Joseph Successful US Tour

Many artists have taken an interest in performing concerts in the USA and now its Joseph Attieh’s turn! Joseph performed three concerts in the USA two of which were at ‘Mendlon’ restaurant and one at Woodly Park. All of the concerts were an outstanding success and he had over 6000 people show up to hear him sing. Many times people tried to force themselves onto the stage to get a closer look which lead to security forcing Joseph to stop singing.

Rola Saad is Haifa’s Neighbour!

The pathetic rivalry between Rola Saad and Haifa Wahbe is no secret and it gets more childish everyday. After Rola decided to move to Egypt she found a real estate agent and told him to find her a house in the specific street where Haifa bought a house two years ago in ‘Masr El Gedeeda’! Rola paid 3 million E.P for the house and it is extremely close to Haifa’s house which means they are literally neighbours.

Marwan Khoury New Album

Many a time has Lebanese singer Marwan Khoury proved himself to have all the qualities of an excellent artist and his fans will be happy to hear that his new album is just across the corner. Marwan has decided to release his album in Eid El Fitr which if you ask me is a great business decision and many people are counting the hours.

Marwa: Harassment or Love?

Many of you will have heard about the concert where reporters claimed Egyptian fans ‘sexually harassed’ Lebanese singer Marwa and I just thought I’ll give you my two-cents on it! Marwa clearly told Motaz El Demerdash that there was no harassment and that the fans just loved her so much that they wanted to be photographed with her. Marwa even cried and said that she hated how the press translated the fans actions into something disgusting so: Why does the press still insist that she was harassed?

Iwan Releases ‘Irgaa Leya’

Lebanese star Iwan got a lot of attention from all forms of the media during the release party of his new album ‘Irgaa Leya’ (Come Back To Me). The launching ceremony was attended by several of the Arab worlds most celebrated musicians and Iwan took the opportunity to sing a few songs from his new album for them. The new album includes 12 songs composed and written by several big musicians but it seems Iwan has begun to emerge as a composer and lyricist himself!

Dana Halabi Now a Beauty Queen!

You've definitely seen Lebanese singer Dana Halabi, whose better known only as Dana.
She's had several well known songs such as "Bos Alaya" and "Inta Meen" ...
well, she can now add 'beauty queen' to her resume!
Apparently she is going to represent her country Lebanon in the Miss International 2007 pageant.
Many countries are expected to participate.
Christina Sawaya represented Lebanon in the same contest back in 2002 and she won the crown.

Do you think Dana can repeat history? Is she really THAT beautiful?

By guest writer I.H

Here are some photos of Dana Halabi

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A New Duet by Melissa & Dr. Alban

After the successful duet of Lebanese singer Melissa with Dr Alban for the song ‘Some Body Call My Name’ or in Arabic ‘Habibi’ – My Love - , and after their recent successful concert too in Lebanon, both singers will be shooting two new videos together for two new songs at the beginning of next month.

Photos from Melissa & Dr Alban video clip and Lebanon concert

Watch the video clip

What do you think of their first duet together?

Walid Tawfiq's New Album

Walid Tawfiq is back with a new album ... Ya Ba7r is the result of Tawfiq's collaboration with Alam Al Fan, it's his first collaboration with a production company after he left Rotana.
The album is made up of 11 songs that appeal to different tastes.
Tawfiq shot the song 'Ya Ba7r' in the beautiful areas of Jbeil & Saida in Lebanon. The clip is being broadcast on the music channels Mazzika & Zoom nowadays.
As for the next clip, Tawfiq is planning on shooting the song 'Inti Min' with director Walid Nasif.

Do you think Walid Tawfiq is still on top of his game?
Did you like the new song Ya Ba7r?

New Darine Hadchiti Album on the Way

Lebanese singer Darine Hadchiti is currently working on her latest album, which will be released sometime in the very near future.
She's already released one single, entitled 'Rasak 3a Rasi', which is being broadcast on Lebanese airwaves these days.
Darine will work through-out September on the video clip of this song, with director Walid Nasif.
As for concerts, Darine will be holding one in Aleppo on the 23rd of August alongside superstar Ragheb Alamah.

Jad Choueri's Masria

What's up with Jad Choueri? He's back with another boring song!
I mean, he can sing about any girl he wants Masria, Lubnania, Yabania ... although I have to say, his songs about girls have become lame! So what's to listen to in his new song Masria? Really?
I mean, please, don't get me wrong ... Egyptian girls are cool, trendy and beautiful ... but he could have made a better song about them!
And what's up with the line about him going around the world and meeting SO many girls and bla bla? Ok! We get the message, you've been with so many girls that you've become an expert on them! Again, Lame!

Please, Jad ... Spare us the trash and the crap and just go home! Try to do something else with your life!
If you liked his new song Masria ... Please tell us why.

Photos from Jad Choueri's Masria Video Clip

Fares Karam at Jerash Festival

Lebanese singer Fares Karam held a concert at the Jerash Festival yesterday ... the attendance was huge & the concert was really cool!
Fares Karam's songs Tanoura, Gooli Labooki & other funky singles were met with claps & participation.
After the concert, Karam held a press conference where he met with Jordanian journalists & other Arab media.
Karam's participation is an important stop for him, because Jerash Festival is one of the important events a singer should participate in.

Nawal & Majid in Carthage Festival 2007

Carthage Festival 2007 in Tunisia witnessed lots of successful concerts this year, one of these successful concerts was the concert of Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoghbi and Iraqi singer Majid Al Mohandes. The audience warmly welcomed both singers and interacted with the them until the last moment…

Majid sang for 10 extra minutes on stage because the audience was singing with him... which made Majid’s manager ask him to stop singing because it was time for Nawal Al Zoghbi to get on stage…

Photos of Nawal and Majid in Carthage

Assi Al-Hillani in Jerash Festival 2007

These are some photos of Lebanese singer Assi Al-Hillani in Jerash Festival 2007.

