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{{Short description|Arabic singer and actress (1922–2022)}}
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'''Kheirieh Jarkas''' (1922–2022), known monomyously as '''Nourhane''', was an Arabic singer and actress in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zibawi |first=Mahmoud |url=https://www.alfurat.com/books/178370 |title=نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية |last2=Makhoul |first2=Assaad |date=2017 |publisher=] |others= |isbn=978-9953-0-4203-9 |edition= |location=Beirut |trans-title=Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s |oclc=1089812335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jamil |first=Muhib |date=2022-03-29 |title=نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات |trans-title=Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s |url=https://raseef22.net/article/1086998-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86--%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharkawi |first=Yousra |date=March 25, 2022 |title=«نورهان».. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها |trans-title=Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/204069/1179/848025/الصفحة-الثانية/«نورهان»-ذكرى-فنية-من-الأربعينيات-ترويها-حفيدتها.aspx |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=] |publisher= |language=ar}}</ref> '''Kheirieh Jarkas''' ({{Langx|ar|خيريه جركس}}, 1922–2022), known mononymously as '''Nourhane''' ({{Langx|ar|نورهان}}), was a Syrian singer.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Zibawi |first1=Mahmoud |url=https://www.alfurat.com/books/178370 |title=نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية |last2=Makhoul |first2=Assaad |date=2017 |publisher=] |isbn=978-9953-0-4203-9 |edition= |location=Beirut |trans-title=Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s |oclc=1089812335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jamil |first=Muhib |date=2022-03-29 |title=نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات |trans-title=Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s |url=https://raseef22.net/article/1086998-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86--%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharkawi |first=Yousra |date=March 25, 2022 |title="نورهان".. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها |trans-title=Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter |url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/204069/1179/848025/الصفحة-الثانية/«نورهان»-ذكرى-فنية-من-الأربعينيات-ترويها-حفيدتها.aspx |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=] |publisher= |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jarjoura |first=Nadim |date=17 June 2019 |title=عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة |trans-title=About a singer who quit early: Nourhane and the magic of memory |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=] |language=ar}}</ref>


== Early life == == Early life ==
She was born in ] (registered in the civil registries of ] in the ]) in 1922 to parents of ] origin, Ali and Maryam.<ref>interview with Nourhane on Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station </ref> Jarkas was born in ] (registered in the civil registries of ] in the ]) in 1922 to parents of ] origin, Ali and Maryam.<ref>radio show on Nourhane produced for and broadcast through Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station</ref>


She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (]) that her mother and her friends would organize. One of her favourite songs, and one she often sang was ]'s "Ili habek ya hanah" (happy is the one who loves you)..<ref> Um Kulthum sings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnrmi-nqns</ref> She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (]) that her mother and her friends would organize.


An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to boarding school, and married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in ] to teach. Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying for a scholarship to study English literature in ] which he received. Together with their son, they moved to Cairo.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Nourhane, a child's dream|author=May Kassem|url=https://vimeo.com/285858153|via=]|date=2016}}</ref>
An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to a boarding school where she was seen as a natural leader due to her wit, intelligence, and fearless nature.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
She was married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in ] to teach.
Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying to a scholarship to study English literature in Cairo which he got. Along with their son, they moved to Cairo. <ref>interview featured in the documentary "Nourhane, a child's dream" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min) https://vimeo.com/285858153</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably ] (1945) starring ] where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor).<ref> Honey Moon the film https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fbwsb Nourhane appears @00:17:43 </ref> For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably ] (1945) starring ] where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcinema.com/work/1005720|title=فيلم - شهر العسل - 1945 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض|via=elcinema.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3fbwsb|title=فيلم شهر العسل فريد الاطرش مديحة يسري - Dailymotion Video|date=November 24, 2015|website=Dailymotion}}</ref>
Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer ] and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess ].<ref> interview with Nourhane on Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine </ref>


Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer ] and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess ].<ref>special radio program on Nourhane in Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine</ref> She acted in three feature films: '']'' (1946),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/1594491|title=Movie - Good and Evil - 1946 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes|via=elcinema.com}}</ref> '']'' (1946),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/1001512|title=Movie - Son of the East - 1945 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes|via=elcinema.com}}</ref> and '']'' (1949).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcinema.com/en/work/1002586|title=Movie - Laila in Iraq - 1949 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes|via=elcinema.com}}</ref>
From that point on, she met musicians, singers, composers, actors, directors, and producers, and eventually she started singing and acting professionally.
She acted in three feature films: '']'' (1946),<ref> Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/</ref> '']'' (1946),<ref>Son of the Orient (1945) https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/</ref> and '']'' (1949).<ref>Leila in Iraq (1949) https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/</ref><ref> Leila in Iraq full film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE</ref>


Through the first film ''Good and Evil'', she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband, and her partner in professional and personal life for five years.
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She sang professionally on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more. The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition.<ref>*{{Cite web|url=https://megaphone.news/long-read/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|website=Megaphone News|date=June 4, 2022|author=Mohamed Soueid|title= نـــورهــان ســــلـوى الآه |trans-title=Nourhane, the consolation of O!}}</ref> Composers who wrote music for her to sing included ],<ref>"Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357</ref> {{ill|Philemon Wehbe|ar|فيلمون وهبي}},<ref>"Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265</ref> ], ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf|title=فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب|via=soundcloud.com}}</ref> ],<ref>"Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144</ref> and ].<ref>"Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072</ref> The 6th number of the ] magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane. On November 25, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM featured Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30, 1953, starting with Nourhane at 9:30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the ] virtuoso and Nourhane's friend Mohamed Abdelkarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover<ref>Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953</ref>
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From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover.<ref>Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958</ref>


Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures.<ref>{{Cite news|title= نورهان مطربة الأناقة و الترف / مقال عباس حامض/ مجلة الشبكة العدد ٨ إصدار ١٩ آذار١٩٥٦ |trans-title= "Nourhane, the elegant and witty singer" |newspaper=Al Chabaka Magazine|number=8 |date=March 19, 1956|author=Abbas Hamod}}</ref>


American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux wrote "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din."<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=Midwest Mahjar|date=April 1, 2022|author=Breaux, Richard Melvin|title=Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter}}</ref>








Through the first film ''Good and Evil'', she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband, and her partner in professional and personal life for five happy years.<ref> Nourhane and Mohamed Salman sing together in "Leila in Iraq" https://vimeo.com/340627877 </ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2022}}<!-- You need a reliable source saying these were happy years. -->

She sang on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more.
The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Some of the composers who wrote music for her to sing were ],<ref> "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357 </ref> ],<ref> "Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265 </ref> ], Mohamed Abdelwahab<!-- Not sure who to link here, but should be linked -->,<ref>
https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing </ref> ]<ref> "Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144</ref> and ].<ref> "Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072</ref>
The 6th number of the ] magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane.
On November 25th, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM features Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30th 1953 starting with Nourhane at 9:30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the ] virtuoso and Nourhane's friend Mohamed Abdelkarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953 </ref>
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From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover. <ref> Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958 </ref>




















Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures.

As the American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux writes "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din."<ref> Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022 "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux </ref> Nourhane's records and her voice therefore made it to the United States.
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Advertisement_for_Nourhan's_two_singles_on_Alamphon.PNG|Advertisement for Nourhan's two singles on Alamphon. Caravan 22 April 1954. Courtesy Newspapers.com
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== Later life == == Later life ==
Nourhane ended her career in the beginning of the 1960s and she opened up a hair salon in the ] area of Damascus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871|date=March 12, 2022|website=]|title=المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام|trans-title=The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100}}</ref> Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled "Nourhane, a child’s dream" which came out in 2016.<ref name="auto1"/> Nourhane lived to be a hundred and died, at home, surrounded by her family, on February 28, 2022, in Beirut.
She ended her career in the early 1960s and opened up a hair salon in the area of ] in Damascus.
She had wanted her son Ziad to work with her in the salon. She therefore sent him to ]’s in Paris for training.
Upon his return, Ziad decided to enter the ] to study economics.
Nourhane closed down “Salon Nour” and moved with him to ]. After completing his studies, Ziad was hired by the United Nations Office in Beirut where he met his future wife Fatima. Nourhane continued to lived with her son, his wife and their three children: Hana, May and Ramzi.


