{"id":17954,"date":"2012-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/17954\/mohammad-iskandar"},"modified":"2012-09-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T00:00:00","slug":"mohammad-iskandar","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/mohammad-iskandar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammad Iskandar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Iskandar was born on September 20, 1960.<\/p>\n<p>  He is from the Beqaa- Hermel. He began his career as a poet, and in 1983, he formed his own choir, and toured in various Arab countries, Brazil, and Africa, but his dream to become a famous singer remained on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>  Iskandar participated in a amateur program called &#8220;Layali Lobnan&#8221;. He then appeared on National Lebanese television and sang a piece called &#8220;Ghebti Ya Lina&#8221; written by himself and composed by Matar Mohamed. He won the show&#8217;s top prize. In 1989 he wrote the song, &#8220;Min Chaghil Balik Samira Ya Zgheera&#8221; which marked his transition into the music world.<\/p>\n<p>  In 1994 he returned to Beirut to launch &#8220;Ors Al Dayaa&#8221; and in 1995 &#8220;Mareed Twadaini.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  In 1996, Iskandar launched a new album &#8220;Faya Mandilek Faya&#8221; which added more success to his career. In 1997, his album &#8220;Bieide Dakhaltik Al Alb&#8221; was produced, followed by another album in 1998, &#8220;La Tnam Ouyunak,&#8221; in which he collaborated for the first time with the talented composer Salim Salameh.  In 1999, Iskandar launched the album, &#8220;Ors Al Badiya&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>  In 2000, to celebrate the departure of Israel from Lebanon, Iskandar released the album &#8220;Reshou El Wared,&#8221; which featured the song &#8220;Fallou.&#8221; In 2002, his album &#8220;Al Hassoudi&#8221; was praised as a huge success. He produced three albums in 2009: &#8220;Al Berdana,&#8221; &#8220;Kebret Bi Rassi&#8221; and &#8220;La Tiksor Bikhater Mara.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Iskandar has recorded over 250 songs and made more than 50 TV appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Iskandar was born on September 20, 1960.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":217294,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-17954","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-figures"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mohammad Iskandar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mohammad Iskandar was born on September 20, 1960.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/mohammad-iskandar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mohammad Iskandar &#187; Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mohammad Iskandar was born on September 20, 1960.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/mohammad-iskandar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/17954.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mohammad Iskandar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/17954.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mohammad Iskandar was born on September 20, 1960.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/17954.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/17954.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/mohammad-iskandar\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Directories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/directory\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mohammad Iskandar\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com\",\"description\":\"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. 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