The audience attendance wasn't as expected, it was very low comparing it to the previous particpations of Assi Al-Hillani in Jerash Festival... however the audience enjoyed the night and Assi was also happy with the interaction of the audience with him while he was singing...

Joseph in Los Angeles Soon

Star Academy 3 winner Joseph Attieh seems to be keeping himself occupied! After a tour including Tunisia and Australia Joseph took part in two concerts in the Jordanian capital Amman! The first concert was at Amman Waves and the second at the Royal hotel, both concerts were extremely successful and had an impressive turnout. Joseph also sang at a large wedding at the ‘Four Seasons’ on the very special date 7-7-7!

Yara Expanding Her Career!

Lebanese star Yara has been chosen to sing the theme song for the movie ‘Ahlam Hakeekeya’ (Real Dreams) which happens to be the last movie Hanan Turk took part in before she decided to wear the hijab. The producer of the movie picked Yara to sing this song which is written by Ahmed Ebrahim and composed by Ameer Toayma. Yara also held a concert recently at Fashion Club House which extended to the early hours of the morning and the audience at the concert were said to enjoy Yara’s top hits which she sang.

Should Amal Hijazi Consider Leaving Rotana?

Lebanese singer, Amal Hijazi has recently returned from Egypt where she received an award for Bestselling Album, Baya al Ward, which according to some sources sold more than 100,000 copies in the country. Amal had also witnessed success when she released her Khaleeji single, Nefsy Nefhimny, which gained immense popularity and its video was one of the most played on the Rotana music channels.

Despite of her success, Amal is often considered a low-rated singer at Rotana and she has previously complained about the treatment she receives. In fact it really is true that Rotana has hardly giving her any attention.

New Video Clip for Nourhan

Lebanese singer Nourhan is preparing to film the video clip for her new song ‘Enta Gharmay’ under the supervision of director Kameel Tanyos. This event has been postponed several times due to the security issues in Lebanon. ‘Enta Gharamy’ was written by Ahmed Madi and the tune and distribution are by Roget Aby Akl and is part of Nourhan’s new album that includes 10 songs and will be released in a few months.

Nawal EL Zoghbi Arab World Tour

Lebanese star Nawal El Zoghbi traveled to Dubai to be part of the opening of the ‘Ben Hendi’ chain in the festival at the City Centre which startes today. After this, Nawal plans to return to Beirut after which she will leave to Morocco with her husband and manager Ely Deeb and her brother Marsel El Zoghbi. In Morocco Nawal will be a guest on Moroccan channel 2M and along with Tina Areena on the 14th of July!

Yara Making Two Albums At Once

Lebanese singer Yara has told reporters that she is preparing not one but two albums that will be released at the same time. One of these albums takes the color of the gulf music and in it are many collaborations with some of the biggest lyricists and poets in the Gulf world. Yara will be singing in the Egyptian and Lebanese accent in the second album.

Dominique Will Not Sing Um Kalthoum

Lebanese singer Dominique Hourani is preparing to film the video ‘El sah el dah embo’ one of Mohammed Adweya’s most famous songs but she hasn’t as of yet released to the public who the director for the video will be. Dominique, who has described as the owner of the most ‘revealing’ video clip where she appeared in swim suits, that she has any tie with Mohammed Adeweya but she would really like to meet him.

Rola Saad Accused of Trying to Kill Haifa Wehbe!

It seems action movies have really affected people’s minds. Due to the conflict between the two famous singers; Rola Saad and Haifa Wehbe, a lot of people assumed that it is Rola Saad who paid the driver of the airplane to crash into the car that Haifa Wehbe was driving during the video shoot. The rumor said that Rola paid the airplane’s driver $600,000 !!

Maria on Melody Arabia TV

It's been a while since we saw Lebanese singer Maria in a TV interview ... it's either she is very busy or she lost her fame ... anyway, these are the latest photos we have for Maria during an interview by Lebanese presenter Tony Khalifeh on music satellite channel Melody Arabia.

Photos of Maria on Melody Arabia TV

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Rami Ayach & His Tunisian Girlfriend

It seems Rami Ayach wasn't joking when he said that his dream girl would be Tunisian.
Rami Ayach's current girlfriend ... and maybe dream girl, is non other than Tunisian model Reem Al Saaidi ... Winner of Mission Fashion : Models.
Reem on the other hand has hinted many times that she totally has a huge crush on Rami Ayach.
Could this be true? Could this infatuation be a reality now?
We only have the choice do waiting ... Until something official is announced.

Lebanese Singers, Singing for the Syrian President?

A lot of journalists are attacking Lebanese singers Wael Kfoury, Najwa Karam, Redha, Hoda Haddad and Fares Karam for singing a song for the Syrian President Bashar El Assad to support him during the last elections. The singers are not responding to the media and refused to comment on any question … except for Najwa Karam whose Manager replied by saying that the song is 7 years old and that the writer of this song had already passed away 5 years ago. It seems Najwa sang this song after Hafeth El Assad died in support of his son Bashar … and not during the past elections!

Grace Deeb Divorced!

Nearly two months ago Lebanese artist Grace Deeb got married but apparently just one week later she got divorced! However, Grace kept her divorce a secret because she says she doesn’t like to discuss her private life! Grace said that when it comes to marriage its all down to what your fate is and that her and her now ex- husband had communication problems and didn’t really understand each other but she refused to say his name.

Assi Hillani's Mother Passes Away

The mother of Lebanese singer Assi Hillani, passed away yesterday Sunday, after falling ill.
Assi Hillani is in Hillania today, for the funeral of his mom.
It seems Assi was aware that his mom wasn't going to live for very long because of her illness ... because the video clip of his latest song 'Bab 3am Ybki' is about that exactly; his wife & him are returning home from some awards event, when he gets a phone call telling him the news of his mother's death ...
May God Rest Her Soul ... Our condolences to Assi & his family.

