Al Rahbani studios. This was introduced to her by her music teacher Fouad Fadel. She also recorded two songs, "C'est la Vie" & "Viens dans Ma Vie". When she was 17 years, she sang her most influential song, "Ghabet Shams Al Hak".

On October 11, 2006, Julia announced a new single called "Ahibaii" (My loved ones). The lyrics are based on a letter sent by Hizbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah

Hassan Nasrallah

Hasan Nasrallah, became the third Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah after Israel assassinated the previous leader, Abbas al-Musawi, in 1992. Hezbollah in its entirety is considered a terrorist organization by The United States, the Netherlands,...

 to the fighters in South Lebanon during the 2006 Summer War between Lebanon and Israel. The poet Ghassan Matar adapted the original text. The music is composed by Ziad, brother of Julia and arranged by Michel Fadel. The profits from the song's sale went to help the families of Hizbollah fighters and to all Lebanese who died during the Israel-Lebanon conflict

Israel-Lebanon conflict

The Israeli–Lebanese conflict describes a series of related military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as various non-state militias acting from within Lebanon....

. Sales eventually garnered three million dollars for the families of the Lebanese civilians, soldiers, security forces, and Hezbollah militants who have been killed in the Israel-Lebanon conflict

Israel-Lebanon conflict

The Israeli–Lebanese conflict describes a series of related military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as various non-state militias acting from within Lebanon....

. The sum was triple the original aim, which was only one million dollars. The families of Lebanese soldiers killed during operation Naher el-Bared

2007 Lebanon conflict

The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces on May 20, 2007 in Nahr al-Bared, an UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. It was the most severe internal fighting since Lebanon's 1975–90 civil...

 also received a portion of the money.

Personal life

In 1996, Boutros married Elias Bousaab, the vice president of the American University of Dubai. In 1997 she gave birth to her first child, Samer. She later had another son, Tarek.
Her brother Ziad, a composer

Composer

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 and musician

Musician

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, has accompanied her throughout her musical career and also has composed almost all of her songs. Her hobbies include swimming, tennis

Tennis

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 and listening to the blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

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Albums

• 1982 : C'est La Vie
• 1985 : Ghabet Shams El Haq
• 1987 : Wain Msafer
• 1989 : Haflet Sour
• 1991 : Hikayet Atab
• 1994 : Kosass
• 1996 : Al Kharar
• 1998 : Shi Gharib
• 2001 : Bisaraha
• 2004 : La B'ahlamak
• 2006 : Ta'awadna Aleik
• 2010 : Live At Casino Du Liban (+DVD)

Music videos

• Ghabet Shams El Haq
• Nadani W Albi Mal
• Wayn Msafer
• Kermalak
• Lamma Elta'ayna
• Ana Mesh Elak
• Ya Ossas
• Wa'ef Ya Zaman
• Chi Ghareib
• Ala Zaw'ak
• Nasheed El Horriyeh
• La B'ahlamak
• Ala Shou
• Betnaffas Horriyeh
• Ahiba'i