== Bibliography ==
Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled “Nourhane, a child’s dream” which came out in 2016 <ref> DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE: "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (Dir. May Kassem - 2016 - 72min) - https://vimeo.com/285858153 </ref>.


Nourhane - Actress/Singer (as Norhan) listed in El-Cinema Egyptian Cinema Online Archive:
Nourhane lived to be a hundred and passed away, at home, surrounded by her family, on 28 February 2022 in Beirut – after listening to one of her favourite songs by Um Kulthum – which happened to be playing on television that night – Fat al Maad (The rendez-vous has passed).<ref> Um Kulthum sings "Fat al Maad" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNVUaW61hI </ref>

== Bibliography ==
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=== Songs === === Songs ===
"Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" (composer: Mohamed Mohsen)
ياام العيون الكحيلة
https://vimeo.com/340870357

"Hajarni wou Rah" (composer: Philemon Wehbe)
هجرني وراح
https://vimeo.com/340227265

"Ishtaqna ya helou" (composer: Salim Helou)
اشتقنا يا حلو
https://vimeo.com/340870144

"Ya Zeno" (composer: Wadih Al-Safi)
يا زينو (وديع الصافي)
https://vimeo.com/340870072

"Fat Yom Min Ghayr Ma Tkalemni" (Composer: Abd al Wahab)(Radio Broadcast)
فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب
https://soundcloud.com/user-605761208/8sl2js68fguf?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing


* "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" (composer: Mohamed Mohsen) ياام العيون الكحيلة
"Mijana and Itaba" (with Mohamed Salman) - excerpt from film "Leila in Iraq" (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi
* "Hajarni wou Rah" (composer: Philemon Wehbe) هجرني وراح
ميجانا وعتابا (مع محمد سلمان) فيلم ليلى في العراق
* "Ishtaqna ya helou" (composer: Salim Helou) اشتقنا يا حلو
https://vimeo.com/340627877
* "Ya Zeno" (composer: Wadih Al-Safi) يا زينو (وديع الصافي)
* "Fat Yom Min Ghayr Ma Tkalemni" (Composer: Abd al Wahab)(Radio Broadcast) فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب
* "Mijana and Itaba" (with Mohamed Salman) - excerpt from film "Leila in Iraq" (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi ميجانا وعتابا (مع محمد سلمان) فيلم ليلى في العراق


=== Films listed in El Cinema Egyptian Cinema Archive === === Films listed in El Cinema Egyptian Cinema Archive ===
Son of the Orient (1945) Dir. Ibrahim Helmi
https://elcinema.com/work/1001512/


* Son of the Orient (1945) Dir. Ibrahim Helmi
Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) Dir. Hassan Helmi
* Good and Evil (1946 release) (shot in 1945) Dir. Hassan Helmi
https://elcinema.com/work/1594491/
* Leila in Iraq (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi ,


=== Anthology ===
Leila in Iraq (1949) Dir. Ahmed Kamel Morsi
{{Cite book |last1=Zibawi |first1=Mahmoud |url=https://www.alfurat.com/books/178370 |title=نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية |last2=Makhoul |first2=Assaad |date=2017 |publisher=] |isbn=978-9953-0-4203-9 |edition= |location=Beirut |trans-title=Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s |oclc=1089812335}}
https://elcinema.com/work/1002586/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrgj2FYKYE


