Word: habibi
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...hanky, her smoky voice quavered like a struck gong, snaked nasally through soaring loop-the-loops, dipped to guttural growls, sobs and moans. Her subtle phrasing and delicate changes of pitch evoked revival-like cries from the whistling, shouting, foot-stamping audience: "Ya qalbi [Oh, my heart!]" and "Ya habibi [Oh, my love!]." The first song, Amal Hayati (Hope of My Life), lasted 70 minutes. After a 45-minute rubdown backstage by her two personal masseurs, she returned to sing again. Another break, another rubdown, and she wailed on until...