1. Nabil Salameh was born in Tripoli in Lebanon, eighth of nine children, three males and six females, from Palestinian refugees.
11 Facts About Nabil Salameh
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When in Lebanon, Nabil Salameh attended the Greek Orthodox college in the Christian district of Tripoli.
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In 1994, Nabil Salameh performed in Bari for the very first time with the Israeli singer Achinoam Nini aka Noa, with whom he has sung many times during his career.
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In July 1995 the movie Trafitti da un raggio di sole was released, with Al Darawish signing the soundtrack and Nabil Salameh playing a part himself as an actor.
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Also in 1997 Nabil Salameh was asked to sing the anthem of the thirteenth edition of the Mediterranean Games, a multi-disciplinary sports event joined by athletes from the Mediterranean region: that year the games were held in Italy and Nabil Salameh was chosen as a Palestinian artist to perform for such event, for the very first time ever.
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In November 1999, Nabil Salameh took part in Music for Peace, held in Paris, together with other international artists such as Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Lionel Richie, Peter Ustinov, Zucchero.
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Later that same month, Nabil Salameh was again involved in another event by the same subject, Time for peace, held at the Colosseum in Rome and broadcast live worldwide.
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On 26 and 27 March 2003 Nabil Salameh played with Radiodervish at the Olympia in Paris.
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In 2008 Nabil Salameh gave his voice to dub the character of the magpie Muezzin in the cartoon movie La luna nel deserto directed by Cosimo Damiano Damato.
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Nabil Salameh is the narrator in Terra Salata, a documentary produced by the association Mediterraid, which organizes a tour around the Mediterranean Sea every year with the aim of promoting relationship among people coming from the different countries of the area.
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Also in 2008 Nabil Salameh contributed to the CD Il fiore splendente by Etta Scollo, a work on the Arab poets who lived in Sicily between the ninth and the twelfth centuries: the album, recorded in Berlin, was presented at the concert hall of the Berliner Philharmoniker during a tour around Germany.