Which song of the following Egyptian, Lebanese, Khaleeji (Gulf), and Maghrebi (North Africa) songs list you think are the best?

Best Egyptian Song

Amr diab, lealy nahary
Ruby, ebaa abelny
Mahmoud esseily & bouchra, tabat w nabat
Wama, ya ghaly alaya
Omda, ayez aeish

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Best Lebanese Song

Elissa, hobak waja
Maria, bahebak ad eh
Dolly chahine, moumou eini
Nancy ajram, inta eh
Haifa wehbe, badi eish

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Star Academy team is expected to travel to Tunisia on the first weeks of July to test new candidates that are willing to participate in star academy 3.

As we stated before, only candidates with the age range of 16-25 are accepted to participate.

We may live in different parts of the world, speak different languages, and have different customs, but one thing we have in common is that at some point in our lives there is a good chance that we "Passed GO!" and collected $200 while playing MONOPOLY, the world's most popular board game. And, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of MONOPOLY, Hasbro Inc. will introduce new collector's editions of the classic game across the globe in 2005.

For the very first time, the UK London board has received a complete makeover. The properties are new, rent has rocketed and you can even stack your apartments sky high - now you can wheel and deal in the fast lane, and make your millions in the Big Smoke

Lebanese star singer Elissa has shot a new video clip to her new song Hobak Waja' - Enta Lamin from her latest album Ahla Donya.
The video clip is fantastic as usual; romantic, realistic, happy and sexy.
I say sexy without fear, because the scenarios that are used are warm, sexy yet classy and not vulgar.
One of the most affective things in Elissa's new video clip is the baby in it; it is so cute. Oh! And so is the guy!

Elissa Photos

The new reality program on MBC 1 “Starting Over” - Min Jadeed - is a new try to make things work … literally. A bunch of women with problems of all sorts, gather in this house to try and get away and solve what it screwing up their lives, by seeing doctors and psychiatrics and talking to each other.

I am not sure how much that will really help them, but it might be worth trying. Although one woman said that “on air” she couldn’t really be frank about her problems, which lead to not much help, but when she went “off air” she could speak freely with the doctors and found a simple solution to her problem, yet it wasn’t part of the program...

Amani, the Star Academy's student is going to finish preparation in Beirut during July for the theatrical play ‘Gibran Wel Nabi - Gibran and the Prophet -’ , in which she will be starring. The play will be presented during Byblos International Festival 2005, as of August 17th until 21st. The play is written by outstanding artist Mansour Rahbani, the music composed by Oussama Rahbani and directed by Marwan Rahbani, with the participation of more than 80 Lebanese artists. Amani will sing with the famous and great artist Ghassan Saliba, Carol El Hajj, Budour Gibran, Yousef Al Khal, Paul Suleiman and some other artists...

The newest Nancy Ajram Video Clip is as unique as her previous ones; sleek, romantic and classy. The collaboration between Nancy Ajram and Lebanese Nadine Labaki has always been very successful since the start, and the latest “inta eh” video clip is as attractive as the other video clips.
The difference this time is that the clip is being exclusively broadcasted on MBC, and is not going to be on the other music channels for a while.

An unbelievable story of how life emerges from the folds of death; a touching story of Susan Torres, the pregnant woman who is brain dead but being kept on life support until her baby can be delivered.

On May 7th 2005, Susan Torres a 26-year-old vaccine researcher mother of a two-year-old son Peter collapsed in her town of Alexandria, Virginia. She was rushed to the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, where she was diagnosed with stage four melanoma and is brain dead with no hope of recovery.

Should Polygamy be illegal in Muslim countries?

Polygamy has been practiced by mankind for thousands of years. King Solomon (peace be upon him) is said to have had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.
Among all the polygamous societies in history there were none which limited the number of wives except Islam, the regulations concerning polygamy limit the number of wives to four while making the man responsible for all of the women involved.

Taking the example of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ; He was married to Khadijah, for twenty-five years. It was only after her death when he had reached the age of fifty that he entered the polygamy to create alliances or to show the Muslims how to treat their spouses under different conditions of life...

As an American, I am ashamed of my government and it's policies. We talk about human rights and freeing the Iraqis (Who NEVER asked for any "freedom") yet we do NOTHING to ease the pain of the Palestinians. I don't get why BUSH is so damn afraid to step on Sharone's toes. I voted for Kerri and was so disappointed that he lost to that idiot. But the good news is he can't run again. This will be the end of his reign of terror. It said alot about Bush's policies when his top guy, Colin Powell, jumped ship. Without uttering a word Powell made a very clear statement. I wish Powell would run for office, but if he doesn't, I vote we put Hillary Clinton in the office.

'Marwa is considered as one of the most famous arabic pop music artists in the Middle East, characterized by a sweet voice and an exceptional appearance on stage ...'

I couldn't agree more on the last part!!!

It seems that we will be seeing a total nude arabic singer on stage veeeeery soon!!!

Click here to see marwa's photos with a great appearance on stage!

Three Star Academy concerts will be held in Tunisia, the first two will be in tunis the capitol today the 24th and tomorrow 25th, and the third in the city of Sfax on the 27th of june 2005.

The importance of women's rights and the new Iraqi constitution, the forthcoming general election, childhood needs as well as family problems are now discussed in Baghdad live on a new radio station known as radio Al-Mahaba, meaning love in Arabic.

The new radio station is supported by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) program.

This project aims to encourage, strengthen and support Iraqi women at all levels to know their rights, to enjoy equality and dignity and to define their future effectively by understanding international laws...

Which of the following countries do you think is the most hated in the world?

- United States of America
- Israel
- Other

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