Lebanese Faces Invade Egypt

The Lebanese have always been known for their charm and beauty with which they can make it to Hollywood! The famous Lebanese ladies are now the main actresses in a lot of Egyptian movies and their presence is strong in the Egyptian cinema. For example; Nicole Saba stood face to face with the biggest comedian in Egypt Adel Imam, and Haifa Wehbe, who is the most famous singer in the Arab world right now, is about to venture in her debut role in an Egyptian movie. The list is long and includes more and more names like Syrine Abdel Nour, Maya Nasri, Nourhan & Nour.

Fadel Shaker & Yara Sing for Petra

Lebanese singers Fadel shaker & Yara will hold a concert in the Jordanian capital Amman on the 24th of May in support of The Rose City Petra.
The concert, which is sponsored by one of the Jordanian banks, is part of the huge campaign of voting Petra as one of the New 7 Wonders of The World.
Voting is open & the results will be announced on 7/7/2007!

Dina Hayek Says Goodbye to Rotana

Talented Lebanese singer Dina Hayek terminated her contract with production company Rotana AudioVisual before its end. After releasing two albums, successful "Katabtellak" and not-so-successful "Taa La Albi", Dina says she could not come to an agreement with Rotana executives. Dina had complained before about the lackluster attention she gets from Rotana, the mediocre advertising, and the less than flattering airtime her latest video clip, "Taa La Albi", got on Rotana channels. While the video clip issue was solved, Dina still blamed Rotana's bad advertising for the failure of her album on the Egyptian and Gulf sales charts.

Amal Hijazi: New Single, New Album… And New Controversy?

Lebanese singer Amal Hijazi recently met with Salem El Hindi, manager of Rotana, to discuss the details of her upcoming single and album. She announced that she has a new Saudi-dialect single coming out soon on Rotana channels. Amal said that her fans from the Gulf have been asking her to sing in the Khaliji dialect for a long time, and she felt it was the right time to repeat the experiment. The meeting with Mr. Salem, while dominated by discussions about the album, also warranted a few suggestions about the style of the drums from him, and the drums were re-recorded in the UAE.

Rayan: New Album Coming Soon

Lebanese singer Rayan informed Rotana News that he is working on a new album of 8 tracks. The album will be mainly in the Lebanese dialect. Rayan noted, however, that this album will debut his composing skills. Another first on the album will be his experiment with the Khaliji dialect, something fellow Lebanese singers, such as Assi El Hellani and Yara, having been dabbling in recently.

By Ahmed

Grace Deeb Is Getting Married!

Lebanese singer Grace Deeb has announced her engagement to an engineer, Ramzi, this week. They are to be married within the month. Grace is also preparing a new video clip with director Fadi Haddad for her song, “Ghenniyat”. Following the filming of her video clip, she is expected to perform at two major concerts in Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Congratulations to Grace and Ramzi, we at WALEG wish them a long and fulfilling marriage!

By Ahmed

Massari and Nicole Saba Rock Cairo!

A new successfully concert by the Canadian artist from Lebanese roots Massari along with Lebanese singer Nicole Saba was recently held in Cairo. Nicole had a gorgeous new look as she had dyed her hair black and blew the audience away with the best of her songs for two hours with a short interlude where she changed her outfit! She was then followed by Massari who really caused a commotion. Massari sang in English and the crowd was amazed and impressed when he sang an Arabic song which called for peace in the Middle East.

Photos from the concert

May Hariri Goes to Cannes

Lebanese singer May Hariri is going to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Festival this year!
Cannes will only be her last stop in Europe ... she's currently in Sweden to hold a concert at Olles in Stockholm, then she's scheduled to fly to Germany for a concert at Berlin's Universal Hall.
As for her other, more personal news, May lost the custody battle of her daughter. Her ex-husband won the case, but will allow her visitation.
What can we say ... You win some & you lose some!

Joseph & Nawal in Australia

Star Academy 3 winner Joseph Attieh and famous Lebanese singer Nawal El-Zoughbi held two concerts recently in Australia, the first was on last Friday in Melbourne and the second was on Saturday in Sydney, Australia. Joseph and Nawal both looked great, and sang very well!
Joseph sang from his heart - including Fares Karam's El Tanoura (while he played the darbouka, just as he did on Star Acadmey 3 and songs devoted to Lebanon (he held the Lebanese flag while doing so). He sang before Nawal did for approximately 2 hours.

Photos from the two concert

Rola Saad sings in Dubai!

The well known Lebanese singer Rola Saad held a concert at Jumayrah beach and 1500 people from all over Dubai, the Middle East and Africa turned up to see her perform alongside the not so famous Korean band ‘Jump’ and the Pakistani artist Shafkat Amanat! Shafkat is the lead singer for the rising pop band ‘Fuzon’ and continues his ongoing successes in India and his own country Pakistan. This event was organized by LG in celebration of their new range of home appliances in the Middle East and Africa.

Maria to Sing Um Kalthoum and Dalida Songs

Maria seems to have learnt from the mistake she made in Dubai when she was on her tour promoting her album in Cairo. Whilst she was in Dubai Maria seemed to avoid a lot of questions from the press due to lack of knowledge of the Arabic language but in Cairo Maria seemed a lot more comfortable and assured the press that she wont give up her style and even though she claimed she is learning Arabic she still had trouble understanding some of the questions which lead to Jad helping her out.

Dina Hayek Admits Having Plastic Surgery

Some celebrities go mad for plastic surgery ... Why? I am not sure!
If you come to think of it, some might really need some work done, if their face isn't beautiful or if they have a huge nose or ugly lips ... But, I wonder why in the world would Dina Hayek need Plastic Surgery?
Dina admitted recently that she did have some work done on her nose ... Only her nose!
She said that she wanted more plastic surgery done on her face, but every time she went to a doctor, he would refuse to schedule for surgery!

