Issa Ghandour – 3oyoun el Soud (b7ebbik min ba3d allah) Song composed by Walid Itayim Lyrics written by Issa Ghandour Music arranged by Hani Siblini In 1990, guitarist/songwriter Walid Itayim and Lebanese pop singer Issa Ghandour got together on the island of Cyprus to record Issa’s second album. The result was a 6-track mini album that was released in 1991 on cassette under the title of “Mish Ma32oul” which was also the name of one of the songs. They wanted to introduce to the Arabic music world a new and innovative brand of pop that was unlike anything that had been done up until then. The thought was to fuse elements of Rock, Funk, Jazz and Blues and combine them with Arabic lyrics written by Issa and set to catchy melodies and memorable hooks. While nowadays this kind of approach is very common, back in 1990 no one had yet attempted to do anything in that style. The result was quite innovative and different from anything that the Lebanese well loved music audience had heard. Unfortunately, the music sounded foreign and weird to the ears of the people who were not already exposed to that kind of music (the majority of the Arabic music public). Issa Ghandour took quite a bit of criticism for the album but noticed that there was a generally positive response to one of the songs, called “3oyoun el-Soud”. Issa figured that with a new arrangement that was more in tune with the musical trends of the time, the song had enormous commercial potential. So, in 1994, Hani Siblini, who …

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