Zaki Nassif (Arabic: زكي ناصيف) is of the first generation Lebanese composers who accompanied the rise of Radio Liban in the 1940s and continues today as a force in Lebanese folk music. Born in Machghara, the largest town in the western Bekaa Valley in 1915 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 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.