=== Press === === Press ===
*{{Cite web|url=https://megaphone.news/long-read/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|website=Megaphone News|date=June 4, 2022|author=Mohamed Soueid|title= نـــورهــان ســــلـوى الآه |trans-title=Nourhane, the consolation of O!}}
Article in English about the book "Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s" and an event at Dar el Nimer for Arts and Culture, Beirut, Lebanon.
* {{Cite web|url=https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/nourhane-forgotten-singer-rediscovered.html?spref=fb|website=Midwest Mahjar|date=April 1, 2022|author=Breaux, Richard Melvin|title=Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter}}
https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/female-singing-stars-of-the-lebanese-40s/<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=April 2022}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.vdlnews.com/news/182881|date=March 21, 2022|title=إسمها مزيج من نور الهدى وأسمهان.. وعلى صوت أم كلثوم انطفأت نورهان|trans-title=Her name was a composite of Nour El Hoda and Asmahan, and she passed away while listening to Um Kulthum: Nourhane|website=Voice of Lebanon VDL News}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Celebrities/332819|date=March 15, 2022|website=Al-Akhbar|title=مئة عام بين الضوء والظلّ: ورحلت "نورهان" نجمة الأربعينيات|trans-title=One hundred years between light and darkness: and Nourhane has disappeared - the Star of the 1940s}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871|date=March 12, 2022|website=]|title=المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام|trans-title=The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/6-%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/12032022092013253|date=March 12, 2022|title=نورهان الّتي رحلت بِصمت... ماذا تعرفون عن "صاحبة العيون الكحيلة"؟ (صور وفيديو)|trans-title=Nourhane who left in silence...What do you know about the one with the beautiful eyes?|website=Annahar Daily Newspaper|location=Beirut}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1292681/la-derniere-larme-de-nourhane-a-ete-pour-may.html|date=March 5, 2022|title=La DERNIERE LARME DE NOURHANE A ETE POUR MAY|trans-title=NOURHANE'S LAST TEAR DROP WAS FOR MAY|website=L'ORIENT LE JOUR|author=Boustany, George}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9|website=]|author=Jarjoura, Nadim|date=June 17, 2019|title=عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة|trans-title=About A Singer Who Quit Early: Nourhane And The Magic Of Memory}}


=== Documentary ===
Article in Midwest Mahjar - April 1st, 2022
* {{cite web|title=Nourhane, a child's dream|author=May Kassem|url=https://vimeo.com/285858153|via=]|date=2016}}
"Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter" by Richard Melvin Breaux
* {{Cite web|url=https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/848025.aspx|date=March 26, 2022|title=نورهان.. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها |trans-title=Nourhane, an artistic memory from the 1940s told by her granddaughter"|website=al-Ahram Daily Newspaper|location=Cairo|author=Yousra Sharkawi}}
https://syrianlebanesediasporasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/nourhane-forgotten-singer-rediscovered.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR1pLGFfYkBKo3ILDNGAyHKail3B4Hn-1ulGnp9QhytFp7Hx5tLKFVtX2NU
* {{cite web|url=https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a7/|date=August 10, 2019|title=مي قاسم: جدتي اعتزلت الفن وثابرت على متابعة كل جديد بعين ناقدة|website=]|author=Merhi, Zahra}}

* {{cite web|url=http://futuretvnetwork.com/video/27093948/%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|website=Future TV|title=Interview by Zaven Kouyoumdjian with May Kassem about "Nourhane, a child's dream"|date=2019}}
ARTICLE IN AL-AKHBAR - March 15th 2022
"مئة عام بين الضوء والظلّ: ورحلت «نورهان» نجمة الأربعينيات"
"One hundred years between light and darkness: and Nourhane has disappeared - the Star of the 1940s"
https://al-akhbar.com/Celebrities/332819

ARTICLE in INDEPENDENT ARABIA - March 12th, 2022
"المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام"
"The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100"
https://www.independentarabia.com/node/310871

ARTICLE in ANNAHAR DAILY NEWSPAPER, BEIRUT - March 12th, 2022
"نورهان الّتي رحلت بِصمت... ماذا تعرفون عن "صاحبة العيون الكحيلة"؟ (صور وفيديو)"
"Nourhane who left in silence...What do you know about the one with the beautiful eyes?" (photographs and video)
https://www.annahar.com/arabic/section/6-%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/12032022092013253

ARTICLE in L'ORIENT LE JOUR by GEORGES BOUSTANY - March 5th, 2022
"La DERNIERE LARME DE NOURHANE A ETE POUR MAY"
"NOURHANE'S LAST TEAR DROP WAS FOR MAY"
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1292681/la-derniere-larme-de-nourhane-a-ete-pour-may.html

ARTICLE in Al-ARABI AL JADEED by NADIM JARJOURA - June 17th, 2019
عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة
ABOUT A SINGER WHO QUIT EARLY: NOURHANE AND THE MAGIC OF MEMORY
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9

'''DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NOURHANE:'''
"NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" (2016) Dir. May Kassem (72min)
https://vimeo.com/285858153


