Yahoo has published a set of 212 pictures as a set called Pictures of the Year 2004. These pictures features different happy and sad occasions. We at WALEG.com regonize some of these photos very well:

Iraq 's deposed dictator Saddam Hussein appears before an Iraqi tribunal in Iraq July 1, 2004. He refused to recognize its authority and said the 'real criminal' was President Bush.

The picture of Maria Sharapova of Russia raises the trophy after defeating top seed Serena Williams of the U.S. in their final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 3, 2004.

Iran's Hossein Reza Zadeh lifts during the men's +105 kg weightlifting event at the Athens 2004 Olympics Games August 25, 2004.

The extra popular real TV show Star Academy will start its second season on the Lebanese channel LBC on the 31st of December 2004 and will start broadcasting live 24 hours again.

The 16 students have already been chosen and we have heard that there are one Tunisian participant.

The question is, will the second star academy season be as good as the first or will it be better?

Photos of Haifa Wehbe & Aline Khalaf will be online soon on WALEG.com Photo Galleries.

New photo gallery of the stars of star academy on the Lebanese channel LBC in “hay hiya el ghonieh” show, is now available on WALEG.com

Click here to view the photo gallery

New Photo Galleries will be online very soon on WALEG.com, the photo galleries will feature new photos of star academy students, the Lebanese singer maria in her new video clip and new photos of Nancy Ajram.

There are many people from different cultures all around the world and we have much to learn about these cultures and also to tell about our culture. A group idea was suggested by many of you to help educate people about our Arab world. There are still people in this world who think that Arabs still travel on camels!

We want to be open and flexible to others' beliefs and be understanding. We want everyone to come, search, and branch out, to explore things that we're not learning in school books neither were told about in a realistic way on tv's, newspapers...etc.

The group or club will also have discussions about culture and living life between cultures, traditions, and religions.

Our aim is to learn from each other's cultures...

Hollywood was out in force for the premiere of Ocean's Twelve at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

The guest list read like a Who's Who of showbusiness and included the sequel's superstars Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Berni Mac and Don Cheadle, China Radio International reported Friday.

Invited along for the free popcorn was Sharon Stone, Cindy Crawford, Michael Douglas, Robert Downey JR, Katie Holmes, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Heidi Klum, Seal, Chris Tucker and Bruce Willis.

Julia Roberts wasn't there because she's just given birth to twins.

Boosy Samer ain't that bad....she just a pawn endorsing the show business policy that says "sex sells"... if such so-called disturbing images make people constipate it's because they're nervous of showing that they're actually interested in such things... Let's not try to be better hyprocrites when, as human beings, we already are like that to some extent.... and for God's sake, why relate such shit to your religions... If that's the case, why did God create Adam naked?... I'm not tryin to refute or rebuke anybody's beliefs but it's best for all parties not to mix religion with some badly made music video... Matter of fact, i didn't find anything seductive in a couple of half-naked titties... And there's so much confusion about christians spoiling muslim ethics nowadays....

I wonder if the newly announced Tunisian private channel 'Hannibal TV' will be able to compete and bring new value to the viewers and get their attention and interest with the existing competition that already taking place between big names in the industry such as MBC, Future TV, LBC, Dubai TV and Rotana ...

I really don't see any future for Hannibal TV with a 7/24h diffusing time, an everyday message that says: "Hannibal TV, the channel of all Tunisians", and a 'coming soon' message while Tunisian second language is French!

I found this page after i searched on google who this ugly woman boosy samer is. and it was quite interesting reading this. i totally agree with you, allthought i am not an arab and live in finland. my love for arabic music started some years ago, and i visited egypt this summer and bought many cds. not as a tourist though, i lived in a normal family and i think i really started to respect the culture there. i had no idea that i could find these kinds of videos on melody hits! allthought i see EVERYDAY women like these on tv, this was something that really shook my mind and was completely different. what i love in arabic music is that they sing so sweet and the singers are cute, not like aguilera, britney and those i see here in my tv everyday. but then i saw this woman, boosy. the first 3 times i could not watch the clip to the end, and now i did it, and i see it as horrible...

Miss Peru Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, an aspiring high school teacher, was crowned Miss World 2004 in Sanya, a beach resort in southern China's Hainan Province.

Christmas is very near, and you probably would want to finish shopping before the last minute comes and all the people who forgot to get stuff … rush to the streets !
Get one of the gifts below to your loved one and you will surely get a big WOW …
The Top Twenty Gifts this Christmas are …

The stars of Star Academy have been appearing on the Lebanese channel LBC since Ramadan in a very interesting show called “hai hiea el geniea”. The show this week featured the songs of the seventies. Arabic songs mainly and also the European and American trends of the famous Disco. In addition to important movies that made a boom in the seventies such as The Godfather –part one- .

The stars of Star Academy also participated in the show; Yasser from Egypt, Leila from Lebanon, Baha’ from Tunisia and Khalawi from Saudi Arabia sang famous songs from the seventies. The show also hosted famous Lebanese singers from the seventies in addition to the beautiful Haifa Wahbi as well, who sang some old and some new songs.

Under the symbol “Towards Young Jordanian Voices”, the Jordanian Song Festival will be launched on December 2, 2004 under the patronage of his Majesty King Abdullah II and her Majesty Queen Rania in Jordan. The festival will last until December 23 and will take place at the Cultural Palace at Al Hussein Sport City in Amman.

During the past three years, the Jordanian Song Festival has been a success; presenting young Jordanian voices that truly have potential of being great singers on the Arab level such as the beautiful Jordanian singer Qamar Bidwan, which did win first prize in the past festivals. She will be participating this year with two songs by the famous Egyptian singer Mohammad Abdul Wahab.