Joseph Saker

Born in Kartaba, Joseph Sakr started as a school teacher teaching French. He later joined the Popular Lebanese Group (الفرقة الشعبية اللبنانية) accompanying performances of the Lebanese pan-Arab singer Fairuz and later on became a prominent singer with the Rahbani Brothers and appeared in a prominent or supporting roles in a great number of their musicals on stage including Lulu, Mays el Reem etc. His renditions "El haleh taabane