'''PRESS around the release of "NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM" the film:'''
ARTICLE in AL QUDS AL ARABI by ZAHRA MERHI - August 10th, 2019
https://www.alquds.co.uk/%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%85-%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b2%d9%84%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%86-%d9%88%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a7/?fbclid=IwAR3kb3P__O2wGedSKrRczQEXjw4Q1uwdjSea00zh6IXfdMTU_VAJZTX5fQ0

FUTURE TV INTERVIEW - 2019
Interview by Zaven Kouyoumdjian with May Kassem about "Nourhane, a child's dream" http://futuretvnetwork.com/video/27093948/%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86?fbclid=IwAR05BQ9QnmQ41socNZrkgWKz2_xmUyVIjuctrPxwJxxYgU2_f_wAU5I-F4Q


SCREENINGS/LISTINGS "Nourhane, a child's dream":

At Cairo Women International Film Festival: https://cairowomenfilmfest.com/entry/MovieItem/222/

At Dar El Nimer for the Arts: https://www.darelnimer.org/en/events/nourhane-a-childs-dream/


== References == == References ==
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Nourhaneنورهان
Background information
Birth nameKheirieh Jarkas
Born1922
Damascus, Syria
Died (aged 100)
Beirut, Lebanon
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Actress
Musical artist

Kheirieh Jarkas (Arabic: خيريه جركس, 1922–2022), known mononymously as Nourhane (Arabic: نورهان), was a Syrian singer.

Early life

Jarkas was born in Damascus (registered in the civil registries of Quneitra in the Golan Heights) in 1922 to parents of Circassian origin, Ali and Maryam.

She started singing at a young age, memorizing songs she heard on the radio and record-players, and reciting them at all-women traditional musical gatherings (istiqbal) that her mother and her friends would organize.

An orphan at the age of 7, she was sent to boarding school, and married at the age of 14 to a Lebanese man, a teacher, linguist, and translator, Kassem Kassem, who mastered 11 languages and who had settled in Aleppo to teach. Nourhane encouraged him to further his career by applying for a scholarship to study English literature in Cairo which he received. Together with their son, they moved to Cairo.

Career

For economic reasons, and due to the shortcomings of Kassem's stipend, Nourhane started working as an extra on movies (notably Honey Moon (1945) starring Farid al-Atrash where she can be seen sitting at a table, listening to the legendary singer and actor).

Her professional name, Nourhane, was made up of the first part of the name of Lebanese singer Nour El Hoda and the last part of the name of Syrian singer and princess Asmahan. She acted in three feature films: Good and Evil (1946), Son of the Orient (1946), and Leila in Iraq (1949).

Through the first film Good and Evil, she met Mohamed Salman, who would eventually become her second husband, and her partner in professional and personal life for five years.

She sang professionally on stage and through radio stations in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Kuwait, and more. The Syrian national radio station in Damascus holds hundreds of her recordings in perfect condition. Composers who wrote music for her to sing included Mohamed Mohsen, Philemon Wehbe [ar], Mohamed Abdelkarim, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Salim Helou, and Wadih Al-Safi. The 6th number of the Syrian National Radio Station magazine in its first year, entitled "Radio Diffusion Syrienne", mentions several weekly evening program broadcasts featuring Nourhane. On November 25, the evening program beginning at 6:30PM featured Nourhane singing "A little bit of my heart remains" composed by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Omar Halabi, as well "Why do I love you?" composed by Abdel Wahab Karam with words by Ibrahim Kamel. On November 30, 1953, starting with Nourhane at 9:30pm singing "I called you my love" by Mohamed Mohsen with lyrics by Abdel Jalil Wehbe - followed by a 15 minute recorded improvisation by the buzuq virtuoso and Nourhane's friend Mohamed Abdelkarim. The same magazine also features a large portrait of Nourhane on its cover

Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine November 1953
Nourhane on cover of Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine May 1958

From her personal archive, another issue of the same magazine features a portrait of Nourhane on its cover.

Since she was disappointed with the quality of the films she appeared in, although they may have had a certain degree of commercial success, she decided to opt out of any additional filmmaking adventures.

American researcher and educator Richard Melvin Breaux wrote "As Nourhane, Kheirieh continued to sing on stage and on radio, she recorded and through Farid El-Atrash, her music made its way state side and to Alamphon Records’ Farid Alam al-Din."