Nawal El Zoghbi Makes A Royal Return to Rotana

Rotana went all out to celebrate the return of Nawal El Zoghbi, the welcoming party was held at the Movenpick in Beirut and was attended by the prime of Arabic and Lebanese press alongside some big names in the world of music. The set of the party was designed very much like that of a wedding and the press started to ask questions about the implication, the explanation provided: Nawal is returning a bride in need of recognition.

Photos of Nawal at Rotana Welcoming Party

Rola Saad Adopts an African Boy

Lebanese singer Rola Saad has suffered as a child ... She was on orphan & spent lots of lonely nights in an orphanage. Rola's latest video clip -which will air on most music channels in a few days- is inspired from her own suffering.
Rola has actually finished filming her new video clip, which takes place in the backyard of her own home in the south of Lebanon.
The story of the clip is as follows, Rola plays her own self in the clip, a star, who has adopted an African boy from an orphanage. She holds a birthday party for him and makes him a happy kid.

Photos from Rola Saad new video clip

Nawal Zoghbi & Massari Duetto!

Signing a huge contract with Rotana isn't Nawal Zoghbi's only highlight of her career this year!
She's got lots in store and it seems she's going back to the top just like she did in 2000! Nawal and R&B singer Massari seem to have found something in common and have decided to go for a bold duetto together. This happened over a business lunch that Massari invited Nawal to in Beirut during his last visit there after his participation in one of the LBC Star Academy primes.

Photos of Nawal Zoghbi & Massari together

Iwan’s New Album

After a long break, Lebanese singer Iwan's official fan club announced that Iwan has confirmed a "first week of April" release for his upcoming album. The album is expected to have 10 tracks (including the single Wala Fel Ahlam) and is expected to be distributed by Melody Music. The album has been delayed countless times, to his fans' disappointment. But according to the fan club, this time it is "for real" and Iwan "won’t disappoint fans" again.

By Ahmed

Nawal Al Zoghbi Returns to Rotana

Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoghbi has left Mohsen Gaber’s Alam El Phan/Mazzika production company after releasing her latest album, Yama Alou. Nawal, after weeks of speculation, has confirmed her signing of a contract with Rotana AudioVisual.

This came as a shock to the music business after Nawal’s bitter departure from Rotana a few years ago when she released her album, Toul Omri. Nawal became one of the first on the Rotana “blacklist”, joining her are names like Ragheb Alameh, Khaled Agag, Assi El Hellani, and rumor has it Mohamed Fouad and Amr Diab very soon. Three albums later, Nawal says she has “grown up” and likes what Rotana has to offer her as an artist.

Carole Samaha Returns to the Stage

Carole Samaha has returned to the stage after a 4 year absence in which she grew artistically as a singer. While most people know Carole for her singing talents, and her latest album "Adwa El Shuhra" has only made her more famous, Carole's roots lie in the Rahbani stage. And so to her roots she has returned.

Jad Choueri & The 1st Arabic Adult Channel

No! The guy didn't open the 1st Arabic Adult channel! He just denied the rumors at last!
A few weeks back, rumors started surfacing about a new adult channel, the 1st in the Arab world ... & that Jad Choueri is behind the whole thing. Jad didn't say a word then & kept silent, maybe it's good publicity, I mean as long as they're talking that's good!
Now, Jad has denied any such news & has made it clear that such things are against his moral beliefs. Ya!

Carole Samaha Returns to the Stage

Carole Samaha has returned to the stage after a 4 year absence in which she grew artistically as a singer. While most people know Carole for her singing talents, and her latest album "Adwa El Shuhra" has only made her more famous, Carole's roots lie in the Rahbani stage. And so to her roots she has returned.

Naguib Saweras Takes Juana Malah Under his Wing

After the big success of her last album 'Hadifdal Bi Albi', Lebanese singer Juana Malah has started working on her new album, which will be preceded by a single romantic song.

The song is a romantic love story that will be made into a video clip which will be produced by the new company O Productions.
O Productions in owned by Egyptian millionaire Naguib Saweras ... Who has taken Malah under his wing & will be producing all her upcoming work.
Malah recently appeared in the video clip of her song 'Arabni Leek' on Melody music channel.

Who is Responsible for Eliminating Rola Saad?

After the singer Rola Saad was elected by the production company of 'AL Wady' program to join the second part of the program ,she was unexpectedly eliminated for no reason at all! Just like that!
Rola who was remarkably feeling awkward about what happened asked herself who could be behind this elimination in LBC and for what cause?!

Fadl Shaker & Christina Aguilera Together!

Lebanese singer Fadl Shaker signed a contract with an international advertising agency to take part in a commercial for the first time. He has already finished it and there have been rumors that the American singer and pop star Christina Aguilera is joining him! Well, in both cases, if he's with her or without I cant wait to see it...

Fadl shaker waited to finish the advertisement to film two video clips that include the songs 'Allahu A'lam' and 'Elly Enta Shayfo' from his new album.

By Aya

Yara & Fadel Shaker in Tunisia for Valentines Day

On the occasion of Valentines Day, Lebanese singers Fadel Shaker & Yara will be holding a joint concert in the Tunisian capitol Tunis on Feb. 10th.
Supposedly, Yara will start the concert with a bouquet of her popular songs, then she & Fadel Shaker will perform their summer duetto 'Khidni Ma3ak' together. After that Yara will bid the audiences farewell & leave the stage to Fadel Shaker.
If you're going to the concert, be ready for an all red theme ... Remember, it's Valentines Day!

“She’s Baaaaaaack…” Maria’s Return to the Limelight

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on Melody again, a fancy set of commercials invades your screen. Any Melody junkie will have seen them by now. For the past few weeks a short clip of one of Maria’s previous videos shows, either “Elaab” or “Betekdeb Alaya” , plays and then suddenly you hear a loud “STOP!” and you see a brunette in geisha clothing holding a fan. “Maria: We Regaat Tani”. To the casual viewer, this may look like a video clip commercial. Look closely, however, and you see the Melody Music logo at the bottom. Again, any melody junkie will know what this means:

Carole Samaha: Lady in Red

In her latest video clip, Lebanese singer Carole Samaha wore a sexy red dress that a lot of people criticized including “El Rahabna”. Carole defends herself saying that she is not doing that on purpose.

