Bravo Ahmad Al Sharif

I only have one word for Tunisian singer Ahmad Al Sharif ... Bravo!
I saw his new video clip for his new song "Bady Atir" (I want to fly) today and it really impressed me!
The song is nice, worth listening to and really perfect for Ahmad.
The video clip, which is directed by Emile Slailati, is really cute. It's fresh, fun and totally cool!

I think it's shot in Lebanon, but where is that place? I want to go there!
Ahmad Al Sharif's new album seems to be really hot! What do you think?

Photos from Ahmad Al Sharif New Video Clip 'Bady Atir'

Bahaa Enters Egyptian Cinema!

It seems that Tunisian Star Academy candidate Bahaa El Kafy has decided to make her first steps in the field of acting and will do so through the upcoming Egyptian movie ‘Es’alny ana’ (Ask Me)! Other stars in this movie include Shereef Mekawey, Mena Fadel, Amr Khowershed and Ola Ramy. Bahaa will be playing herself in the movie and will appear as a guest of honor to sing a duet with Shereef and another song by herself.

Amani Swissi on Tour

After the release of her debut album and the success it received, Tunisian Star Academy graduate Amani Swissi is going on tour in several Arab countries like Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon and Algeria.
Amani has been known for her strong voice and her quality singing and may prove that there’s still hope for real singing during this ‘Video Clip’ era!

By Ghada

Najla, A New Insult or Not!?

Remember Tunisian singer Nagla, the singer that first started with an almost erotic video clip for her song ‘Ana Hatlob Idak’?

The latest news about Nagla is sad, her younger brother died recently after suffering for a long time from cancer…

Amani on Rotana TV

These are some photos of Tunisian Star Academy 2 candidate Amani Swissi during an interview with her on Rotana TV on the occasion of launching her first music album.

Photos of Amani on Rotana TV

Latifa… Bel Jaw?

Veteran Tunisian singer Latifa has recently left Paris after completing the filming and production of her upcoming video clip, “Ammenli Bait”. In Beirut, she also just finished filming an episode for an undisclosed Lebanese channel.Latifa will leave Beirut this week to begin a tour in Jordan, Tunisia, and Syria, where she will sing songs from her latest album, “Maaloumat Akideh”. The tour, her first in two years, will be part of the massive promotion Rotana and Latifa have been engaging in for her latest album.

Ahmed El Sherif Going to Court

It seems Star Academy star Ahmed El Sherif’s legal position deteriorated when he didn’t show up at the investigation office as he was ordered to by authorities. This order comes after Ahmed’s manager Mansour Jamal sued him for breaching the contract that they both signed. The contract binds Ahmed to do several concerts in several tunisian cities organized by his manager in 2006 which includes one in Sfax, another in Mounastir and the last in Maqneen.

Saber El Rebai Finishes his Latest Clip!

For all those Saber El Rebai fans out there we have great news: he just finished filming the video clip for ‘Rouh Allah Yehmeek’! This will be the second song Saber films of his latest album ‘Ajmal Nesa El Donya’ which has sold hundreds of copies and has been quite the success. The story of the video clip is quite original it tells the tale of a father, played by Saber, who takes his children out for a stroll and takes care of their studies and buys them musical instruments to nurture the talent inside them!

Tunisian Musician Makes it Big in America

Tunisian musician Nabil Khemir has sealed a deal with an American record company to distribute & sell his latest album 'Oriental & Western Perfume 1' in America.
This came after his participation in the 11th Annual Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA.

A Successful Tour for Ahmad Al-Sharif

Ahmad Al-Sharif's schedule has been extremely busy these days & that's such good news!
Seeing a young star having huge success all over the Arab world is something to be proud of ... Especially after the failures of other 'so-called-stars' like Mohammad Attieh and Sofia Al-Marikh that graduated with Al-Sharif from Star Academy.
In the past month, Al-Sharif held concerts in Syria, Tunisia & Libya ... & will be holding more concerts during March in Jordan & Syria.

Latifa: The New Envy of Rotana Divas?

Stories of envy and jealousy between Rotana divas over the success and special treatment of double World Music Award winner, Elissa, have been entertaining the press throughout 2006. It is evident in every interview conducted with any female Rotana artist, the stock question is always “Are you jealous of Elissa’s massive success?” or “Are you envious of Elissa over her double World Music Award win?” and then of course comes the stock answer: “I am so happy for her, she deserves it, I don’t think she bought it!” Amal Hijazi sugarcoated her answer by saying “she aspired to reach the level of treatment that Elissa receives.” Dina Hayek, on the other hand, said flat out that Elissa got better treatment than everyone else. However, Elissa may have lost her place on the throne of Rotana diva envy… To Tunisian singer Latifa.

Saber El Rebai is the Best Arabic Singer

After the survey made by the Tunisian radio channel Mosaic FM, famous Tunisian singer Saber El Rebai won the title of best Arabic singer. More than 20,000 people participated in this survey and chose Saber as the best singer. Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram came in the second place.

Ahmed Sharif: A Tale of Two Cities

Young Tunisian star Ahmed Al Sharif is probably earning some frequent flier miles since he's been traveling a lot from city to city as his schedule has been fully booked. He just got back from a very successful tour in Australia where he was honored by the Mayor of Sydney himself.

He also held a party in Damascus on the 22nd at the Sheraton Hotel. But Ahmed's real night out will be on the 31st as he will be flying between Abu Dhabi and Dubai performing two concerts on the same night.
He'll be first at the "Shati" hotel in Abu Dhabi for the first few hours then he'll have his private jet ready to take him to Dubai where he'll continue the party there.

