Little Know Facts About The Late Warda

Warda is no longer with us. Little know facts about her...maybe her soul rests in peace. Her fans did a hasty funeral arrangement in Cairo before the official arrangements in Algeria. Her song Riad who is on his way to Cairo to pick the body has agreed to those Cairo arrangements. She death came as a shock to many of her fans, who until days ago where speaking of how youthful Warda looks.

 Rotana, the music production company that produced her last album has added a black strip on screen.  Warda give her best to her fans and many many Arabc males and females remember the days when she sang those classics and they were youngsters at the time.

1. Born in France, with the name Warda Footoky 
2. She born either in 1932, 1933, 1939, or 1940. It seems that there is no agreement.
3. Her mother is Lebanese, she first lived in Lebanon and sang there
4. Came to Egypt in 1960 to star in a movie. 
5. She used to give money to the Algerian resistance fighters via her office in Lebanon. 
6. Her start with music was in France when she did cover songs
7. Mother of two Widad and Riad
8. She has quit singing for few years after her married, but in 1972 she was asked to sing for Algeria, she did and made a comeback
9. She has always performed on the anniversaries of Algeria's Independence.  
10. Her last words were, "I want to go to Algeria, I do not want to wait" and she collapsed. 

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