Melhem Barakat
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It is catalogued under topics including 1945 births, 2016 deaths and 20th-century Lebanese male singers.
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Melhem Barakat (15 August 1945 – 28 October 2016), also known as (Arabic) ملحم بركات and Melhim Barakat, was a Lebanese singer, songwriter, and melodist. He started his career back in the 1960s. Barakat has arguably established a genre of his own in both the way he sings and composes, which made him one of the most esteemed and popular stars in Lebanon. He has toured Australia, South America, Canada, and the United States. Melhem Barakat mainly performs in colloquial Lebanese <a href="https:
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Kfarshima
- Place of death
- Ashrafieh
- Spouse
- May Hariri
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Christianity
- Genre
- Arabic music
- Instrument
- oud
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- Melhem Barakat – Eid al-Fitr 2012.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melhem Barakat
- date of death
- 2016-10-28
- name in native language
- ملحم بركات
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- date of birth
- 1945-08-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
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