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Let it be the soundtrack to your own sharīṭ ḥayātī .

– Aghniyet Hassas Habib (The song of a sensitive lover). شريط حياتي – Sharīṭ Ḥayātī (The cassette tape of my life). من فيلم الأصفهاني – Min film Al-Asfahani (From the film “The Isfahani”). aghnyt hsam hbyb - shryt hyaty - mn fylm alsfah M...

In an instant, I was twelve again, sitting on a worn velvet sofa in my grandmother’s living room. The air smelled of jasmine tea and vinyl records. A black-and-white television flickered, and there he was — a debonair singer with a deep, aching voice, crooning about love, loss, and loyalty. The film was probably from the 1960s or 70s. The song? The kind you rewind on a cassette tape until the ribbon nearly snaps. For those of us who grew up in the Arab world before streaming, sharīṭ ḥayātī was not just a phrase — it was a literal object. We had our favorite mix tapes, recorded from the radio, complete with off-key intros by the DJ and the occasional crackle of interference. One side was Fairouz and Wadih El Safi. The other side was the soundtrack to our parents’ youth: songs from Egyptian and Lebanese films that we watched every Ramadan. Let it be the soundtrack to your own sharīṭ ḥayātī

And if you happen to know which film “M…” refers to — leave a comment. Because some mysteries are better solved together. 🎧 Listening suggestion: Farid al-Atrash – “Ahwa” / Abdel Halim Hafez – “Zay El Hawa” / Warda – “Batwanes Beek” A black-and-white television flickered, and there he was