Dr Phil McGraw, renowned life strategist and best-selling author, has stunned his fans since his show started in September 2002.
He was selected one of the ten most fascinating people on earth because he focuses on people's behavior and helps improve lives.
Robin McGraw, Dr. Phil's wife, is always present among the audience during his shows. They have 2 sons, Jay who is 26 years old and Jordan who is 19.

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Doyle originally studies medicine & became a doctor & that's why you might not recognize his name, but you have to! He's the genius storyteller behind the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes tale, A Study in Scarlet, in 1887.
Over the following 40 years he published 56 short stories and four novels featuring Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson.
The character of Dr. Watson & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have a lot in common: both are medical doctors, both are writers, and both served in the British Army.
Doyle was knighted in 1903 for his services to the crown & died in 1930.

For those who have no idea who Thalia is, here is Thalia's story:
Thalia Ariadna Sodi Miranda was born on August 26th, 1971 in Mexico City, height for about 167 cm and weight of 51 kilos.
She is the youngest of five children. Her family, when she was little, were calling her "Yuya". Her father, Ernesto Sodi, died when she was 5 years old, silencing her for a year. Her first solo album was released in 1990, simply titled "Thalia". Her first telenovela (soap opera) was Pobre Senorita Limatour in 1987, followed by Quinceanera in 1988, Luz y Sombra (Light and Shade) in 1989, Maria Mercedes in 1992 at which she became famous in Middle east and especially in Lebanon though her song Amor a la Mexicana made her a diva, Marimar in 1994, and Maria La Del Barrio in 1996. Her last one is Rosalinda (1999). Her first movie was Mambo café.

Bill Gates who is the owner of Microsoft is the richest man in the whole world for the 12th year in a row; His fortune is 50 billion dollars, Forbes magazine has just published the news. Bill Gates has been known with his extreme modesty. In addition to that, his wife and he are known for the charity work they do all over the world. Warren Buffet comes next in the list with 42 billion dollars...

Saudi Prince Walid Ben Talal has been given the title of Strongest Arab Personality in the World by Arabian Business Magazine this year.
Prince Walid Ben Talal is the fourth richest person in the world. He controls his riches through his position as Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company.
He has investments & shares around the world, in the four continents; Apple Computers, Fairmont Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels, Kingdom Hotels International, George V in Paris, The Plaza in New York, Movenpick, Saks Fifth Avenue, CitiyBank, Disney land Paris, America Online ...

Radwa Ashour an Egyptian writer born in 26-05-1946. She is graduated from the Faculty of Arts, English department, Cairo University. She has an M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Cairo, Egypt and a PHd in Afro American literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Now she is a professor of English literature in Ain Shams University, Egypt.

She has written several books including both fiction and literary studies. Fiction such as:

I just read that Michael Jackson is about to convert to Islam. Rumors say he already did, and has been following the five tenets of Islam. I watched in MBC last week, the new show "Shahrazan" and they played a part of a new song of his. The song contained lyrics in arabic, and it was a pure Islamic song...

From the deserts of Saudi Arabia, comes a thin, tall man. He has a deck of cards in his pocket, and a beautiful wooden stick in his hand. He looks mysterious. But who is he?
He can make cards appear, and disappear. He can make the stick fly and hover around. He can make anything fly actually! even a human! He is Ahmad Al Bayedh.
You might not have heard of him, but he is famous! He is the first Arab, and certainly the first Saudi to enter the realm of magic, or illusion as he insists on calling it!

Osama bin Laden's niece Wafa Bin Laden ( Wafa Dufour ) has taken a huge step that has taken her over the red line!
Her uncle would not be too pleased with her as she appears in the GQ magazine January issue, where she is lying on a bed with rumpled pink silk sheets and lots of pillows, and covered only with pink feathers! She has got big dark eyes, long lashes, plump lips and caramel skin, and she wants to show it all to the world!

She has got guts!

Wafa Bin Laden GQ Magazine Photos

Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and Bono have something in common ; they are all celebrities, they do a world of charity work for africa's poor children and sick people, and they are THE persons of the year according to the famous Time magazine.

Time said the trio were chosen because of “their work in trying to find ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the poverty that kills 8 million people a year.”

Raya Abi Rashid is a young Lebanese TV Presenter on MBC.
You might remember her from Stars and Scoop. She is cool, energetic and is a fresh breeze on MBC.

What do you think of her?

The queen of Jordan, Rania Al Abdullah, was an ordinary young lady with a degree in Business Administration, and who comes from an ordinary family. But fate has put her together with then prince Abdullah the eldest son of Jordan's late King Hussein.
And after the King's death in 1999, she was suddenly Queen!
Since her marriage in 1993, she has become the mother of four beautiful children, and she has shown enormous potential and ability in many fields concerning the benefit of Jordan; environment, health, youth, and human rights, among other things.
The queen of Jordan is young, tall, beautiful, very intellectual, and has proved during the years that she is determined to right the wrongs of her country, and try to help the people to better their lives.

Fate is what we cannot escape, and Syrian Director Mustafa Akkad couldn’t escape his fate.
The man who has worked for years to establish a true image of the true Islam to Hollywood and the world, the man who has made one of the most important works about Islam and the Prophet Mohammad Al Risala & The Message, a genius who has worked for a holy cause all these years; to show the world the true face and identity of Islam, has died a martyr today of injuries in the terrible and horrifying blasts two days ago in Amman.
He has died in the terrorist explosions in Hyatt Amman Hotel and so did his daughter Rima … ironically; these were commited in the name of Islam!

Those are the photos of the real Raya and Sekina, the famous Egyptian criminals of the 20s and whose story is being told in this year's Ramadan series Raya and Sekina where their roles are being played by Egyptian actresses Sumaya El Khashab and Abla Kamel.
The one on the right is Raya and the other is Sekina.

Raya and Sekina series is being broadcasted on MBC 1.

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