Pretty cool huh?

Saber Al Rubai…Conceited!

Famous Tunisian star Saber Al Rubai seems to be of a higher class than everyone else.
He was asked on the "Ma' Hobi" show about Rula Saed’s voice, he said he wished singer Rula Saed had stuck to modeling rather than singing. Poor Rola, come on, he's just kidding...

As for the rumors surrounding him and Sabah singing a duet together, he answered astonished saying: "I can't sing with her, my voice is much stronger."

It seems Saber is too good for anyone, even the Arabic concert for Lebanon "Al Dhamir Al Arabi" isn't good enough for him

Saber Al Rubai Didn’t Buy an Apartment in Egypt

Saber Al Rubai is denying the news about his purchase of an apartment in Egypt last month and that this house was haunted. He said he didn't know where such news came from or why someone would make up something like this in the first place. He said that maybe the reason was an attempt by some of his enemies to divert his fans attention from his up coming album.

Ahmed Al Sharif in Australia

No one would have expected the success that Ahmed Al Sharif would receive from his tour in Australia. Fans, Arab expatriates, press coverage, magazine articles, and even a warm welcome from the Mayor himself were all waiting for him!

As soon as the young Tunisian singer arrived at Sydney international airport, the crowd went wild!

And as for his concerts, well, you can just imagine the attendance. He sang for no less than 3 hours at every time, singing pieces from Tunisian folklore, Dabka, as well as some classics by Warda and Abdel Halim all in addition to his own work from his latest album.

Saber's Surprise

An Egyptian estate agent was surprised to have a visit from non other than Tunisian star Saber Al Rubai asking him to sell his recently purchased luxurious apartment that he bought for $450,000 in the Zamalik area of Cairo. When Saber first bought the house, he was really happy to find some famous actors and actresses living in the same building like Hala Sidqi.

His happiness wasn't meant to last.

Latifa Sings for Charity to Jordan River Foundation

Tunisian singer Latifa had recently held a concert for the benefit of Jordan River Foundation. The event started with the arrival of Jordan’s Queen Rania Al-Abdullah then the Director of the Jordan River Foundation talked about the achievements of the institution and then presented Latifa to the audience.

Latifa first song was Matrohash bead (Don't go away) then she continued singing some of her top hit songs.

Here are some photos of Latifa with the audience during this concert.

Source: [Latifa Online]

Ahmed Al Sherif on 'Ya Leil Ya Ein'

After Nancy Ajram and Amel Hijazi, Tunisian Singer and Star Academy 1 contestant Ahmed Al Sherif was the guest of the 3rd episode of the Lebanese TV Show ‘'Ya Leil Ya Ein'. Ahmed sang 3 of his popular songs: ‘Ben Ennas’, ‘Todana’ and ‘Sidi Saleh’.

The contestants were some of the students of LBC Star Academy 2. The girls’ team contestants were: Salma Algazali from Algeria, Katia Haraka from Lebanon, Amani Al Swissi from Tunisia and Zizi Abdel Al Rahem from Egypt. As for the boy’s team, the contestants were: Bashar Al Ghazawi from Jordan, Ahmed Saleh Al Din from Bahrain, Ahmed Hussein from Kuwait and Samer Thomat from Lebanon.

Some Photos of the 3rd Episode

Saber Rebai Concert Very Successful

Tunisian singer Saber Rebai participated in Carthage Festival & didn’t cancel his concert as previously reported. He also announced that he is going to hold concerts in other countries like Egypt ..!
His concert in Tunis was very successful, the audience exceeded more than 12.000 people who came and enjoyed Saber’s songs like ‘Izat Nafsee’, ‘Alle Gara’, ‘Athhada Elalam’ and ‘Agmal Nesaa Aldonia’.

Saber ended the concert with a song specially dedicated to Lebanon ‘Lebnan Ma Yahtaz’

Saber Al Rebai Sings for Lebanon

After canceling all his concerts this summer, including Carthage, Tunisian singer Saber Al Rebai has finished working on a very serious song entitled Lebnan Ma Yhtaz -Nothing Rocks Lebanon-.
The song is his composition & the lyrics are those of Hatem Al Kizani.
Al Rebai has also signed two contracts for two concerts, one in Egypt & one in Dubai.
While the dates of both concerts are not yet revealed, the profits of the concerts will go to the victims of the vicious attack on Lebanon.

The lyrics of the song are as follows: -in Arabic-

Bahaa Al Kafi & Wa3adni

The shy and coy Star Academy Tunisian student Bahaa Al Kafi, has come out of the shell at last, and has released a single entitled Wa3adni - he promised me - . She has also shot a video clip for this song, and is now broadcasting all over the music channels.
She still looks the same and moves in the same way, which by the way i think she should loosen up a bit more, yet she sings quite well.
Have you seen the video clip, or heard the song?
What do you think?

Ahmad El Sherif - Ben Ennas

Ahmad El Sherif's latest video clip is also the direction of new director Emil Sleilati, who directed the first video clip of the song - Sahran Maak Ellila.
The clip is for the popular song from Ahmad's first album which carries the same title - Ben Ennas.

What do you think of the song, and the video clip ?

Ben Ennas Video Clip Photos

Latifa in Amman

During the last weeks of 2004, Tunisian star-singer Latifa visited the Jordanian capitol Amman as a part of her successful tour in order to participate in the judge committee of the Jordanian Song Festival which was held under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah and Queen Rania.