Exclusive - Ruby revealed the secrets behind the failure of a duet clip she was supposed to perform with Lebanese singer Maria under the direction of director Sharif Sabri. She explained this was due to the remarks made by Maria when commenting on (bold) and (Daring) stars in one of the programs saying that people are always critical of Lebanese singers and not with the Egyptians, although they present bolder and more daring performances mentioning the name of Ruby in her conversation. In response, Ruby cancelled the duet with Maria and blocked any relationship with her.


Ruby also denied opposing her sister Cookie's decision to join show business and confirmed that her sister had the complete freedom to do as she pleased and that she had no right to object to the choices adding that she does not interfere in her sister's life at all.



On the other hand, Ruby is selecting the songs of her new album as she is holding extensive work sessions with a number of poets and composers. She also intends to release a single shortly before the album. She will also participate in the movie (the Longing) or (Al-Shawq), written by Sayed Ragab, produced and directed by Khalid Hajjar and co-starred by Basma and Basem Samra.


The movie discusses the issue of slums and what happens among young people as a result of emotional and physical distress and marriage delay, which eventually leads to the increase of sexual harassment and rape. Ruby was also nominated to participate in the film (Dear Professor Ihsan), or (Azizy Al Ostaz Ehsan) written by Wesam Suleiman and directed by Mohammed Khan .

Exclusive - Seems that the inability of Mai Ezz El-Din to co-star with the singer Tamer Hosni his new film (The Light of My Eyes) or (Nour Oyouny,)0 because she is busy filming her next Ramadan drama series (The Case of Safiya) or (Qadeyet Safia) has sparked a fire and a fierce struggle between Zeina and Menna Shalabi after the competition to co-star alongside Tamer Hosni came down to the both of them.



Zeina was the closest to win the role since she was nominated as second candidate after Mai Ezz Eldin until producerMohamed Al Sobky turned the table around by sending the screenplay to Menna Shalabi who expressed her initial willingness to play the role. This choice was welcomed by the film's director Wael Ehsan, however the final say remains for Tamer Hosni himself as the star of the Movie a fact that will cause the current crisis to extend even further in the midst of the journey to find the heroine of the film. Shooting is scheduled to begin in mid-February to prepare the movie for screening during the summer season.

All efforts made by music videos' directors to convince Cherine and Nancy Ajram to make their daughters appear with them went down the drain.


Speculations and hearsays were spread into the music arena lately that a bunch of “mom” singers will be having their children appearing with them in their music videos as Amr Diab, Shaimaa Said, and Hisham Abbas did in their latest music videos.



Rumors nominated Cherine, Nancy Ajram, Amal Hijazi, and Dominique Hourani as the next artists on the list to do so.


Nancy Ajram declared that she refuses to get pictures of her baby Mila taken by the press, let alone allowing to include her in any music videos.

Hussein Al-Jasmi has denied rumors about him having troubles with his producing company Rotana, saying that they were behind his success and that he's friends with Prince Al-Walid ibn Talal and Salem Al-Hindi, adding that he just asked for a raise and they granted his wish.


Al-Jasmi confirmed his pride of his Khaliji (Gulf) origins and its dialect, adding that he also adores the Egyptian dialect that has its own beauty and taste which proves the success of his hit songs such as “BahebbekWahashtini” (I Love You..I Miss You) and ”6 Essobh” (6 A.M).



The star also pointed out that he regained his balance after his gastric bypass operation he underwent and which resulted in him losing 50 kilos, asserting that he's on a special diet and that he exercises regularly.


On the other hand, Al-Jasmi expressed his surprise with the rumor concerning that his weight loss has affected his singing abilities saying that his latest album was the solid proof of the total opposite.

CherineWagdy's preparing to shoot the music video of her latest song “Qoulo lelli Waheshni” (Tell the One I Miss) written by Ayman Bahgat Qamar, composed by Mohamed Yahia, and arranged by Tareq Madkour.


On another level, Cherine is currently dividing her time between Egypt where her sick daughter is, and London, where her husband Ihab Talaat is currently residing.


The Egyptian singer have had a hard time in the past three years concerning her husband during which she had to postpone all her artistic projects in order to stand by her husband.


Nevertheless, Cherine affirmed that she'll be making her comeback in the music arena, confirming that her relationship with her producing company Rotana is good and that all that's been said about her feuds with it is merely rumors.


The star also denied all allegations of her bad mouthing Nancy Ajram, and she added that she affirmed Nancy's status as a famous superstar, however she's not the number 1 in the music arena as there's a lot of competitions out there.

Out of the blue, Menna Fadaly has announced her musical debut by releasing an album confirming that singing runs in her blood! She also released a song titled “Masreya Ana” (Egyptian I Am) that's been received very badly, and got harsh criticism from all critics and journalists who asked the young starlet to stick to acting and forget about singing.


Despite all that, Menna declared she won't be changing her mind about singing especially that her fiancée composer Mohamed Diaa who's been the first to encourage her to sing, is completely sure of her singing abilities; but differences found their way between the two of them after his decision to cancel the idea of her album which ultimately led to their own breakup.



Menna completely refused to comment on why Diaa has made such a decision and the consequences of that decision leading to their romantic as well as artistic split; all at the same time as he's searching for a new voice to record the songs that Menna already previously recorded.


Mohamed Diaa is famous for his multiple marriages from the artistic field, as he's been married once to AmalMaher, Jannat, and Assala’s sister

Dolly Chahine is back resuming her work after finishing spending her honeymoon on a Greek island, as she's preparing to shoot the music video of her latest song which she claims would be one of a kind.





She's also getting ready for her role in the sitcom (Sherif w Nos) starring Sherif Ramzy, Sawsan Badr, and Samir Ghanem who will be guest starring. The sitcom's written by Sherif Shaaban and directed by Yahia Momtaz; it deals with the unemployment issues as well as the miscommunication between parents and their children.


Chahine is also to star in a movie and a TV series written by her husband, in addition to her preparations of her new album which will include songs in Egyptian, Lebanese, and Gulf dialects, in addition to one in French.

Rumor has it that Samira Said might be back to her former production company “Alam Al-Fann” owned by Mohsen Gaber after her 5 year contract has ended despite her anger towards the poor advertisements allocated to her albums. SamiraSaid’s diplomacy and calmness has helped

maintaining her relationship with Mohsen Gaber despite her disagreement with his company's attitude towards her history; and although she had had many huge offers, she still puts her history above any materialistic aspects. It’s safe to say that Samira’s refusal of the musical giant Rotana’s offer is behind the rumor of her getting bacl to Alam Al-Fann.

The last couple of days' gossips all revolved around HaifaWehbe’s frequent visits to Al-Hussein mosque.


And despite the fact that she's keen to keep her visits in discretion, it appears that some of her close friends have mistakenly disclosed this secret.



Her frequent visits to Al-Hussein mosque in particular is hugely referred to her Shiite roots, as she belongs to the Wehbe family which follows strong Shiite doctrines and beliefs, despite the fact that she's married to a Sunni husband.

The Lebanese diva Nancy Ajram has denied all rumors concerning her split from her manager Gigi Lamara confirming that she got bored of having to deny this reoccurring hearsay every now and then.



Nancy declared that the reason behind her recent absence is the sickness of her baby daughter Milla, whom she stayed with until she got better; the super star also added that she thinks that Elissa's album is great and that she's a fan herself, she then said that her next album will be released by summer and that it will include songs in Lebanese and Egyptian dialects.


The singing sensation said that she's still dreaming of making a musical movie but she's still waiting for the perfect project; she also revealed her friends from the artistic field Cherine, Wael Kfoury, Hussein Al-Jasmy, and Ragheb Allama.

A state of deep sadness has gotten to Hani Shaker after a weekly magazine has published that he was being negligent to his daughter illness, and that he left her in the middle of her health crisis in order to pursue his concerts' performances

The superstar seriously considered pressing charges against the magazine then refrained because he wanted to get over the whole subject and forget all about the misfortunes he went through during 2009 which witnessed his mother's death and his daughter Dina's illness which required her travelling to France to seek professional health care against the rare virus she got by mid 2009.