She says that she only intends to present new ideas and present herself in different new ways that can reveal her feminist sides that any woman in the world have and that she doesn’t need to use such methods to gain success. The video clip is directed by Terry Farn who is convinced as well that Carole must be original in every video clip!

Miriam Fares & Nicole Saba in Red!

Egyptian soccer fans are on a red hot date tomorrow at 3 PM with Lebanese singers Miriam Fares & Nicole Saba.
Al-Ahli fans will be attending a huge concert tomorrow Friday at the club's headquarters in Nasr city.
This will be a concert to celebrate Al-Ahli's great achievements during the FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA CUP in December 2006.
The concert will also host popular singer Saad Al-Sghaier, Mahmoud Al-Eseli & DJ Yasser Al-Hariri.

A Beauty Title For Pascal Mashaalani

Pascal was a guest in the show of “Queens” with Sawsan El Sayed in “El Mar’ah El Arabiya” channel to talk about her career life, achievements and future plans. At the end of the show, she was crowned with the title of “Shahrazad of Queens”.
The show will be broadcasted next Friday at 1 pm.

On the other hand, Pascal is done working with her new video clip “Ma’qoul” which is directed by Merna Khayat. She is also almost done with her new album in which she dealt with a lot of composers and writers from different Arab countries. She refused to declare anything about the new songs saying that there is still a lot of time.

By Ghada

Nicole Saba Injured Due to Plastic Surgery

Nicole announced that she was seriously injured because of plastic surgery on her lips. She also said that she had to go through long therapy to get over to recover.

Nicole also mentioned that she hates when someone interferes in her private life and she is fed up with the rumor that says that she is in love with someone. She added that in case she didn’t get married, she will adopt a child because she adores children.

By Ghada

Lebanese Pop Stars… What they wore on New Year’s Eve?

It is well known that Lebanese don’t give up easily or actually never give up. Although the situation is not that good in Lebanon but they couldn’t miss such an event without celebrating it to the end whether they were in Beirut, Cairo or Dubai.

It is the 14th of January now and we are still talking about the New Year’s Eve since it is an event that people wait for from a year to year. Here are the photos of some singers like Miriam Fares, Haifa Wehbe, Amal Hijazi, Najwa Karam and Huda Hadad:

Photos of Lebanese singers during the new year's eve parties

To whom do you give the title of Miss Elegance “New Year’s Eve”?

By Ghada

Dareen's New Aussie Clip

Lebanese singer Dareen has finished shooting her new video clip down under. The video is from Dareen's latest album "Ba'd Kalima" which was directed by Jad Al Haber, the same guy who directed some of Dareen's other clips which were very successful.

The story of the clips is about Dareen walking around in a foreign country and then 4 boys start singing her song, "Irtahlak Qalbi" to her in English. They try to grab her attention by doing some acrobatic moves, but Dareen, being the elegant lady that she is, is unmoved and just walks on.

Photos from Dareen's New Video Clip

Razan Al Moghrabi Latest Movie

Razan Al Moghrabi has just finished shooting her latest movie "Hukum Al Gharam" along side Khalid Al Nabawi. It's a movie about the Minister's secretary and the Minister’s daughter falling in love with the same guy.
Razan was recently nominated for an administrative role at the World Music Awards making her the first Arab to ever be appointed at such a level.

Click here to see some photos

Miriam & Fadl at a Concert in Qatar Hosted by LG

Could this woman be any cuter? The lovely Lebanese star Miriam Faris and Fadl Shakir lit up the stage at a concert in Qatar hosted by LG. And since, most of the attendance was from the Gulf, in addition to an international audience, she sang a couple of Khaliji tunes to keep the crowd happy and into it. She also sang some of her other popular songs which everyone loved.
Although Fadl was there too, the curly hair and lovely dress of Miriam is sure to steel the show.

Majida Al Roomi Sings for Peace, Poverty

Lebanese singer Majida Al Roomi is off to Australia in a few days for a concert aimed against poverty around the world. She will be arriving there on the 9th of December, so for all her fans down under, be sure to catch a glimpse of her. She'll then be back in Beirut for another concert on the 12th called "Tent of Peace 2007" aimed at achieving peace in Lebanon in collaboration with a number of artists.

Razan at The World Music Awards

Lebanese presenter/ singer/ actress Razan Moughrabi has been chosen to be on the judging panel at the World Music Awards. Since she presented the world-famous event for the 5th year in a row, she's now going to be in the heart of its administration. She is now the first Arab to judge an international event of this magnitude.

Photos of Razan at the World Music Awards 2006

Did Elissa Buy Her Award?

Back from the World Music Awards in London, Elissa isn't enjoying the spoils of her victory. She won the award for highest sales in the Middle East but she sure isn't feeling high. She was faced with a swarm of press accusing her of buying the award and not earning it. She was so upset with the accusations she couldn't hide her emotions and lashed out at the press.

The allegations arouse from Hussein Al Jasmi who said that the award was offered to him first for a large sum of money which he turned down. And as you can expect, the press naturally pointed the finger at poor little Elissa who had no comment.

I wonder!

Wael Kfoury Gets Justice

The Tunisian courts are on Wael Kfoury’s side as he had filed suit against a concert contractor who apparently didn't pay the Lebanese singer's full amount.
The contractor canceled the concert that was supposed to be held in the city Sousse and that Kfoury should have done. This is the first time a Tunisian court rules that the contractor should pay $54,000 to a non-Tunisian singer.

