Moroccan singer Hasna was honored in a ceremony held in Tunisia lately for being considered the best North African singer (Al Al Maghreb Al Arabi) on the scene today!

The event, which was entitled 'Lailat Al Nujoum Al Arabia', was held by 'Akhbar Al Jumhouria' newspaper.

Alongside Hansa, other stars from both the music and the acting business were honored.

Here are some photos of Hasna during the ceremony

I have only one question: How much photoshopping is too much?!
Check out this new photos of Kuwaiti singer and composer Abdel Qader Hadhud, which was released to coincide with the release of his newest single 'Ya Gaw 3eina'.
Is this the same dude?! Or is this the 2009 New & Improved version?! You tell me!
Here's a photo of him without editing: after the jump ... JUMP!

Moroccan singer Hasna, has been away from the spotlights for some time now, after her separation from both her husband and Rotana.
Hasna is back on her feet now and she's working on a new single entitled 'Rafik'.
The song will be in her mother tongue, the Moroccan dialect, and will be shot as a music video soon after Eid El Fitr.

After Mohannad became the star of Rula Saad's music video and Asmar became the star of Diana Karazon's music video, Jawad Al Ali wants Turkish actress Songul Oden, aka Noor, to be the star of his latest music video.

Syrian singer/ actress Nora Rahhal has been a busy bee!
She's been working on two projects; her new album and a movie about Princess Diana.

Moroccan singer Abdul Fattah Greini made a huge buzz with his debut album 'Ya Khsartak Fi Allaiali' which gained lots of success.
Now the singer has released his second album '3aiesh 7ayatu' which contains 12 songs of varied styles.

Are you familiar with Abdul Fattah Greini?
What do you think of him?
Is he different from other new singers on the music scene?

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!