Dina’s health is getting better now, but Shaker's still not in a good psychological condition that he canceled a number of his concerts.

A young man living in a poor area, supporting his mother and 4 siblings and faces many problems in his life journey, as well as the troubles the youth of today are subject to such as unemployment and financial difficulties, adding to that, his problems with his love. Yet, he's capable of keeping his smile and remains optimistic.



This is a brief of the new TV (Kan Yom Hobbak) (The Day I Fell for You) written by Tamer Abdel Moneim, starring Mohamed Fouad, and scheduled for shooting in the next few days. HaithamShaker's supposed to join the cast, as well as a female singer whose name is however unknown.


On the other hand, Fouad's latest album’s is yet to be published, it's titled (Khabbini) (Hide Me) and it includes 8 tracks through which, he collaborated with a group of composers and lyricists such as Amir Taeima, Rami Gamal, and Walid Saad.

A state of fury and rage has hit TamerHosny's fans in the last period after the announcement of the Best Male Vocal of 2009's title went to Amr Diab in most of the famous polls.



Hosny’s fans expressed their anger saying that there must have been a foul play in the results of the polls in order to please Amr Diab.


The latest polls which announced the same result was Dear Guest's magazine which organizes its poll yearly through the internet. Diab also won this title through the polls made by “Nile Life” channel, as well as “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat” “The Middle East” radio channel.

The Lebanese superstar Magda Al-Roumy postponed the release of her latest album till summer, due to her busy schedule and artistic commitments, saying that the postponement isn’t because of any financial problems, but out of her desire to make it the best way possible.

Magda's album includes the song “Al-Daqayee' Btetghayar” (Minutes Change) written by Nezar Francis and composed by Melhem Barakat; this album also witnesses Magda and KazemAl-Saher's artistic comeback as it's supposed to include a song composed by this latter.




Magda Al-Roumy's last album was titled “E'atazalt Al-Gharam” (I Resigned from Love) produced by Good News, from which she picked 2 songs to shoot and be released as music videos, the first “E'atazalt Al-Gharam” under the direction of Nadine Labaki, and the second “Al-Hob wal Wafaa’” directed by Said Al-Marouq.

Which came as some surprise, bloggers and fan pages of the singing sensation Cherine, all declared their refusal of this latter performing on stage while pregnant.



In their comments, the fans stated that her pregnant chubby look has affected her image while performing as most of them said it ruined their diva's perfect portraiture which she possessed before pregnancy.


They also asked their dear star to decline any stage performances in this period, and until she gives birth and regain her figure

Rotana has recently released Elissa's much anticipated album “Tesaddaa' b Min” (You Know What) which includes 13 tracks in Egyptian and Lebanese dialects.



The Lebanese diva collaborated with a group of great lyricist and composers in her album, and the list includes the gentle Marwan Khoury who wrote and composed three of the album's tracks, and the veteran Elias Rahbany who wrote and composed “Law Fiyyi” (If I Could), as well as composer Walid Saad and lyricist Nader Abdalla, composer Mohamed Rahim, lyricist Siham Al-Shaashaa', lyricist Fares Iskander, composer Selim Salama, and composer Tamer Ali.

Lebanese bombshell Dolly Shahine denied the rumor of her being pregnant, as the hearsay has spread after she appeared in a TV interview wearing a loose fluffy dress, opposite to her normal tight style in fashion.



Dolly declared that in case of her pregnancy she'll spread the word herself, only this time it's just a rumor, and despite her discretion about her personal life, she confirmed her ultimate happiness with her husband Bakhos Elwan who used to be her manager whom she wed lately in Beirut in a small party restricted only to the family and relatives, afterwards she and her groom left for their honeymoon on a Greek island.

The Lebanese veteran diva Sabah has revealed her conditions in order to accept making her televised biography intended to be written by Ayman Salama and produced by Sadeq Al-Sabbah as she affirmed she doesn't want it to deal with her daughter –except until a certain age- and that it wouldn't be criticizing her family, as well as mot mentioning her former husbands' names.



Sabah has met with Ayman Salama and talked to him extensively about her life, and how her daughter Howaida has been kidnapped from her, and how she was deprived from seeing her son, as well as the story of the Egyptian nationality she was granted from late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and how she eventually gave it up due to the bureaucracy she went through while traveling to Lebanon.


Sabah has been talking much about death with her close friends and even in interviews, and she said that her son Sabah has been calling her everyday because he feels that her time is approaching; she then added that she doesn't fear death as she led a long happy life, asserting that she believes in God, and doesn't regret anything except having failed marriages, and that she’s always praying god to forgive her mistakes.

The Lebanese diva Haifa Wehbe has raised her wage to $70.000 to perform in any new year's or Christmas' concerts, which is a sum $10.000 higher than the sum she used to get in her latest shows.


Haifa –as confirmed by Maitres Ds- wanted and had promised to keep her previous wage after recession but then had raised it again after finding that many divas have done so like Elissa, Nancy Ajram, Diana Haddad, Madeleine Mattar, and Marwa by 15-25% and that they even have signed contracts after raising their wages.

After the surprising withdrawal of director Sherif Arafa and scriptwriter Amr Samir Atef from the pre-production of a TV serial to star Amr Diab and to be scheduled for the season of Ramadan, the production company, Good News Group, declined to comment.


The project was over-hyped in the media on the basis that it would make Diab's comeback to the small screen following a 20-year gap.



Now it might be at stake if the producers really want to be there next Ramadan,The word went that Diab's hesitance over the plot could be the reason why Arafa and Atef have quitted, having other projects to worry about.

Cherine's condition is stable but she remains under medical supervision, after she was suspected of having contracted the swine flu while in Emirates for the national day festivities there, and her performance subsequently was called off.


The Egyptian megastar was rehearsing when she presented with exhaustion and fever, and was immediately admitted to the intensive care


One unexpected outcome of Cherine's flu was that her second pregnancy, which she remained secretive about, is now confirmed, as doctors explained that the concurrency was the reason why she needed a special care.

Tamer Hosni picked May Ezzeddin for the female lead in his forthcoming movie, to be directed by Wael Ihsan. The movie (still untitled) is due next summer, to mark one year since Hosni’s latest musical romantic comedy, Omar and Salma II, a box-office hit (with over 20 million EGP in revenues) also co-starring Ezzeddin.



Before the announcement, Sulaf Fawakherji told reporters she took the role.


Earlier, Hosni dismissed rumors that he played a role in ending the engagement relationship between Ezzeddin and the popular footballer Mohamed Zidan.

Dominique Hourani defended her husband, Ali Reda al Mashi, a businessman of Iranian descent, who was reportedly detained in Austria for carrying $300m in fake banknotes.


Rumors have it that al Mashi has connections to a foreign intelligence apparatus, is involved in money laundry and trading chemical weapons.



The Lebanese entertainer dismissed the rumors, calling them (nasty), claiming that her husband’s rivals and haters are behind them.


Hourani, who is currently on a visit to Egypt for a private screening of her debut movie, El Beih El Romanci (Mr. Romantic), emphasized that her husband is calling her frequently, which would disprove news of detention.

An episode of Akher Man Ya’lam (Last to Know) turned emotional as the guest, Nancy Ajram (who is naturally all smiles), teared until she almost wept.


On the show, hosted by the singer Arwa, who hails from the Arabian Gulf, the Lebanese sensation talked about her playful childhood.


A highlight was a personal video screened exclusively for the first time, showing a younger Ajram giving driving lessons to a relative when she was hardly at all driving,Ajram cried when her ex-percussionist made a surprise appearance. He had quitted altogether due to medical reasons.



At one point, Ajram dismissed rumors that her last year’s World Music Award was (bought), saying she’d have bought long time ago if that was the case.