May Hariri Participates in Aids Campaign

Famous Lebanese singer May Hariri will be participating in an Anti-Aids campaign organized by UNICEF in association with Coca-Cola in the Egyptian Opera House.
May will make the speech on behalf of the Arabic singers association and will then sing a few songs for children invited by UNICEF. It is interesting to note that UNICEF chose her because of her increasing fame in Egypt lately, probably due to the fact that she sings a lot of her songs using the Egyptian dialect.

Melissa Launches her First Album in Beirut

New Lebanese singer Melissa partied the night away in Beirut a couple of days ago, on the occasion of the official launching of her first album, Bedi Minnak.
The event was attended by many famous media faces in Lebanon like Jan Saliba & Toni Abi Karam.
Jan Saliba announced during the event that he expects Melissa to be a great hit in the coming two years & that she'll be working really hard on making her voice, appearance & video clips better.
On that level, rumor has it that Melissa is secretly working on a duetto with a world famous singer! Who may it be? ... We just have to wait & see!

Photos of Melissa in Beirut

Maya Diab Celebrates her Birthday & her Marriage

Maya Diab, one of the 4 Cats, celebrated her birthday last Saturday among a group of friends, Family & Lebanese celebrities, like Ghassan Rahbani & Toni Baroud.
During this party, she also celebrated entering into the golden cage of marriage! Maya got married in Switzerland a few weeks back to a rich business man, after a long love relationship.
This gave her a chance to celebrate her marriage in a simple way with all her loved ones, but she is still thinking of holding a huge party for the special occasion.
You know, Maya is really cute ... But she should have put on a bit more clothes ... Don't you think?
Oh! What am I saying! That's non of my business! ... I guess the one that should be saying something is her husband !!!

Photos of Maya Diab

Photos of Elissa at the World Music Award

These are some photos of Lebanese singer Elisssa at the World Music Award event in which she won an award for the second time as the best Arab artist for her album ‘bastanak’ (Im waiting for you).

Elissa dedicated this award to Lebanon and its people and to the soul of her father, her family and also to the prince Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, Rotana TV team, her manager and to all her fans.

Photos of Elissa at the World Music Award

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Miriam Fares : Youth's First Singer

Lebanese singer Miriam Fares won the title of Youth's First Singer!
Fares won the title as part of a poll conducted by the famous Al-Ahram corporation.
Fares then was the center of a huge celebration in Egypt hosted by the corporation, with the participation of a huge number of University students from all over Egypt.
Prior the the celebration, Miriam participated in many TV programs in Egypt; she made an appearance for the program Ma3 Nashwa, she also recorded an episode of the program Mazazik, which is part of the Rai satellite channel.
As for her other plans, Miriam has a concert planned in Jordan, at the Radisson Sas hotel in Amman.

Misc. Photos of Miriam Fares

Who will win, Hassan or Ragab ?!

It seems singers are out of words! First it was Haifa Wehbe with Ragab; a silly song that has become some sort of daily medication for some! & now it's May Hariri with a new silly song; Hassan!
May Hariri was in Cairo a few days ago to celebrate the release of her newest album "Habibi Inta".

Maya Nasri in an Egyptian Movie

The first movie of the Lebanese singer Maya Nasri along side Egyptian actors such as Mustafa Shaaban and Ahmad Saaed will be shown during Eid Al Adha.

The movie is called Abyad wa Aswad" or "Black and White" and it’s about an Aerobics instructor (Maya Nasri ) who suffers from a bad accident and needs a bodyguard (Mustafa Shaaban) which then a whole romantic story begins to unfold.

Elissa Beats Nancy at Sales

Although the famous Lebanese singer Elissa's record sales have dropped since last year, she still made enough sales to be number one beating Nancy Ajram.
She achieved the number one post for highest record sales of 350 thousand copies in Egypt for her album "Bastanak" or "I'll Wait for You".

Elissa's sales dropped from 450 thousand last year. It might be due to the fact that her release date was at the same time as the World Cup and the Israeli war on Lebanon.

Pascal Mashalani Homesick

Lebanese beauty Pascal Mashalani has recently completed production of her new patriotic video clip for her song "Ardak Hoon" or "Your land is here"; the song speaks of homesickness, a feeling many Lebanese can easily relate to since millions have immigrated all around the world.
The new song will be a part of her new album due to for release next summer.

At the same time, Pascal is set to release her new song "Akhaz Akli" which is originally a Turkish melody. I guess many Arabic singers use Turkish and Greek tunes for their songs. I used to wonder where all the originality comes from, but now I know.

Pascal Mashalani Photos

Miriam Causes a Beirut Traffic Jam!

Lebanese beauty Miriam Fares was about to launch her next video clip "Wahashni Eh" in July but due to the war, she will have to wait till after Eid to do so.
The stunning singer insisted on shooting the video on the streets of Beirut regardless of her director's wishes of doing it on the streets of Paris. This is the second time Miriam works with director Wissam Samira since her earlier clip "Hakluk Rahtak" where he used all the special effects he could get his hands on to create the chase scenes.

But Miriam has another beauty along side her that might just steal the show, an AC/ Cobra series used in the chase scenes, in addition to a Porsche 911. As expected, the scenes caused a traffic jam in the streets of the Lebanese capitol where the director called for the talents of stunt drivers to make the necessary maneuvers from such movies as “Ronin” and the “Taxi” movies.

This clip should be world-class especially since the lovely lady insisted on doing some of the less-dangerous stunts herself.
Maybe the taxi drivers weren’t so happy about the traffic jam though.

Photo from Miriam Fares new video clip

Sabah Before and After

Lebanese singer Sabah who is known to her fans as the "Sabbouha" and is also called "Al Shahroura" has changed a lot since she started her career back in 1940 as a singer and then as an actress in Egyptian movies while continuing to sing.

She was beautiful, very beautiful and sexy as many described her but as she grew old, she has undergone through many plastic surgeries to the limit that now she seems to be a totally different person.

