‘I started my career backwards’: Singer Issam Alnajjar on new album and life after viral hit Hadal Ahbek
The National · 10 Aug 2026

‘I started my career backwards’: Singer Issam Alnajjar on new album and life after viral hit Hadal Ahbek

In 2021, Issam Alnajjar wrote a simple love song in his bedroom in Amman. Hadal Ahbek, meaning “I will always love you,” was as direct and potent as its message. With its conversational lyrics, warm acoustic guitar and wordless “ra-pa-pa” refrain, the almost lullaby-like song stood apart from the of


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