Speaking of her single Ana Masri (I’m Egyptian), Ajram said it was like returning the favor to the country that served as a gate for her stardom, adding that it wouldn’t conflict with her being a proud Lebanese.


Ajram told Arwa that Simon Asmar, a famous and influential talent discoverer in her country, asked her in her beginnings to return when she grows up, unconvinced by her voice.


She closed the program by proclaiming she might quit entertainment at 50, when she is likely to be grandmother, saying she will then prefer to be dedicated to family life.

A record company based in Egypt resolved to put all its deals with Algerian artists on hold, and boycott Algerian businesses altogether. The boycott will also affect any individual professional from the country.



Producer Richard Hajj, Chairman of Pyramida, said the move is in solidarity with Egypt which sustained an unprecedented act of hooliganism in Sudan at the hands of Algerian fans, which he described as (horrendous), calling Algerians (a barbarian people).


It was not clear if any Algerian artists are currently signed to Pyramida.

World Music Awards (WMA) 2009 is pending, it won't be coming before 2010. There was no official statement and reasons are unknown,The WMA didn’t name another date for the event.


WMA 2009 was supposed to take place in Monaco and open with Beyoncé who'd give a tribute to Michael Jackson, the pop icon who passed away prematurely and tragically this year,There is already talk of the event ending up cancelled.


It's no secret the WMA has been under harsh criticism and questioning from music megastars,The annual WMA even proved divisive amongst artists signed to record companies like Rotana.



After Nancy Ajram won last year, Salem al Hindi, president of Rotana, decided not to apply for the awards.


Most recently, Cherine said on Egyptian TV's El Beit Beitak she was asked to pay $300,000 if she was to win, and that she’d rather pay such a sum for building a mosque.


Rotana artists can still apply individually, but without a green light from the record company it will be a risk,Tamer Hosni, signed to Alam al Phan, remains a reasonable candidate.


Mohsen Gaber of Alam al Phan had said he maintains strong relations with the WMA, and that he even once played a role in giving the award to Samira Said instead of Warda.


In case Rotana retracts from withdrawal, Amr Diab will have the best odds with his top-selling album.

Samira Said is busy preparing for her next album, but the label remains undecided after she decline to renew contract with Alam el Phan.


The Moroccan leading singer's latest album, Ayyam Hayati (Days of My Life), faced many obstacles. This, and fees below what she expects are behind her split with the record company.



There was one video from the album for Hobb May'oud Menno (Hopeless Love),A new single is underway, it seems, as Said is meeting with lyricist Ayman Bahgat Qamar and arranger Tareq Madkour. It will be a self-funded project, including the video. This may extend to the entire album if she finds a good distributor.


A duet to bring Said and Cherine together is yet to be hatched,Cherine has reportedly turned down a duet with cheb Faudel.


Said is making no secret of her Grammy dreams. But said a wannabe Grammy winner must be present in the Western music scene.


The album may include a song written by late composer Kamal el Tawil and legendary poet-lyricist Abdel Rahman el Abnoudi.

As supporters of Egyptian and Algerian football national teams scramble for a much-anticipated World Cup qualifier on Saturday, a different yet relevant historical game will play out among two of the most accomplished Arab singers since 1980s.


In an attempt to diffuse the two-decade tension between Egyptian and Algerian football supporters, traced back to hooliganism as well as footballers’ violence in late 1980s, the Egyptian and Algerian singers Mohamed Mounir and Cheb Khaled, dubbed (King) and (King of Rai), respectively, will sing side by side onstage in Cairo, two days ahead of the game for which Egyptians keep their fingers crossed.


In case Egypt wins, it'll make World Cup only for the third time in its history. It had made it in 1934 and 1990,Interestingly, the two singers, whose contributions to the Arab music cannot be overestimated, did not rehearse together.


In what will be, as Mounir described, a fusion of Nubian and rai music, which he believes have many affinities with each other, improvisation will set the mood of the concert.


Rai music developed over a century from Algerian shaabi and Kabyle and Berber folk music and took its present-day shape with influences from jazz and other Western genres in 1980s and 1990s, thanks to chebs (youth) spearheaded by Khaled.


In the same era, Mounir was at heart of what came to be known as jeel (generation) music, with a particular emphasis on his native Nubian pentatonic music, but creating a sound and a whole subgenre never known before also integrating jazz, rock, folk, shaabi and pop.
Rich in political and untraditional themes, songs of both had a huge impact on younger Arab generations.


Speaking to reporters, Mounir said football won't ruin a history of comradeship between the two countries. The bitter and bloody Algerian people's independence in 1950s was also the battle of newly independent Egypt. He also hinted at Algerian solidarity during the 1973 war.


But Mounir added that when he approached Khaled, he didn’t consider the timing. It was all by chance,This is the second time Khaled performs in Egypt. The first time was in late 1999s.


On his part, Khaled said his is a peace-loving people, and both people are likely to come together by music.


Khaled, who won't be able to attend the game at Cairo Stadium due, to his engagement with a benefit concert in Las Vegas, said jokingly he'll watch it on TV in a (non-aligned country).

Arab Music Festival (AMF) closed on Sunday, 8 Nov, in Cairo despite a row with Lyricists and Composers Associations (LCA) that threatened its very existence this year,The row proved divisive inside the professional community of musicians.


The two adversaries spearheading the battle were musician Mohamed Sultan, head of LCA, and music academic Ratiba Hefni, chairman of AMF,Sultan claimed the AMF committed an infringement of rights by not paying for live performances of copyrighted material registered with his association.


He sent Hefni a strongly-worded letter demanding the suspension of the event until a financial settlement is reached, and warned that he'd stop the media from covering the AMF 2009.





Agitated, Hefni told the media the move was a publicity stunt, affirming and that (not even a dozen people like Sultan can stop the festival.) She subsequently asked the lawyers at Cairo Opera House (COH), owners of the annual event, to respond and directly formally to Sultan as they see fit.


But Hefni went as far as deciding to deny Sultan physical access to the AMF. She even vowed to bring a swath of fresh measures against his person,Covers of oldies from the repertoire of canonical Egyptian songs are at the heart of the row.


However, Hefni explained that in her capacity as President of COH, she had discussed the matter 18 years ago, as she founded the festival, with the late head of LCA, Mahmoud Lotfi, who succeeded legendary musician-singer Mohamed Abdel Wahhab and influential conductor Ahmed Fouad Hassan, who had passed away the time.


According to her, it was agreed that the low-budget event constitutes a cultural service – though it was not clear if it is a non-profit activity – and cannot afford the permission fees required. No formal exemption was mentioned, though.


Sulran is an AMF (groundwork committee member) and hence, according to Hefni, has no reason to raise the issue,Defiant, Sultan called on current president of COH, Abdel Meneim Kamel, to convene with him on calculating the due fees and adjust them to the concert revenues at a good discount, in consideration of its artistic value.


Saying he's keen on securing pensions and benefits for the association members, Sultan said he won't compromise their rights, and would sue channels and radio stations that fail to pay them.

The leading role in a new TV biopic on Sabah is not yet cast instead of the production being scheduled to start in the few weeks to come.


The serial is planned to show on TVs next Ramadan, the Islamic holy month and a high time for TV entertainment in the Arab world,Rola Saad, a name that was suggested earlier, was officially ruled out by the production company, instead of Saad’s affirmations that she obtained Sabah’s consent, being the closest active artist to the Lebanese diva.



Sabah has reportedly nodded to the makers of the serial, which is understood to detail her adult life spanning 5 decades until 1980s, 9 or 11 marriages and relationships with politicians, public figures and entertainers, mainly in Lebanon and Egypt.


Dubbed El Shahroura (Arabic for female blackbird, a songbird), Sabah gave the scriptwriter a full access to her personal archive administered by her niece Claude Akel, allegedly including things never before revealed.


Sabah, known for her exceptional, controversial and outspoken statements on her past sexual life, said celebrities are no angels, and their biographies should be faked by censoring controversial aspects of their lives.



Young artists Meriam Faris, Madeline Mattar, Razan Maghrabi and Marwa were among those who spoke publicly of their interest in playing the role.

Amr Mostafa posted an announcement online of a competition-like process to select lyrics for his forthcoming album.


The Egyptian singer-musician called for lyricists to send him lyrics, with their CVs enclosed, provided that the lyrics are registered with the official rights registrations department.



The posts were made both on his official website and official Facebook group,Mostafa was back recently from Spain where he recorded new stuff,The new album is scheduled for release next summer.

As her contract with Rotana is formally terminated, Latifa is now signed to Platinum Records for 3 years, boosting the record company’s catalogue,The signature ceremony was conducted at an MBC Group building in Dubai.


Under the new label, Latifa's upcoming Athadda (I Challenge), a 14-track album will be released in Eid, a high time that amounts to a race in entertainment market.



The lyrics are all in Arabian Gulf dialect. Latifa explained this by a feeling that she owes her Arabian fans such an album,Latifa’s latest, under Rotana, was Fil Kam Yom Elli Fato (In the Recent Few Days, summer 2008).


Latifa adds to a list of about 60 artists who quitted Rotana, reportedly to no resistance from the latter, which some are ascribing to an alleged economic crunch inside the business.

Hamza Namera is dutifully abstaining from romantic love songs,But the reason is not religious as often is the case. The Arabic music scene is becoming maddeningly an exclusive area for all-love songs, he believes, as though nothing else is there to talk about.


The young Egyptian up-and-coming indie/alternative musician-singer describes his themes as basically (social and human).



Namera shared the views behind his music at a press conference following the closing ceremony concert he gave at the Alexandria International Arts Festival,1800 spectators attended, and 200 were barred after tickets were sold out.


Namera's music is oriental-tuned with elements from reggae, Latin American and soft rock music,The set-list included 17 numbers.

Gawaher said she wishes she can do an album in Sudanese dialect, but claims the project wouldn't hatch due to what she called (the market barrier),But she promised to include a Sudanese single in her forthcoming album.


A self-proclaimed Sudanese Nubian, though many question it, Gawaher is known for singles like Hamada, Telephonak and ‘al Corniche.



Gawaher said she is a decent Sudanese girl, particularly because she doesn't perform in night clubs.


Andi and Albi el Henayyen, two tracks from Gawaher's latest album, also came in video format,She recently recorded a single, Mido, soon to be filmed according to her.

Ehab Tawfik will stick to his tradition on 14 Nov; he'll be leading the supporters of the Egyptian National Football Team in its life-or-death match against Algeria.



A devoted supporter of Al Ahli club, the Egyptian leading pop singer said he bought many tickets so that his friends can accompany him to Cairo Stadium on the much-anticipated day,The winner will be qualified to World Cup 2010,Egypt didn't make it to the once-in-4-years competition except twice, in 1934 and 1990.


Tawfik called for Egyptians to trek to the Stadium and pray for the hopefully triumphant team.

Karol Sakr will sing in a benefit concert at Beirut’s Music Hall, marking the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, on 15 Nov.


The event is organized by Kun Hadi (Arabic for be calm), a road safety awareness association, and will be attended by some families of the Lebanese who lost their lives in car accidents.


The Lebanese singer will be also featured along with Iraqi Reda al Abdallah at Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club, in Emirates, in a concert to celebrate the inauguration of Sheikh Zayed Polo Field, on 13 Nov.



The daughter of the Lebanese exiled politician Etienne Sakr, founder of the far-right Guardians of the Cedars, received an invitation from Syria’s Medina Fm Radio, to honor her on 19 Nov.


The 90-minute ceremony, to be aired live, will be covered by 30 media outlets,Sakr is holding sessions with her compatriot, fashion designer Nicolas Gebran, preparing for a second video from her latest album KS2009, which will feature costumes by Gebran

Angham is overwhelmed by fear of swine flu reaching her sons, two schoolchildren.
Outbreaks have already shut down few schools in Cairo.


The Egyptian leading female singer is frequenting the school enrolling Omar and Abderrahman, checking firsthand the hygiene and sanitation of facilities, and the protective measures taken.



However, Angham said she wouldn't bar them from going to school as long as it's open.
Mass vaccination didn't begin yet in Egypt. Pilgrims and health workers top the country's official priorities. But Angham argues that it should be children for their (weak immunity).

Elissa is set for an album release by this year-end.


The 10-track album, Mesh Fakraak (I'm Not Remembering You) contains Egyptian and Lebanese dialect lyrics.



The Lebanese leading female singer's latest was 2007 Ayyami Beek (My Days with You Around), under Rotana label, of which two songs came also in video format, Betmoun and Awakher Esh-Sheta (Towards the End of Winter).

Ghenwa, Angham's sister, is accused of robbing her father's apartment,Musician Mohamed Ali Soliman has a history of feuds and rapture with Angham, the Egyptian leading female singer.


Ghenwa was escorted by police to the police station where she denied the charges,Soliman, according to Ghenwa, refrained from financially supporting her, along with her divorced mother and handicapped brother, so as to pressure her not to start a professional career in entertainment.



Ghenwa, brother and mother broke into the apartment, which she says is their property.
Ghenwa said they are defiant and wouldn’t be scared by father.


Angham wouldn't interfere, she added, resentfully, explaining that her elder sister stands in her way, despite two self-proclaimed (successful) singles,Ghenwa is a student at Cairo Conservatoire.

The newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Nancy Ajram, said it will be hard to strike a balance while juggling between showbiz, motherhood and the UN body responsibilities.


The Lebanese megastar vowed to harness her art, voice and time for the poor, at a press conference hosted by UNICEF's Middle East bureau,Asked if she’d OK Mila, her baby girl, to work in entertainment, at an early age, she said she wouldn't.



Ajram reaffirmed that being a Goodwill Ambassador was a dream come true, and the highlight of her entire lifetime, adding that she hopes she can contribute to tackle issues faced by mothers and children, and the triad of poverty, illiteracy and disease haunting the Middle East.

Ramy Ayach is founding a restaurant chain in Morocco, where he’s also starting a talent agency for the country’s homegrown would-be entertainers,The Lebanese singer maintains good relations with the Moroccan royalty.


Ayach said he had to re-shoot a video featuring the Egyptian legendary shaabi singer, Ahmad Adawiya, because of technical goofs in the original version.


Recently signed to Melody, due to his reluctance to what he calls monopoly in other record companies, Ayash nevertheless is not willing to fund his own albums, which he says would distract him from his artistic job.


Though advised by his manager against a movie debut at the present time, Ayach said the step will come on time.

Majida el Roumi praised the Secretary General of Hezballah, Hassan Nasrallah, crediting him with expelling the Zionist state twice from South Lebanon.


The Lebanese diva, a Maronite, addressed the Shiite leader and called on him to turn to domestic affairs and help Lebanese people come together to promote their country,El Roumi will have her new album released by year-end, under the label of Good News for Music,The album will feature lyrics by late iconic poet Nizar Qabbani.



El Roumi will be in concert later this month at Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), in Beirut.

Cheb Khaled is set to rehearse a duet with Mohamed Nour, of WAMA,The legendary Algerian singer-musician had a duet with the Egyptian megastar Amr Diab, Qalbi Met’allaq Biki,This year saw the most recent in Khaled’s discography Liberté.


The duet single with Nour will come in video format,It was reported that Khaled approached the leading female shaabi pop singer Cherine over a potential duet, but received no response.



Also, there is unconfirmed news that Khaled will sing along the legendary singer Egyptian Mohamed Mounir onstage in the latter's concert at Akhbar al-Youm Academy on 21 Nov, and they are talking on a potential joint concert on 12 Nov—2 days before the awaited World Cup qualifying match between Algeria and Egypt (their two countries, respectively).


Ultras of the two national teams have fueled a 2-decade history of bitter antagonism.
Dubbed King of Rai, Khaled said he’s not accepting the title though he treasures it. He said he is rather an Ambassador of the Maghreb music.

