Algerian superstar Cheb Mami is to stand trial in France over allegations that he forced a former partner of him to undergo abortion. This case was first talked about in May 2007 when the alleged partner accused Mami of forcing her to have an abortion.

Kathem Al Saher and Carole Samaha kicked off their American tour with a concert in Chicago and a humanitarian call!
The two stars called on their audience to donate some much needed money to children cancer centers to insure good services and care for those sick children.
At the concert, there were representatives of St. Jude medical center, which is a well known center that provides medical care for children with cancer.

Al Saher and Samaha also held concerts in Las Vegas and San Fransisco.

Photos from Kathem and Carole USA Concert

Have you seen Hussein Al Jasmi lately? He's still the same guy with that unique voice, but he's lost 60 kilos of his weight!

LBC Star Academy 2 graduate, Bashar Al Qaissi has finally released his debut album.
It has taken him a couple of years of hard work to work on, record and produce this album, which is entitled 'Behonak'.
The event and press conference took place in Beirut under the supervision of Platinum Records, which is an MBC related recording company.

Photos of Bashar in Beirut signing his new album

She got a new nose, and with it –apparently- came a new sassy attitude! Asala recently appeared on a show where she seemed like she was just on the attack, dicing Amr Diab and Nancy Ajram! Asala plainly accused Nancy of buying her ‘Music Award’ because she claims that if the likes of Kathem El Saher didn’t get it then there must be foul play! Funny thing is we, all know that Asala had her eyes on that ‘Music Award’ so could professional jealousy have anything to do with this accusation?!

MBC recently welcomed Gokhan Tepe (Iyad) and Aydan Kaya (Shaheera) on the show Kalam Nawaem. It was a very interesting episode, both Gokhan and Aydan are singers and have their own albums. Aydan sang "Law Ta3rafo" for Elissa but in Turkish! It was very nice, and she said that she loved the song so she decided to sing it in Turkish and have it in her album, she also spoke about her relationship with Kivanc (Mohannad from Noor) and said that she and Kivanc were friends ever since school days and still meet with each other and stay in touch.

Photos of Iyad and Shaheera on Kalam Nawaem

Remember Michael Jackson's famous song "We are the world" ... We are the world ... We are the children ... We are the ones who make a brighter day...; Well after 24 years, Syrian singer Rouwaida Attieh is coming back with a new song and new video clip that has the same idea but with a slight difference; it's in Arabic and it's not written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, but by Salim Assaf.

From the first photos of Rouwaida's new video, it seems nice and worth watching especially with the 200 children that participated in this music video symbolizing a new generation that says NO to war and discrimination.

It is extremely common for TV presenters to ask ‘seasoned’ singers what they think of the potential and voices of others who are currently trying to make it in the world of Arab music! So it was no surprise when Nishan as part of the show ‘Taratata’ asked singer Asala this very question, her answer however surprised many!

Algerian singer Cheb Khaled recently joined fellow Algerian artists in a march against the horrific events in Gaza after which he declared that he is ready to pick up a weapon and fight for Palestine.

These are photos of Fulla with with Jumana Bou Eid on Rotana's TV program Kalimat Fasl.

These are photos and videos of Sofia Al Marikh during the third episode of the famous TV show Taratata on its 3rd season on Dubai TV.
Sofia sang with Lebanese singer George Al Rassi and also sang one of her new songs 'Isaalnee ana' or 'Ask me' during the show.

Photos of Sofia on Taratata [During the show and backstage]

Video of Sofia on Taratata - part 1
Video of Sofia on Taratata - part 2
Backstage with Sofia on Taratata

The guest of the next episode of Taratata will be the famous Warda.

Thanks to Christelle for the photos and also for the videos :)

Yesterday night i was zapping through the hundreds of Satellite channels on TV and came across a song on one of the Arabic Music channels that caught my attention.
The song made me stop changing the channel becasue it sounded to me like another one of those standard Arabic, Yuri Marqadi songs! Yet, it wasn't Yuri singing! The song is entitled 'Laki Qalbi'. Watch the music video here.
After a couple of minutes, the credits rolled and the name 'Douzi' came up!

We're following up the story of George Wassouf and his being arrested in Sweden for possession of Cocaine.
As you may have already heard, Wassouf got released from jail and has arrived yesterday in Beirut, where hoards of journalists and fans were at his welcome at the airport.
So, what does Wassouf say about this incident?
Wassouf tells the media that he is innocent and must have been framed.
He suspects who ever did this, wanted to stop the Stockholm concert from happening (which it did).
He also said that the Syrian ambassador stood by him in this ordeal and helped in releasing him.

A couple of our friends have sent us some breaking news over this past week-end concerning Syrian singer George Wassouf.
Wassouf was in Sweden to hold a much awaited concert in Stockholm, where thousands of his fans from around Europe flied in to see him perform.
Unfortunately and to the surprise of his fans, the concert was canceled and the fans were left standing and waiting for nothing all night!
The question is: Why was the concert canceled?
Well, Wassouf was arrested by the Swedish police and dragged out of his Sheraton suite to the slammer after being caught with 30 grams of cocaine!
Yes, believe it! This ain't no rumor!