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With the "Sabbouha" in Paris on the back of the "Bateaux Mouches"

By Badih Serbey | on Jun 04, 2025

The late Badih Serbey wrote in 1986: It is only coincidence that unites me more than once every year in Paris with the star singer Sabah, without prior arrangements between us. In th...

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The Most Beautiful Princess Has Passed

By | on Jan 05, 2025

Beautiful, intelligent, elegant, kind, optimistic, bold in speaking the truth, patriotic, and in love with Lebanon, she is the late Princess Mona Al-Solh.I knew Princess Mona since I was young, as she was a ...

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Sabah hated sadness and overcame it

By | on Dec 07, 2024

Never have I seen an artist who hates sadness, always tries to overcome it and defeats it like the late icon Sabah. Because of her friendship with my father, Badih Serbey, which spawned decades, I was able t...

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The first joint interview between the great artists Talal Maddah and Mohammed Abdu

By | on Nov 17, 2024

The first joint interview between the great artists Talal Maddah and Mohammed Abdu took place with the editor-in-chief of “Al-Mawed” and “Nora” magazines, Mohammed Badih Serbey, in Riyadh.The cover featured ...

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An Al-Mawed collection from the past

By | on Jun 26, 2024

This image was taken in the late 1970s at Al-Mawed's offices in Beirut, showing numerous issues of that era whose covers were beautifully representative of entertainment and cultural celebrities of that ti...

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Restoring an Al-Mawed Video Ad From 1974

By | on Mar 09, 2024

On the 23rd anniversary of Al-Mawed, the late editor-in-chief of Al-Mawed magazine, Badih Serbey produced a promotional film where the stars browse Al-Mawed through its old and new issues, in addition t...

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Good Morning Lebanon

By | on Nov 22, 2023

Today is the 80th anniversary of Lebanon's independence, and on this day forty-one years ago, issue 1024 of Al-Mawed magazine was published in 1982 on the 39th anniversary of Lebanon's independence. ...

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Badih Serbey lives in the memory of his loved ones

By | on Oct 05, 2023

Although 29 years have passed since his departure, Badih Serbey still resides in memory and hearts. On October 6, the anniversary of his departure, the pains of sadness are mixed with the joy of memories, an...

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An unfinished melody from the musician of generations for Najat Al Saghira

By | on Oct 01, 2023

When I interviewed the musician of generations, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, in 1991, fate wanted it to be his last interview. During it, we talked about a variety of topics, and I remember that I asked him a questi...

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The departure of Najah Salam

By | on Sep 28, 2023

Najah Salam has departed, and with her departed one of the last jewels of singing in the beautiful artistic era. A human being, an artist, a singer, exceptional in melody, in singing, in kindness, in digni...

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Hind Abi Llama, her fans called her... "Hayati"

By | on Sep 24, 2023

The late star Princess Hind Abi Llama was one of the most beloved stars to the Lebanese and Arab audience. She began her artistic career in Lebanese TV where she worked as an assistant to director Antoine Re...

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The nightingale was optimistic until the last days of his life.

By | on Sep 10, 2023

The Nightingale was a title given by Badih Serbey to the legendary Abdel Halim Hafez in the 50s. Halim was delighted with the title and sent him a telegram to Beirut asking for permission to use the tit...

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