Haifa Wehbe dismissed reports of politically incorrect lyrics in her new children song, Papa Fein? (Where is Dad?).


The song, now broadcast in video format, has the controversial lyrics: (I want my teddy bear and Nubian monkey.)


The Lebanese sensation said she didn't mean any offense, claiming that (Nubian monkey) is just the name of a popular toy.





Speaking of Egyptian Nubians, Wehbe said she has only love and respect for them, along with all Egyptian communities, saying they are particularly good-natured,She also made a gesture to (the great singer) Mohamed Mounir, a Nubian, as (enough evidence) of their admirable culture.


Meanwhile, Wehbe's innuendos against Amr Diab have become more obvious,Wehbe accuses Diab of ruing a project of hers and poaching the producer of her aborted TV show program at a critical time.

Carole Samaha was named by Cairo Arab Media Festival (CAMF) as the opening ceremonies singer, CAMF is due from 11 to 16 November.


But directors of CAMF require that Samaha won' dance onstage and rather stick to vocal performance,According to the conditions, Samaha should restrain herself and consider the dignified manner the event assumes.





The Lebanese singer's controversial moves onstage have stirred uproar many a time.


The Egyptian Music Professions Syndicate had banned Samaha's live performances in Egypt following complaints of 'too vulgar' dancing at a concert she gave in Marina, North Coast.
But she was later pardoned upon apologizing.

In a swift response to statements by Warda supporting the Algerian football national team in its World Cup qualification efforts, some Egyptian football enthusiasts are calling for a boycott of the diva.


Warda, Algerian but based and active in Egypt for decades and mainly singing in Egyptian Arabic, asked her national team to deal a defeat to Egyptians,She added that Algerians have better odds to qualify.



Feeling betrayed with Warda's outspoken identification with her compatriots, some users of Facebook groups went as far as praising the late president Nasser for allegedly deporting her from Egypt in the wake of 1967 military defeat,It was rumored at the time the she had an affair with the loathed Field Marshal Abdelhakim Amer.

Motaiam's debut album, Mesh Mestanni (Not Waiting), under the label of Pyramida, is now out

The 10-track album has Motaiam also as a songwriter,It also features the single, Bet'ouli Leih? (Why Do You Say That?), which had an earlier video release and was recently followed with a video for another track, Malak (Angel).

Saber Rebaie said he is planning to reproduce old songs, especially Tunisian folk ones, which were limitedly distributed in the past inside his country.


It was not clear if the Tunisian singer-composer, singed to Rotana, meant remastered or remixed versions.



Some Arab news websites reported today that Rebaie was chosen by UNICEF as a Goodwill Ambassador, though only the name of Nancy Ajram was announced officially.

Africa Music Awards (AMA) 2009 was dominated by Amr Diab, who won in 3 categories.


Diab took home awards for Song of the Year (Wayah), Artist of the Year, and Best Male Act (aka Best Male Vocalist).



He was also among the forerunners for Music Video of the Year (Wayah),Fans of the Egyptian top pop singer swamped the vote.


Diab accepted the awards in a London event.

Following years of solo albums by its 4 members, WAMA – an initialism for their first names – will come together one more time in concert plus an album.


According to band member singer Ahmed Elshami, the band has actually broken up, saying record companies and rumormongers tried to create a strife within the band, aiming at its eventual collapse.



Elshami, who is getting ready for another movie, Ahla Sohba, by scriptwriter Ahmed Elbeih – who also wrote El Academiya which co-starred Elshami and received harsh negative reviews – says the band will be soon

In an exclusive conversation with Diana Haddad, she unveiled her plans to debut acting in cinema, with 2 screenplays now offered to her.


One movie, El Moghamra, is to star Ezzat Elalaily, the other, Fadiha, to be directed by Inas Bakr, explores typical showbiz scandals,According to the Lebanese singer, a duet will bring her together with Whitney Houston; it's to be featured in Haddad’s forthcoming album,Haddad explained that she met with Houston at Morocco’s Mawazine festival, and is currently preparing for the project.



Haddad lamented the entertainers' tarnished image which she blamed on the media which, she argues, is making stars out of mediocrity invading the music scene. She also slammed entertainer’s shameless proliferation of work in commercials saying art should rule over business.


Speaking recently to Egyptian Channel One's El Le'b ma'al Kobaar, Haddad disproved divorce rumors, saying her(very jealous)husband, Emirati producer Suhail al Abdool, knows how to show restraint with fans and media exposure.

Maya Nasri is willing to try her hand at directing films.


The Lebanese singer-cum-actress has reportedly asked her fiancé, director Ehab Lamei, to work as his assistant director in his next movie,Nasri wants then to direct a short film she's scripted.



The movie El Dictator, by Lamei and co-starring Nasri, is a comedy touching on the politics of family succession in the Arab world.


For Nasri, typical roles of the seductress are a(no-go area).

Laila Ghofran waged another attack on what she called(yellow journalism), accusing it of privacy infringement and defamation.


The row developed between the Moroccan singer and tabloids over photo stories depicting her as a careless mother of the 2008 murdered 23-years-old Heba al Aqqad,Ghofran said she was pitilessly overwhelmed with unfounded claims about her allegedly excessive lifestyle.



There was even a rumor that she paid a visit to her daughter’s condemned murderer in his confinement, which Ghofran described as a pointless lie,In exclusive statements, Ghofran said the press is salacious and indifferent to people's suffering, adding that she's been trying hard to overcome the ordeal, but journos wouldn’t leave hr alone.


Ghofran defended her marked concern with her dress and appearance, citing the Arabic adage: (grief is in the heart), and calling for others to stop the contest of emotions,She is currently signed to High Quality.

So, when are you going to do that single with Mounir? We asked Shaabolla.
The project, though still a rumor, is on everybody's lips in showbiz, following Mohamed Adaweya's wedding which saw Mohamed Mounir approaching Abdelrehim and sitting at the latter's table.

(All the talk about a duet is untrue,)Abdelrehim answered,(We didn't reach a conclusion,) he added.



So what did you talk about?
Abdelrehim mentioned talentless undressed showgirls invading the music scene, how they pay for their own debut albums and videos, and shaabi music today and before.


Mounir, according to Abdelrehim, said he is happy for having such a spontaneous ordinary man as Abdelrehim.

Mohamed Fouad the reason he kept a low profile for two years is his contempt and discontent at the state of affairs in the music scene.


The Egyptian singer-actor, who's just finished recording tracks for a new album, hinted at his uneasiness with a certain repulsive culture inside the entertainment community,Alternatively he would emphasize on his social background, being the son of common people, he said.





Fouad reaffirmed a decision he made to quit singing at weddings, including those of senior officials' families. Meanwhile, he'd sing for free at a fellow low-class youth’s wedding.


The upcoming 8-track album, Khabbini a tentative title, will follow his latest Wala Noss Kelma, a Rotana production.

In what is expected to be 2010's biggest budget production, Good News Group GNG unveiled a contract with Amr Diab for a TV serial starring him.


Media personality Emad Adib, chairman of GNG, a press release said, has stricken a deal with Diab for a lead in a Ramadan drama to be directed by Sherif Arafa,It’d be the foremost Arab pop singer’s comeback to the small screen since the 1980s Asef la Yougad Hall.



An action drama, the serial will also feature new songs by Diab,A preliminary budget is set at 40 million EGP,The script will be untraditionally written by a workshop supervised by Amr Samir Atef, known for his collaborative scripts of many sitcoms.


The cast will be announced in a press conference next month.

Sources close to Hani Shaker said he's not yet responded to a decision made by the Damascus International Film Festival (DIFF) 2009 to honor him,This round of DIFF is scheduled between 30 Oct and 7 Feb.



Shaker has reportedly declined recent concert offers, his reason being a(rare and serious) illness his daughter has sustained, and was therefore admitted to a Paris hospital, accompanied by her parents.


