| Fares Karam فارس كرم |
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| Origin | Jezzine, Lebanon |
| Genres | Lebanese, World, Oriental Arabic Levantine |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1996-Present |
| Website | fareskaram.tv |
Fares Karam (Arabic: فارس كرم) is a popular Lebanese singer who specializes in the Dabke style and Lebanese music in general, but with a more modernized twist. He has produced many hit singles around the Arab world & other parts of the Middle East such as El-Tanoura (The Skirt), Shefta (I Saw Her) and Neswanji (Womanizer). Throughout his career, he has participated in a large number of concerts, public celebrations, and festivals. Karam has also notably toured South America, USA, Australia and Canada.[1]
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Fares Karam was born in Jezzine,in Southern Lebanon to a modest working-class Christian family.[2] His father was a farmer and his mother worked as a teacher in the local school for their village. .[3] Karam rose to the limelight in the 1990s when he participated in the 1996-7 series of the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan. His musical style in recent times is linked more closely to Dabke his live band play many of his songs with a large tabal drum. This has helped make his music very popular in Lebanese nightclubs where patrons like to dance the Dabke .
Fares Karam has won many prestigious awards in his artistic career[4]:
