Wadei Al Safi

Lebanese artist. He worked in singing and composing. He was born in the village of Niha Al-Shouf. He is the second son in a family consisting of eight children. His father, Bishara Youssef Gabriel Francis, was a sergeant in the Lebanese gendarmerie. He lived a humble childhood, and in 1930 his family traveled to Beirut, and Wadih Al-Safi entered the Monastery of the Savior Catholic School. Three years later, he was forced to stop studying because of his intense love for music and in order to help his father, on the other hand, support the family. He won first place in a competition organized by the Lebanese Radio and the beginning of his artistic success was with the song “Tal al-Sabah and the Bird Ticked” in 1940.