The veteran Egyptian singer is said to be devastated and unable to perform live anytime soon,Dina Hani Shaker married a year ago and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl – Magdi and Malika, before she found about the diseases.



Preacher Khaled el Gendi, a friends of Shaker's, told about the case on his TV program, asking viewers to pray for Dina,DIFF will also honor Yosra, Laila Olwi, Naglaa Fathi, Amal Arafa, Najdat Anzur, Khaled Taja, Rachid Ferchiou, Ursula Andress, and Akbar Khan.



The Arab films jury will include Somaya el Khashab, Assad Fouladkar and Maysaa Maghraby, and the international films jury will include Hussein Fahmi, Nadine Labaki and Annemarie Jacir.

Khaled Selim has become a client in a distribution company ahead of his next album release,The album, Abelt Eneik, is self-funded. Selim had turned down many offers from record companies, saying he is not open for monopoly.


Most recently, the Egyptian singer shot a video for the song Kan Fein, written by Walid Ghazali and Karim Mohsen.





Selim expressed his fears over a possible leak, and addressed what he called(the piracy Mafia)asking them to(observe God and stop thievery).


A duet with a female singer is considered, to be included, but not yet decided. Selim cited Angham as the one whom he hopes to work with,A movie by scriptwriter Tamer Habib, says Selim, will be his cinematic comeback, following Amaleyyat Khassa (Special Operations).

News of a TV serial starring Amr Diab during next Ramadan could well be the reason why many pop stars are craving for Ramadan drama.


Tamer Hosni, already working on an album and a movie, is considering a Ramadan radio serial. He's trying to figure out a good plot,The Egyptian heartthrob proclaimed his intentions to sources close to him.





In previous years, Hosni was present in Ramadan TV with supplications, opening credits of Islamic programs like El Janna fi Beyoutna and songs in the children’s animation Senouhi.


Yet a TV serial is not an option now for Hosni, who says it'd take months on end devoted to the project.

Nora Rahal credited Inas El Deghedy for what she called her (cinematic rediscovery).


The Lebanese singer-actress said she wouldn't remarry without her kids' consent. She was divorced from their Greek father,A lead in the drama/comedy Magnoun Amira, now in theatres, Rahal lauded the movie and her role as Lady Diana,Though the movie proved a box office flop so far, Rahal believes it’s geared for international film festivals.



Rahal was cast, she said, mainly for her looks—approximating those of Princess of Wales.


Repercussions of the global credit crunch, Rahal said, took its toll on the Arab music scene, and now, she suggested, it’s a fluctuating industry. Still, she puts singing first in the long run.

Najwa Karam is done with shooting a new video for a single, Eidak, under the label of Rotana,Directed by Ranada al Alam, the video song is written by Emad Shamseddin and arranged by Tony Anka.


The script revolves around a bride who is shopping along with groom for a wedding gown. Resentful at his attitude and rude conversation, she runs away keen on teaching men a lesson on man/woman dialogue.



Shooting took over 26 hours in the Beirut district of Gemmayzeh, and at a studio in Zalka.
It's due to broadcast this weekend on Rotana music channels.

Today, Amr Diab's fans are celebrating his birthday, he was born on October 11, 1961,Diab's official website, along with dozens of unofficial and fan sites, Facebook groups, etcetera, are all busy with an all-day activity marking the anniversary of the Egyptian leading pop singer.


Playlists of Diab's greatest hits are streaming on some of these,Meanwhile, the occasion will be made use of for gaining momentum in the voting for Africa Music Award 2009.



Fans said Diab is leading the votes, which we cannot confirm. He is a contender in 4 categories out of 17: Song of the Year Wayah, Artist of the Year, Best Male Act, and Music Video of the Year Wayah.


Voting will be closed and results announced on Oct 17.

In a row pitting Algerian sports journalism against celebrity endorsers of the Egyptian national football team, in its efforts to qualify to the Mondial, some even went as far as barring the likes of Nancy Ajram from entering the country.


Earlier, the Lebanese entertainer wished publicly that Egypt makes the World Cup,One remarkable Algerian headline put it this way: Seductress singer supports the prostrators team insinuating at the trademark goal celebration of the Pharaohs.


But it was Haifa Wehbe who was to bear the brunt of the Algerian wrath,The Lebanese entertainer, married to an Egyptian businessman and also mothered by an Egyptian, made her supportive statements at the FIFA’s ceremonial opening of World Cup tour at Cairo Hockey Stadium, where she gave a concert.



Wehbe said the Egyptian team is the only one that can represent Arabs honorably.
On a different note, Member of Parliament Ahmad bin bou Zeid, aka sheikh Ataa Allah, demanded denying Wehbe the permission to sing live in Algeria, calling her a corruptor of youth.


On her part, Wehbe said resolutely:I am not willing to sing in Algeria.

A verdict was issued by Cairo Economical Court Misdemeanors CECM to the effect that Angham should pay 20,000 EGP in compensation for Alam el Phan, cited as the copyholder of two songs she performed live without their consent.


The record company is also appealing the CECM's previous ruling that cleared Cherine of a similar charge,CECM has also rejected a rehabilitation suit filed by Cherine over the dispute.



Cherine was sued for covering Nawal Zoghbi's Eneik Kaddabin in a TV show Angham for performing her own songs, Ma Gabsh Serti and Omri Ma'ak in a concert.

After an 8 year hiatus, almost in hiding, Chehab Hosni was back again when he performed live at Akhbar al Yom’s Ramadan tent.


The mid 1990s shaabi hit singer explained his long disappearance by being a victim of a 2001 fraud which left him in debt for one million EGP,His then sponsor, he claims, refrained from paying for third parties, while Hosni had had already signed checks,The value of checks is supposed to have covered promotion costs,Fearing prison, days following album release, Hosni fled abroad,He says he sang in many European and Arab countries to afford paying off.



Hosni thanked fellow entertainers Mostafa Qamar and Mohamed Mohye for checking and standing by him. But he criticized media for being quick to accuse him.


A comeback album is promised by Hosni.

Angham has finished shooting a music video for her song Wahda Bethebbak, a track in her latest Rotana album Nefsi Ahebbak.


The central setting and theme of the video is hospitals and lovers caring each other there.
Directed under the Lebanese Randa Alam, the shooting took two days in Beirut.





The video will be launched on Rotana channels soon.

Chosen for the kickoff concert for the World Cup trophy tour, setting off from Egypt, Haifa Wehbe is busy rehearsing for the event to take place at Cairo International Stadium’s hockey field next month.


The Lebanese entertainer has made many new singles for the once in four year event,A multinational soft drink company conducted a poll to select the most popular Arab female sensation, where Wehbe came comfortably first.



Wehbe's publicist said the poll results speak for themselves as a practical answer to claims of Wehbe's string-pulling and use of bribery.


The concert will feature the Egyptian musician-singer Amr Mostafa.

Samira Said played a different tune amid the speculation buzz around World Music Award WMA nominees, when she belittled the competition.


The Moroccan Egypt based singer, dubbed El Diva by fans, herself a winner for her 2002 gold album Youm wara Youm featuring Cheb Mami in the title track and video said the WMA has come to be a fantasy award and does not glitter as before.





I don't know why we should fool ourselves with this it said Said, adding It not the Grammy or MTV, which we Arab artists don’t even dare look at!


Said argued that no Arab singer or song gained any world acclaim to speak of, or was a hit at any time, especially in the West.

Pryamida, a record company, is set to release an album by Egyptian American DJ Minoo,Entitled Egypt Trance, this is Minoo’s debut album.





Minoo says Yanni, the renowned New Age musician, was the major influence beyond his own career,The album is produced by Richard al Hajj.

Despite fears of a swine flu outbreak, many Egyptian entertainers made it for Mecca this year on omra pilgrimage.


