Marwan Khoury opens Fuheis festival in Jordan

Lebanese composer and singer Marwan Khoury opened the first night of the 28th edition of the Fuheis Festival in Jordan on Sunday night, with a ceremony in which he presented a bouquet of his sweetest and most romantic songs.

Khoury began the concert with the romantic song "Ya Rab" drawn from his lyrics and melodies, which he performed together with fellow Carol Samaha and gained great Arabic renown.

For over an hour and more, Khoury, 51, has presented a series of his songs, including "Naseeb Al Naseeb", "Rah Ghani Al Layla", "Bali's Mesh Am Batrouhi", "One Year Pbad "and other songs with which the audience has dialogued and that he kept repeating.

The Jordanian singer Mahmoud Sultan had previously Khoury on the main stage in the first paragraphs of the festival.

The festival is organized by the Fuheis Youth Club under the auspices of Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II in the old town of Fuheis, about 13 km from Amman.

A number of artists from Jordan and abroad are participating in the festival, including Tunisian Yousra Mahnoush, Syrian Hussein Deek, Jordanian Diana Karazon and Lebanese Najwa Karam, who will celebrate the closing ceremony on Thursday. August 16th.

The festival program includes the participation of the Freedom Folklore Band of Egypt and the Naya Women & Music Band of Jordan.