Engineer Mahmoud Al-Ahmadiyeh, author of the book "The Global Farid al-Atrash", posted on his page about the relationship between the musician Farid al-Atrash and the international artist Dalida, writing:
Farid al-Atrash and the French singer Dalida and the song "Ya Gamil Ya Gamil", in French, which was also sung by the singer who loved Farid to the point of madness, the French singer Maya Casabianca... in an unforgettable New Year's Eve party.
That was the subject of a report written by the French writer Alexandre Perigot about the details and very intimate things in Dalida's life, and that was in her beautiful home in the charming French countryside. Her warm house, with all its furnishings and drenched in white with an extraordinary taste, all took place on New Year's Eve, and the guests did not exceed the number of ten fingers.
And the star of the evening was the showcasing of intimate items dear to Dalida's heart that many do not know... and whenever they came across something in Dalida's memory box, those present would burst with joy, comments, and talk of the circumstances of the time and place.
And the surprising, unforgettable moment was when a "record of Farid's songs that Dalida adores" appeared to the writer Perigot among the intimate items dear to Dalida's heart and soul.
They were moments that embodied a major surprise, a surprise reaching the point of amazement. Especially Farid al-Atrash's uniqueness in this intimate trait, unlike all the other great Arabs of his era.
