{"id":295531,"date":"2021-07-05T18:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=295531"},"modified":"2021-07-06T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:17:37","slug":"confluences-with-lebanon-in-jehane-saades-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/confluences-with-lebanon-in-jehane-saades-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Confluences with Lebanon in Jehane Saade\u2019s career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Arab ancestry and contact with her family\u2019s homeland are present at many moments in the career of singer, actress, dancer and businesswoman Jehane Saade <em>(pictured above)<\/em>. Born in Rio de Janeiro, where she currently lives, daughter of a Lebanese mother and a Brazilian father, Saade brought to music a bit of her life story with Lebanon, where she spent a good part of her childhood.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ANBA, the artist said that the cover of her latest album, Ex\u00f3tica, from 2016, is a reinterpretation of the logo of her Lebanese grandmother\u2019s clothing store, which her grandfather created. \u201cThe circle with an \u2018X\u2019 means the perfect union of East and West as well as tolerance, while the ring with a wing means the alliance of people who will be spiritually brought together, a union that elevates and does not incarcerates, and this woman on top, with her hand open to the sky, can see and feel the world,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>The album is entirely authorial, Saade writes lyrics and music, mainly in Portuguese, but one track is in French, \u2018Je ne Veux Plus,\u2019 closing the album. She said that all her songs have some element that refers to Arabic rhythm, some instrument, like derbake (goblet drum) or lute, or some specific sound. Saade does not define herself within any musical genre. \u201cMy style is unique, influenced by Brazilian popular music (MPB), bossa nova, indie, and world music,\u201d she said. Her first recorded song was an interpretation of Michael Jackson\u2019s \u2018Black or White\u2019 in a compilation with other artists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Ex\u00f3tica\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4vZveDoQZtfit5KsIrn266?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite the heterogeneity, the artist\u2019s career found Arab culture every so often. She was part of the Trio das Ar\u00e1bias [Arab Trio], where she was a belly dancer and made several presentations and social works. The trio is not currently active, but she plans to resume it. She also created a musical play called \u201cMeu Di\u00e1rio Gipsy\u201d [My Gypsy Diary], telling her life story and bringing Lebanese nomadic culture as a background. Her idea is to transform the play into a musical series, and the artist is seeking support and sponsorship to carry out the project. She wants to shoot it in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Jehane Saade spent part of her childhood in the Lebanese region of Tripoli, speaks French, and has lived in France, Venezuela, the United States, and Switzerland, in addition to Lebanon and Brazil. Her mother worked at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\n<p>The artist started singing in 2008, after her divorce. Saade mentions this moment in her life in the song \u2018P\u00e9 na Estrada\u2019 [On the Road], on the album Ex\u00f3tica. \u201cWith my daughters, I take my car, I bite my lip driving in different directions,\u201d reads the lyrics. Today, she has several projects, such as an app, a TV series, and a reality show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to her musical play project, Saade has many others in mind. She created an art streaming platform app with channels about trends in the art world for artists to release and monetize their work, with the possibility of sponsorship within the app itself. This project is also seeking funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artist\u2019s biggest challenge is to monetize its art,\u201d said Jehane Saade. She intends to be a leader so that other artists can find partnerships for their works. The artist also has a reality show project and said she would start a cultural segment on a TV show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jehane Saade<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jehane@mapagency.com.br\">jehane@mapagency.com.br<\/a><br \/>\n+55 (21) 97667-9784<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapagency.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mapagency.com.br\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daughter of a Lebanese mother and born in Rio de Janeiro, the dancer, singer, actress and businesswoman does not sing Arab music. Still, she has brought to her career several elements from her family\u2019s homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":295526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,3066],"tags":[9586,37210,21970,21971,10647,21969],"class_list":{"0":"post-295531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-society","9":"tag-lebanon-en","10":"tag-cantora-2-en","11":"tag-exotica-en","12":"tag-jehane-saade-en","13":"tag-libano-ar","14":"tag-singer"},"wps_subtitle":"Daughter of a Lebanese mother and born in Rio de Janeiro, the dancer, singer, actress and businesswoman does not sing Arab music. 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