ياس خضر
Recorded by Hussein Hadi
﴿ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴾
Qur’an 29:57 (al-Ankabut)
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▦ Location code: 21-23-10 — type 21-23-10 in the map search
🛤 Near الفتحة السادسة (about 54 m away, from the map)
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- 1938وُلد في النجف الأشرف.
- 1968بُثت أغنيته «الهدل» من ألحان محمد جواد أموري عبر إذاعة القوات المسلحة.
- 1969غنى «المكير» من ألحان كمال السيد وكلمات زامل سعيد فتاح.
- 2005كُرّم في مهرجان الدوحة السادس.
- 2008نال درع ليلة النجوم الفنية من قناة «ستارز».
- 2015نال وسام الإبداع في ملتقى الإذاعة والتلفزيون العراقي.
- 2018كرّمته اللجنة الثقافية في نادي العلوية ببغداد.
- 2022أصدر أغنية «أيامي» مع مصوّرة.
- 2023توفي في بغداد مساء 1 أيلول عن 85 عاماً، وشُيّع من مبنى نقابة الفنانين في اليوم التالي.
- 2024استذكره المركز الوطني للتراث الموسيقي في الذكرى الأولى لرحيله.
Sources
- موقع «marefa.org — ياس خضر». marefa.org
- موقع «ajnet.me — وفاة-ياس-خضر». ajnet.me
- موقع «thenationalnews.com — iraqi-singer-yas-khidr-dies». thenationalnews.com
- موقع «gulfnews.com — veteran-iraqi-singer-yas-khader-passes-away-at-85-1.1693676184623». gulfnews.com
- موقع «majalla.com — 298991». majalla.com
- موقع «arabicpost.net — وفاة-المغني-ياس-خضر». arabicpost.net
- موقع «emaratalyoum.com — 2023-09-02-1.1779613». emaratalyoum.com
- موقع «almadapaper.net — 148787». almadapaper.net
- موقع «shafaq.com — نقابة-الفنانين-تنعى-ياس-خضر». shafaq.com
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His grave is in Wadi Al Salam cemetery in Najaf, Iraq, Section الوادي على الشارع الرئيسي. Its location is marked on the map on this page, with buttons for directions in Google Maps and Waze.
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He died in 2023, and was born in 1938.
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«ياس خضر». WadiMaps — دليل مقبرة وادي السلام في النجف. آخر تحديث 9 November 2026. https://wadimaps.com/p/1602 (تاريخ الاطلاع: ).
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