Don't you think she should have respected her age and stopped singing years ago and stepped back?!

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Iwan & Jad Choueiri Share Clothes?!

Ok, so anyone with a bit of knowledge about the inner workings of today’s Arabic music business knows that Lebanese singer Iwan is a good friend of director/lyricist/dancer/ "singer" Jad Choueiri. We’ve seen them collaborate successfully with “wala fel ahlam” and also they looked pretty chummy at Nisrine's celebration for “makhtouba".

Also, Iwan's wonderful new clip, "lebnani" was a collaboration with Jad. Now, i’ll let you be the judge here... girls share clothes; However, do most of you guys share your clothing with your friends? I know I don't but here we go... Jad Choueiri is wearing the same t-shirt on stage as Iwan wore for "lebnani "!

Photos of Haifa in Tunisia & Egypt

These are some photos of Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe in some of the concerts she held in Tunisia this summer and also in a recent interview with her in Egypt in the 'Kalam Fel Alfan' TV Show which is presented by Isam Basila.

Haifa Wehbe Photos

Nancy Ajram & Ragheb Alama in Jordan

Nancy Ajram & Ragheb Alama are planning to hold a joint concert in Amman to benefit Children of the Arab World.
Alama aslo revealed his intention to sing a Duetto with Nancy Ajram at this specific concert, which will be held at Weavers Club.
The fans were crazy at the press conference that was held by Lebanese singers Ajram & Alama yesterday in Amman, Jordan.
The conference was held in one of Ammans hotels, Le Royale, and was attended by journalists & fans as mentioned earlier.
The singers didn’t only talk about music & future plans, they also spoke politics. Alama made it clear that the Lebanese singers who left Lebanon at the time of the war, did what any human being would have done, which doesn’t mean that they’re cowards! ...

Elissa in Paris Fashion Week

These are some pictures of Lebanese singer Elissa in Paris fashion week with celebrities like Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab, actress Liv Taylor and also fashion designer Galliano.

Elissa was officially invited to this event by Dior along with Hollywood actresses Liv Taylor and Drew Barrymore.

Photos of Elissa in Paris Fashion Week

Nawal Al Zoghbi Concert in Syria

After 4 years with no concerts in Syria, Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoghbi held a big concert in Wadi Al Nasara in Syria where many people, around 16000, came to watch & cheer for her… Nawal sang for almost 2 hours and the audience was singing and dancing along.
The concert was very well organized, each spectator sat in his/her place and everyone enjoyed the concert without any troubles.

These are some pictures of Nawal’s concert in Syria

Haifa Wehbe in an American Tunisian Movie

Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe singed a contract with famous Tunisian producer Tarek Ben Ammar for her first movie. Haifa will be a singer that falls in love with an American business man who decides to marry her however the authorities deny him… Lots of Hollywood actors will be participating in this movie in addition to some Tunisian actors too.

The shooting of the movie will take place in Tunisia and the United States; it’s a Tunisian American movie with a budget close to $4 million and the director is Lebanese-American Randa Shahal.

A Hot and Successful Concert!

Hot and successful is how the recent concert of Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe in Tunisia was described, this concert which took place in Carthage was one of the most successful concerts this summer in Tunisia after Tunisian singer Saber Rebai’s concerts …

More than 13000 spectators attended Haifa’s concert singing her famous songs with her and expressing their love and admiration to Haifa for almost two hours.
On the other hand, thousands of people weren’t able to attend the concert because all the tickets were sold and there were no places left inside the theater …
Lebanese singer Fares Karem also participated in this successful concert.

Pictures of Haifa Wehbe's concert in Carthage

Walid Tawfik Concert in Libya

Lebanese singer Walid Tawfik will be resuming his work after he canceled all his previous scheduled concerts and participation in several festivals in Lebanon and other Arab and European countries; his first stop will be in Libya where he will be holding a number of concerts in which its profits will be donated to the Lebanese people and for the reconstruction of the destroyed buildings and facilities …

Walid Tawfik will be also shooting a new video clip soon for his new song ‘Ya Arthe’ which he composed by himself and written by Nizar Francis.

French Kiss & Woman Body is Better!

In a recent interview with Lebanese singer and director Jad Choueiri, he said that he is happy with the cease fire decision and that he believes that seeing a French kiss on Arabic TV Music Channels is something so ordinary and better than seeing dead people and destruction! He also added that he doesn’t see any thing wrong in a woman showing her body, this is better than watching war and blood on TV!

It seems that Jad will be the owner of the first Arabic Erotic TV Channel?!

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Nancy Ajram Concerts in Paris & London

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram will hold a concert tomorrow, the 23rd of August in Paris instead of the concert that she was supposed to hold along with Emirati singer Hussein Al Jasmi which she wasn’t able to attend because of the war. Nancy confirmed that she will be present at the concert this time despite the difficulties of leaving Lebanon these days; she will be traveling to Paris through Damascus airport.

Pascal Mashaalani says: Human, Where Are You?

Lebanese singer Pascal Mashaalani has just finished recording her latest song, Waynak ya Insan? -Human Where Are You?-
This new song is all about the suffering of the Lebanese people under the bombs of the enemy.
It is a patriotic song about the many women & children who have become victims of this war.
Pascal, who has refused to leave Lebanon, recorded this song in Al Sharq Studios & says that it reflects her feelings, which are the feelings of all Lebanese.
The song says: -lyrics in Arabic-

Nisreen & Iwan Together in Egypt

These are some photos of Lebanese singer and star academy 1 contestant Nisreen with Lebanese singer Iwan together in Egypt.

Photos of Nisreen & Iwan Together in Egypt

Thanks to Abdul Rahman for sharing these photos with us.