Among these were Tamer Hosni, Hamada Hilal, and Saad El Soghayar,Hosni was to give a high profile concert in a Kuwait luxury hotel, on Eid's first night,He's also in the lineup for the forthcoming annual October concert, with a new single, Ehna Masriyeen Begadd, written by Mohamed Gomaa and Mohamed Refaei and arranged by Tamim.



Hilal continues work on his album due in Eid Adha,El Soghayar is closely watching the responses to his latest movie Ibqa Qabelni, now in theatres.

October event Music Awards '09 is upon us,Although the past few years put it to test with recurrent controversy around its credibility basically accused of being bought and bid for speculations have been rife concerning this year's winner.


Last year, Rotana announced they're boycotting the competition in protest of their failure to give the award to Elissa, who, they claim, earned it.



Amr Diab's latest album, Wayyah, tops sales. He is already a 3-times winner,Next nominees include, in order of sales, Tamer Hosni'sHa’eesh Hayati, Jannat's Hobb Imtelak, Angham's Nefsi Ahebbak, Ehab Tawfiq's Lazem Tesma'; all Egyptians due to the fact that best selling

non-Egyptians didn't release their due albums, or low sales in case of Saber Robaei,Hani Shaker's low sales is also behind his exclusion.

Biopics on Arab entertainment legends have been a fad for almost a decade now,A new such production for TV could be underway soon, this time it’s the Egyptian retired legendary singer-actress, Shadia, dubbed screen doll.


Madeline Mattar is seeking Shadia's consent before going ahead with the project.



The Lebanese entertainer is working on the final touches for her new self-produced album, her first since she departed from Rotana,All tracks have been recorded,The album is due in Eid Adha.

Hani Shaker is trying to boost his next album by collaborating with the day's commercially thriving young pop musicians, namely Tamer Hosni and Amr Mostafa.


The album is due next summer,Other credits will include Walid Saad, Rami Gamal and lyricists Bahaa Eddin Mohamed, Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Ahmad Sheta and Mansour El Shadi.



The veteran singer so hopes to appeal to a younger audience,Of his latest album, Habib Hayati, Shaker shot two videos for Album Sowar and the title track,Another track will follow.

Myriam Faris admitted this year's musical Selena, her film debut, was a failure in Cairo box office, explaining it by the dialectical mountainous Lebanese dialogue, hardly intelligible even to her compatriots.


Speaking to Al Qahera wal Nass' Lemaza show, hosted by TV personality Toni Khalife, the Lebanese entertainer said she was misquoted when opined on Haifa Wehbe's competence for fawazir Ramadan the traditional TV musical entertainment format geared for the Islamic holy month.



The singer dancer actress denied Shakira, of whom she was long described as an impersonator, being even an influence. She used to wear her trademark curly hair, she said.
Faris also dismissed accounts by a director of one of her videos that she asked him to focus on her hot areas.


Another denial concerned a rumored body insurance, saying this kind of gossip is outrageous given a massive poverty stricken Arab population.


Her dance style, she said, has nothing to do with sexploitation,In real life, she added, she turned down many promiscuous offers that would guarantee her better chances.

Tamer Hosni was contracted for $100,000 for his act at Dubai Media City, through round 2 of Dubai Shopping Festival DSF, double as Nancy Ajram's fees for her act in the same event,Ajram is paid $40,000 for a concert in Egypt’s North Coast, featuring Kazem El Saher for $55,000.


DSF will also have Cherine for $40,000 while a Kuwait concert will earn her $30,000, equaling co-performer Fadl Shaker.



Mohamed Hamaqi's concert at Geziret El Ward Roses Islans, Mansoura, Egypt, is paying him 200,000 EGP, and May Selim’s fees for El Ghaba Club concert are 40,000 EGP.

The release of Randa Hafiz's debut album, Mayyala, is scheduled for October 1, 4pm, with a launch from Virgin Megastores, at City Stars mall in Cairo.


Album producer and chairman of the production company Top Music, Mohamed Hamed, will be present.



A video for one track in the album, Sakta Aleih, was shot by directors Mohamed Said and Yasser Sami, to be launched on satellite channels this Eid,The album is distributed by GoodNews4Music.

The father of last year's murdered Lebanese entertainer, Suzanne Tamim, says he's set to go to court over a TV serial broadcast during this Ramadan, which he believes is based on the life of his late daughter's story, without his consent.


Abdelsattar Tamim said that although many merely guess if Layali is really about Suzanne, it is a carbon-copy version of her life.


However, he preferred to remain silent until the episodes unfold so he can judge as a viewer, he said,Meanwhile, the company maintained that such accounts are not official.



The scriptwriter, Ayman Salama, claims that the serial was actually written before the death of Suzanne, which the father says is impossible, given the allegedly unmistakable similarity.

Following rumors of her passing away, Sabah appeared on the Egyptian Satellite Channel's Fish wi Tashbeeh, where she reassured fans, and said she recuperated from a recent condition.


The Lebanese retired diva lives all alone in a Beirut hotel.


Asked about her shocking proclamations few months ago that she used to cheat on her many husbands, she gave contradicting statements:Rushdie Abaza was the right one for me, his only flaw was overdrinking and losing temper so often she said, I didn't cheat on him, I was just on a visit to Jordan where the crown prince at the time assigned a tour guide for me, but some would accuse me of having an affair with this.



Speaking of her only daughter, Huwaida, a single woman without children, she admitted that the bad experience she had with her continually remarrying mother repelled her from having a husband,Sabah added that she’d love to play with grandchildren.

Months into talks, Sanaa Mozian was signed to Alam al Phan, and her upcoming album under their label is due in Eid.


The production company's part of contract is said to include impressive marketing commitments.



The album, under tentative title Enta Ashani You're Mine comes as the Moroccan singer-actress decides to be based in Cairo focus on business, and make quick visits to family in the North African country.

Jad Choueiri made controversial statements on Fish wi Tashbeeh, a celebrity show running throughout the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, opening fire on critics.


The Palestinian Lebanese entertainer director made controversy when he, few years ago, burst into the music scene along with a string of discoveries, all young females attacked by reviewers as being both underdressed and untalented one example is his compatriot, Maria,His videos were regarded as a landmark shift in what is popularly believed to be a wave of obscenity in Arab music videos.


Speaking to host Lamis El Hadidy, the poster boy of the so called porn clips, Choueiri also transcribed Shwery described his detractors as reactionary, and said they exhibit hypocrisy as they apply double standards when they receive Western productions with similar content.



Choueiri said the artists he worked with were voluntarily under dressed, that he believes in the necessity of freeing woman's body, which is a sign of civilization, and holds the West's freewill of women to go nude as the model.


The ever controversial Choueiri has been the subject of rumors, including one on founding an adult entertainment satellite channel, which he vehemently denied.

Cairo Opera House's newest venue, spacious enough for 50,000 spectators, is now ready for its inauguration with Mohamed Mounir's concert on Thurs, Sept 10, marking the 20th of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.


The new theatre, featuring state of the art lighting, sound system, with giant screens, is the outcome of unprecedented demand on tickets for Mounir’s Opera House concert.



The concert, scheduled between 10pm and 2am, is likely to cause a gridlock in the vicinity of the Opera House,The set list will feature, for the occasion, a collection of Mounir’s supplications and chants.

May Hariri is appalled at a verdict sentencing her to 6 months prison, following a suit brought by her divorcé, Ossama Shaaban, who accused her of abducting their daughter, Sarah.


The Lebanese entertainer learned about the verdict while at an iftar banquet hosted by fashion designer Walid Atallah, in Dubai.





Have you ever heard of a mother being accused of such a thing,she commented.


Nevertheless, Hariri decided to travel back to Lebanon, saying she is confident God will help her, and wouldn’t fear prison or abandon her daughter.

Ragheb Allama said Mohsen Gaber is the Arab world’s most important music producer, which some believe is courtship, following the former’s departure from the latter’s record company, Alam al Phan.