Later life

Nourhane ended her career in the beginning of the 1960s and she opened up a hair salon in the Arnous area of Damascus. Her granddaughter, May Kassem made a film narrating her life story entitled "Nourhane, a child’s dream" which came out in 2016. Nourhane lived to be a hundred and died, at home, surrounded by her family, on February 28, 2022, in Beirut.

Bibliography

Nourhane - Actress/Singer (as Norhan) listed in El-Cinema Egyptian Cinema Online Archive: Norhan - Actor Filmography، photos، Video

Songs

Films listed in El Cinema Egyptian Cinema Archive

Anthology

Zibawi, Mahmoud; Makhoul, Assaad (2017). نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية [Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s]. Beirut: Alfurat Books Publishers. ISBN 978-9953-0-4203-9. OCLC 1089812335.

Press

Documentary

References

  1. Zibawi, Mahmoud; Makhoul, Assaad (2017). نجمات الغناء في الأربعينات اللبنانية [Famous Lebanese Singers from the 1940s]. Beirut: Alfurat Books Publishers. ISBN 978-9953-0-4203-9. OCLC 1089812335.
  2. Jamil, Muhib (2022-03-29). "نورهان ... رحيل نجمة سوريا ولبنان في الأربعينيات" [Nourhane...the disappearance of the Star of Lebanon and Syria from the 1940s]. Raseef22. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. Sharkawi, Yousra (March 25, 2022). ""نورهان".. ذكرى فنية من الأربعينيات ترويها حفيدتها" [Nourhane: an artistic memory from the 1940s, told by her granddaughter]. Al-Ahram (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  4. Jarjoura, Nadim (17 June 2019). "عن مطربة تعتزل باكرًا: نورهان وسحر الذاكرة" [About a singer who quit early: Nourhane and the magic of memory]. The New Arab (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  5. radio show on Nourhane produced for and broadcast through Radio Lebanon 98.5FM - 'al Zaman al Jamil with Marwan Bou Nasredine' 2011 - archives of the Lebanese National Radio Station
  6. ^ May Kassem (2016). "Nourhane, a child's dream" – via Vimeo.
  7. "فيلم - شهر العسل - 1945 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض" – via elcinema.com.
  8. "فيلم شهر العسل فريد الاطرش مديحة يسري - Dailymotion Video". Dailymotion. November 24, 2015.
  9. special radio program on Nourhane in Al-Zaman al Jamil radio show on the Lebanese National Radio Station with Marwan Bou Nasredine
  10. "Movie - Good and Evil - 1946 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes" – via elcinema.com.
  11. "Movie - Son of the East - 1945 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes" – via elcinema.com.
  12. "Movie - Laila in Iraq - 1949 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes" – via elcinema.com.
  13. *Mohamed Soueid (June 4, 2022). "نـــورهــان ســــلـوى الآه" [Nourhane, the consolation of O!]. Megaphone News.
  14. "Ya Om Al Ouyoun al Kahila" https://vimeo.com/340870357
  15. "Hajarni wou Rah" https://vimeo.com/340227265
  16. "فات يوم من غير ماتكلمني (اذاعية بصوت نورهان ) لحن عبد الوهاب" – via soundcloud.com.
  17. "Ishtaqna ya helou" https://vimeo.com/340870144
  18. "Ya Zeno" https://vimeo.com/340870072
  19. Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 6, November 1953
  20. Radio Diffusion Syrienne Magazine, Syrian National Radio Station Magazine, Damascus, Syria - Number 88, May 1958
  21. Abbas Hamod (March 19, 1956). "نورهان مطربة الأناقة و الترف / مقال عباس حامض/ مجلة الشبكة العدد ٨ إصدار ١٩ آذار١٩٥٦" ["Nourhane, the elegant and witty singer"]. Al Chabaka Magazine. No. 8.
  22. Breaux, Richard Melvin (April 1, 2022). "Nourhane: A Forgotten Singer, Rediscovered by Her Granddaughter". Midwest Mahjar.
  23. "المطربة نورهان نجمة الخمسينيات رحلت بصمت عن 100 عام" [The singer Nourhane, star of the 1950s, leaves in silence at the age of 100]. Independent Arabia. March 12, 2022.
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