Nawal Al Zoghbi Steals the Spot-lights & Helps Lebanon

Two weeks ago & after that attacks on Lebanon, Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoghbi started a campaign to help the Lebanese victims & evacuees.
It seems this campaign has been a successful one; it started some sort of chain reaction that resulted in starting more campaigns by the Nawal Al Zoghbi fan club & the Lebanese Actors Union.
These campaigns aim to collecting as much donations as possible, to help all the displaced Lebanese that are now living in groups in schools & universities.
Nawal herself, participated through donations & personal visits to schools.
She also sent out a cry of help to all other singers in the Arab world, to take a small part in helping the helpless victims of this horrible attack on Lebanon.

See photos of Nawal's visit to the school

Thanks to Abed Al Rahman for sharing these pictutres with us.

Haifa Wehbe Defends Her Actions

Although many reprots said that Haifa Wehbe left Lebanon aboard a private jet hours after the sad events started, she says that she did what thousands of Lebanese did to save their families.
Haifa Wehbe defends her actions by saying: 'It angers me that people thought that I was a sell-out! But it was an instinct that made me take my sister & mother & leave, because I wanted to save them!'

Najwa Karam Sings For Lebanon

Lebanese singer Najwa Karam has announced that she is not going to cancel her concerts in Tunisia. She did so in a press conference in Tunis with Mosaic fm & the Lebanese ambassador in Tunisia.
Karam expressed her sorrow & pain because of the terrible events in Lebanon, & said that because she cannot carry a gun & fight for her country, she will try to send a message across & do a small part by singing.
Najwa Karam will participate in 4 events in Tunis; she will sing in Sfax festival, Monastir festival, Gafsa festival & Gabes festival. She announced that a quarter all of the money that comes in from the concerts will be donated to the Lebanese red cross.

Wael Kfouri Cancels Tunisia Concerts

Lebanese singer Wael Kfouri has canceled all his concerts in Tunisia because of the sad events in his home country Lebanon.
Kfouri was supposed to hold a few concerts in Tunis as part of many festivals taking place at this time of the year.
Kfouri was going to take part in both Sfax Festival & Bizert Festival, they were both canceled out of support to the Lebanese people.

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Nawal Al-Zoghbi an Outlaw

A new video clip of Lebanese singer Nawal Al-Zoghbi for her new song ‘Yama Aloo’ will be released soon; this time Nawal get into trouble with the police after she spreads a computer virus that shows her new song on computers and cell phones. People like her song and gather to defend her from the police who want to arrest her...

The video clip is directed by Randa Alam and the album will be available on the 17th of July and will contain 12 songs, among them her 2 songs ‘rohi ya rohi’ and ‘shou akhbarak’ which were released earlier this year.

Photos from Nawal’s new video clip

Nancy Ajram Wedding!

The most famous adorable face in the Arab singing world, is getting married!
She is young, she chooses her songs right, children & grown-ups like her, she is Nancy Ajram!
Lebanese newspaper "Al-Haya" has reported that Nancy has gotten engaged to a guy called Marwan Mu3awad.
Mu3awad is a famous businessman in Lebanon & his uncle owns the famous Jewelry shop "Mu3awad".
It has been said that the engagement ring was made especially for Nancy & shipped from Rome. It is supposed to be the design of famous Spanish designer khousea amindas.
The rumor is that the wedding is scheduled for December.
We wish Nancy all the good luck.

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Sabah & her Daughter

This is a picture of Lebanese singer Sabah & her daughter.
Click the picture to enlarge.

Thanks to Shaza for sharing this picture with us.

Fadel Shaker & Yara Together

On June 21st, the new video clip of Fadel Shaker & Yara's duetto Take Me With You -Khidni Ma3ak- aired on Rotana.
This is Yara's first duetto & Shaker's third after one with Kuwaiti Nawal & another with Egyptian Shireen.
Did you see the clip? What did you think of it & the song?

Damas Took Nancy's Face But Not Her Feet!

We already know that the very prominent jewelers Damas have been so infatuated by Nancy Ajram's face that they chose her for their latest TV commercial. We have seen the ad many times & love Nancy, the cherry & the anklet!
But ... Did you know that the ankle wearing the anklet isn't Nancy Ajram's?
It has been revealed that Nancy posed only for the face screen shots, while another model posed for the foot shot with the anklet!
It seems Damas only accepted Nancy's face & not her feet!

If you haven't seen the Damas Commercial, click on the following link:
Nancy Ajram Damas TV Commercial

Is This Wael Kfoury's Fiancee?

Lots of speculation and rumors were circulating about who is Wael Kfoury fiancee? After Elissa and Haifa Wehbe, Wael Kfoury has been seen with a girl in an opening ceremony of a new Hotel in Lebanon. Although Wael didn’t confirm or deny that she is his fiancee; he spent the whole evening holding her hands. This girl's name is Rema Khoury.

Photos of Wael Kfoury and his fiance

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Haifa Wehbe's Wishes from Dubai

Lebanese bombshell Haifa Wehbe held a party at Dubai's Bustan Rotana Hotel a few days ago, on the occasion of launching Miss Sixty Perfume in The Gulf area.
The party was very successful & an enormous number of people attended it. Haifa sang many songs some of which are hers, and others that are not like Ya Wad Ya Teel & Ya Sity Ya Khitiara.
At the end of the party, Haifa sent out her wishes to everybody & said: I hope none of you ever get a Wawa!

Haifa's Vocal Cords Could Be Damaged

Badi 3eesh, Ana Haifa & Wawa are songs of the Butterfly of Al Wadi, Haifa Wehbe. Well, Emirate newspaper Al Bayan published a report about the Butterfly & it's the strangest story!
They report that Haifa went to her monthly medical check-up as usual, but this time the doctors discovered something that needed a lot of attention.
She had pain in her throat & the pain was continuous & wouldn't stop! So Haifa decided to go abroad, specifically to England, to have her throat checked...

Majda Al Roumi Sues Carole Samaha

Kuwaiti newspaper Al Watan has published a report about Majda Al Roumi suing Carole Samaha!
According to the report, Samaha stole the title of the song I3tazalt El Ghara