Article المقال ( Octobre )

¯ Aznavour: The Song Lives On ¯ Written by : Prof. Essam Fattouh Department of English Faculty of Arts – University of Alexandria W hen the singer transcends the song; when lyrics become poetry; when the human voice impersonates pain and hope simultaneously; and when exile transforms all the countries of the world into one unified homeland, an artist such as Aznavour (1924-2018) becomes an icon. As the French president Emannuel Macron personally paid tribute at a military state funeral, a sad world looked on in grief. Shahnug Vaghinag Aznavourian was born in 1924 to Armenian parents, who had fled to France escaping genocide. Later his family gave asylum to Armenians and Jews during the Nazi occupation of France, putting their own lives at risk. It is no surprise that his father, Michael Aznavourian sang in restaurants and night-clubs in Paris. Young Charles started singing, dancing and performing at the early age of nine when he left school. A...