Faia Younan

Faia Younan (Arabic: فايا يونان‎; born 19 June 1992) is an Assyrian-Syrian[1] singer,[2] considered the first Middle Eastern artist ever to crowdfund her debut.[3][4]

Faia Younan
فايا يونان
Faia Younan
Background information
Birth nameFaia Younan
Born (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992
OriginAl-Malikiyah, Syria
GenresArabic music, Syrian, Oriental
Years active2014 – present
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and career

Younan was born on 19 June 1992 to an Assyrian Christian family in the village of Al-Malikiyah, Syria, and grew up in the city of Aleppo.[5] At the age of eleven she moved to Sweden with her family and settled there until she moved to Scotland in 2010 to study Social Sciences; Economics and Business[6] in the Glasgow University. In spring 2015, she decided to become a professional singer and she moved to Beirut to commit to Arabic music.[7]

After publishing the video she created with her sister Rihan, titled "To Our Countries" and which went viral on YouTube and received exceptional attention, Faia found a big support and an audience encouraging her to continue her journey in singing.[8] The success of the video[9] had the biggest impact on her decision on turning singing from merely a hobby to a full-time commitment. After a successful crowd funding campaign, Faia released her debut single "Ohebbou Yadayka" (I Love Your Hands) followed by two other singles. "Ohebbou Yadayka" crowd funding campaign got Faia, in association with her manager Houssam Abdul Khalek, to Guinness World Records as the first middle eastern artist to crowd fund her debut song.[10] This makes Faia the first female artist from the Arab World to enter the Guinness World Records Book.[11]

"A sea between us"—Faia's debut album and contains 9 songs.[12]

She was featured on the single "Busted and Blue" (Faia Younan Special)" from virtual band Gorillaz' which appears on two versions of their Humanz[13][14] album.

In march 2019, Faia started releasing her second album ”Tales of the heart” digitally. The album contains 8 songs, referred to as tales, since each song is unique in musical genre and topic.[15]

In both of her albums, Faia worked with Houssam Abdul Khalek as a music producer and creative director and Rayan Habre as a music arranger.

Discography

Albums
Album Details
Sea between us
  • Release: March 25, 2017
  • Format: Digital download; CD
Tales of the heart
  • Release: March 07, 2019
  • Format: Digital download; CD

Singles
Year Title
2015 Ohebbou Yadayka
2015 Nohebbou Al Bilad[16][17]
2015 Nam Ya Habibi
2017 Shababik
2018 Hob Al Akwiyaa
2018 Baghdad

References
  1. "Faia wishes everyone a Happy Assyrian New Year". 2 April 2016.
  2. "About Faia Younan , How It All Began". www.faiayounan.net.
  3. "Faia Younan sings in Aramaic the song Darbo d-loqena". youtube.com.
  4. "Faia Younan: Viral video singer becomes the first Middle Eastern artist to crowdfund her debut in the music industry". www.albawaba.com.
  5. "Faia Younan moves deep feelings of Syrian Youths at Damascus Opera House". Syrian Arab News Agency. 10 August 2015.
  6. "A meeting with Faia Younan .. See what she said about Baghdad!" (in Arabic).
  7. "MOYEN-ORIENT. Syrie, Liban, Irak, Palestine : hymne à nos pays". Courrier international (in French). 20 October 2014.
  8. Davidian, Edgar (4 January 2017). "Faia Younan, super-Orientale online, s'affirme et s'assume - Edgar DAVIDIAN". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French).
  9. Editors, Misc. "Swedish sisters' Syria peace vid goes viral | IceNews - Daily News". icenews.is.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  10. "First Middle-Eastern musician to crowdfund a debut single". Guinness World Records. 19 April 2015.
  11. "Syrian Singer Faia Younan enters Guinness World Records". Syrian Arab News Agency. 21 October 2018.
  12. Aschkar, Diala (22 October 2016). "Interview with Faia Younan - A voice of the Levant". Orient Palms.
  13. "Gorillaz - Humanz". Discogs.com.
  14. "Humanz". amazon.co.uk. Parlophone. 10 November 2017.
  15. "Faia Younan to sing for 1st time in Bedouin dialect". Egypt Today. 28 May 2019.
  16. "Faia Younan chante l'amour de son pays natal, la Syrie". Arabic Mood (in French). 1 February 2017.
  17. Reuters, Thomson. "Syrian singer pays tribute to her homeland in debut show". reuters.com.
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