زكي ناصيف has been played on NTS in shows including MashALLAH w/ Al Nather, featured first on 21 February 2023. Songs played include يا عاشقة الورد = Ya Ashikat El Ward.

Born in Machghara, the largest town in the western Beqaa Valley in 1918 and was involved in music and country folk poetry (zagal, maannaa, 'ataba, mijana, abu el zuluf, etc.) at an early age. He was one of the Big Five who contributed material to Radio Orient and Radio Liban in the 1950s (among whom were Halim El Roumi, father of Magida El Roumi, and Tawfic al Basha, Phélémone Wehbé, etc.). Nassif does not…