{"id":18282,"date":"2022-03-30T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=18282"},"modified":"2022-03-30T08:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:03:41","slug":"meet-ms-leila-milki-an-award-winning-lebanese-american-artist-she-plays-the-piano-the-guitar-and-sings-in-several-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/meet-ms-leila-milki-an-award-winning-lebanese-american-artist-she-plays-the-piano-the-guitar-and-sings-in-several-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ms. Leila Milki, an award-winning Lebanese-American artist: She plays the piano, the guitar, and sings in several languages!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Music-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18290\" width=\"152\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Music-1.png 920w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Music-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Music-1-768x567.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 85vw, 152px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi just discovered the unique talent of Ms. Leila Milki&#8230; thanks to <em>YouTube<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Milki is an award-winning Lebanese-American artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leilamilki.com\/\">https:\/\/www.leilamilki.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To her, Bambi will say: Thank you, bravo, and please keep singing and making our world a more beautiful place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, Bambi is eager to share with you her precious musical discovery!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first song in French was Ms. Melki&#8217;s tribute to Beirut in August 2021 (one year after the surrealistic port explosion). She chose to interpret Mr. Jacques Brel&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Ne me quitte pas<\/em>&#8221; [<em>Please, do not leave me<\/em>]. She does not know about you, but Bambi&#8217;s heart will always be moved by the powerful text\/melody of this eternal song. Thank you, Ms. Leila Milki, for your beautiful interpretation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ne Me Quitte Pas - Jacques Brel (Cover By Leila Milki). A Tribute To Beirut.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38ZbgFBww1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second French song is <em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>. The late Mr. Aznavour would have been proud to listen to this version of his beautiful song, Bambi is convinced!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La Bohe\u0300me - Charles Aznavour (Cover by Leila Milki)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cBcdpeNYmbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The third English song is &#8220;<em>Freedom<\/em>&#8221; by Beyonc\u00e9. Bravo as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Freedom&quot; - Beyonc\u00e9 (Cover)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bqE2UQRZ_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, if you are homesick for the Christmas season, here is an English carol for you :). What a very nice fourth song!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Angels We Have Heard On High \/\/ Nejmet Eid - Leila Milki (Live Session)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVIqM0TDYKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fifth song is a great Medley of Fairouz&#8217; <em>Nihna Wel Amar Giran<\/em> [<em>The moon, our neighbour<\/em>] and Ms. Edith Piaf&#8217;s <em>La vie en Rose<\/em>. Bravo to the two artists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nehna Wel Amar Giran\/La Vie En Rose -- Fairuz\/Edith Piaf MEDLEY\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZT6S-mLQVC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the last song is Fairouz&#8217; <em>Bint el Shalabiaya<\/em> [a song about <em>a pretty girl<\/em>]. Bambi hopes you will enjoy it, especially  you Alexis if you are reading until now :).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Bint El Shalabiya - Fairuz (Cover by Leila Milki)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LB-qoF0V5eY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18300\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-15.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-15-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 85vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi just discovered the unique talent of Ms. Leila Milki&#8230; thanks to YouTube. Ms. Milki is an award-winning Lebanese-American artist: https:\/\/www.leilamilki.com\/ To her, Bambi will say: Thank you, bravo, and please keep singing and making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18282"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18306,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282\/revisions\/18306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}