Speaking to the Ramadan celebrity interview show Fish w’Tashbih Police Record, hosted by Lamis Hadidy, the Lebanese singer said he left Alam al Phan when they failed to fund a music video for one album track,But added that he wouldn’t mind come back to them.



Allama made it clear that he's not comfortable with the arbitrary ranking of Amr Diab as the top Arab singer, citing names like George Wassouf, Elissa and Cherine as active music megastars.

Haifa Wehbe is set for shooting a video for her new single, Enta Tani You Again,The Lebanese sensation will appear as an ancient Roman female warrior who falls in love with her martial arts trainer, played by actor Tamir Hagras.


The location is in the Roman Amphitheatre in Bosra, Syria,The video features 700 models and a menagerie including tigers, lions, eagles and snakes.



Wehbe is coached by Andrew, the world-famous stunt trainer with credits in movies including Troy, who also worked in the Egyptian recent film Ibrahim el Abyadh.


The script is based on a foreign movie, at a cost of over 1.5m EGP, the highest so far for 2009 productions,Written by Amir Teima and Rami Gamal and arranged by Wessam Abdel Meneim, the single is due in Eid.

Cyrine Abdelnour said her production company, Rotana, is not giving her any special privileges compared to her fellow artists, adding that these accounts lack good faith, insinuating to some having grown jealous of her after she pulled the rug from under their feet.


A currently TV serial, simultaneously running on many channels, is costarring the Lebanese singer actress, which she thinks would boost her pan-Arab stardom.



Abdelnour also dismissed accounts of her reluctance to bearing a child, allegedly for the sake of a well-kept figure, and said starting a family is her overriding priority.

A salad phile carnivore, particularly so with malfouf salad which he always eats for breakfast, and stomach friendly grills, Khaled Selim is a failure when it comes to cooking.



The Egyptian singer says he cannot do without mama's dishes,He's been always trying to learn as he watched,With a gym junkie's mindset, Ramadan being no exception, Selim prefers light meals such as little rice with a grilled meat steak or a chicken slice and lots of salad.



Selim wouldn't compromise his diet due to his eating out lifestyle, natural with all his arrangements,He loves to attend Ramadan banquets, though, since the month provides a rare chance for socializing.

Under media scrutiny since their marriage last year, Haifa Wehbe and her husband, an Egyptian businessman, Ahmad Abu Hashima made a rich material for gossip and rumors.


Abu Hashima remained silent on the whole matter, and even distanced himself from cameras, microphones and interviewers,Speaking to Al Hayah channel's Al Hayah wal Nass Life and People, abu Hashima revealed that his marriage came after a 3year love story, and was no secret for those close to the couple.


He wouldn't come on his knees to propose to her, though, he said We are both too simple to do this he explained.



Abu Hashima resentfully criticized his country's journalism, which used to over-report things like the dowry and the wedding costs. Meanwhile, he said Lebanese journalism provided a contrast in terms of professionalism and goodwill.


Asked what he feels about his wife being a megastar, he said they are used to be stopped by passersby in order for them to take photos with Wehbe.


Wehbe was credited by her husband to be a good homemaker, a skilled cook who possesses a coveted mastery of the Egyptian cuisine.

Finished with recording his upcoming album, due in Eid, Kazem El Saher is set to travel to Cairo where he’ll be recording 10 tracks, all based on the epic of Gilgamesh.


The Iraqi singer-composer said the project, which dates back to a year ago, will be a landmark in his career. Personally, working on it helped healing him as a consolation from the ongoing tragedy of his country.



Speaking to MBC's Sabah al Arabeyya show, El Saher praised his resilient people,In the meantime, El Saher has been talking to many production companies in Hollywood, to work out a film or theatrical production it is still unclear of the old-Babylonian version.

Diana Karazon reflected on her memories of Ramadan, saying she fasted gradually as early as the age of 4, and feared untimely breaking of fast that her mates would call her a traitor of God.


The Jordanian singer even recalls what courses her first ever suhour and iftar meals included, the former fried dates, olive oil mixed with thyme, boiled eggs, and maarouk bread, and the latter the nation wide popular mansaf.


Diana's favorite Ramadan dessert is naem baked dough with thick juice of dates,Karazon prefers homemade food, rather than home delivered, in Ramadan.



Along with her mother, she would travel to Syria, two hours from their Jordanian home, shop for the Syrian famous seasonal edibles, pay a visit to her grandpa's house in Damascus, and would get back to spend the last 10 days there with maternal uncles and grandma,However, her current business impedes her commitment to this annual ritual.


Glued to the TV throughout the nighttime frenzy of soap operas, Dian turns homebody during the holy fasting month, and wouldn't feel like going out or working,Rather, she would invite her female friends to have tea and patisserie at home, but occasionally they may eat out at one of those traditional Ramadan marquees or attend a comic theatrical show.


A rather serene Ramadan in her small and low population Jordan, is contrasted by a more lively month in Egypt, spiritually, culinarily and ceremonially, that's why she is keen on spending a whole week there, during which she wouldn’t miss a good late-night outing or evening in Cairo’s busy nightlife.

This summer has seen a significant decline in demand for concerts at luxury hotels, featuring Egyptian or Arab entertainers, unlike previous years when these were how hotels and entertainers alike used to make big money from live performance.


Agents attributed it to a decline in Arab tourism, since hotel consumers are largely Arabs, due to the global recession on one hand, and a trend within this target group to spend vacations in Turkey and Lebanon.



Concert by Saudi veteran singer Mohamed Abdou was the luckiest in terms of tickets sold,Angham's concert was particularly unlucky as it coincided with the high profile Marina concert of Amr Diab.


Cherine's concert, as well as Ahlam's, saw unexpectedly poor attendance.

Jannat is home bound later this week, to spend the early days of Ramadan with her family and extended family.


The Moroccan singer had a summer marathon during her album tour for Hobb Imtelak Possessive Love.



She'll be back to Cairo as she's contracted to give concerts scheduled inside the traditional Ramadan marquees.


A Ramadan soap opera, Hala w'il Mestakhabbi Hala and What Lies in Store, features vocals by Jannat in the titles tracks.

Hani Shakir turned down many well paid offers for acts at Ramadan nights scheduled in the traditional entertainment marquees.


The Egyptian veteran singer explained his reluctance with a personal belief that the atmosphere at these marquees is unseemly given the spiritual character of the month-long occasion.



They are more like night clubs, he said,and would distract people from doing their religious duties he added,Interestingly, many entertainers declined similar offers, including Amr Diab, Tamir Hosni, Haifa Wehbe and Hamada Hilal.

As Hisham Abbas put it, a Ramadan religious song is an entertainer's version of zakat alms giving the Islamic charitable duty,This Ramadan a juicy meal of such songs will be served.


Speaking to Al Hayat TV channel's Yosri El-Fakharani, Amr Diab said he's working on two doaa supplications Diab has a record of 5 such pieces during past Ramadans.


Hisham Abbas will be recording 15 supplications, one broadcast on the Egyptian Radio a day at sunset the time of breaking the fast , to be rerun from mid-Ramadan.



Mohamed Mounir will do 30, many arranged by Germans and Turks.


Cherine will perform one, stunningly featuring segments of the Islamic call to prayer, which has been strictly associated with men, prior to fast-breaking time.


Mohamed Ramadan will chant Ya Baraket Ramadan Blessings of Ramadan.


Angham will present many supplications on Sawt Al Arab radio stations. One track, Wallahi Helwa, from her latest album, Nefsi Ahebbak Craving for Your Love will have a video version also to be broadcast in Ramadan.


Hakim is finished with recording Ya Saymeen You Fasters.


Ali El Haggar has a video for a new single, Ya Rabb Oh God.


The iconic young female lute playing singer songwriter of early 1990s, Aida El Ayoubi, in retirement for long, will make a surprise comeback through an entirely religion-themed 3-track album, Tawasul wa Ragaa' bi Jah Sidna Ennabi Communion and Hope in the High Rank of the Prophet Our Master , containing Al Borda The Prophet's Cloak , Madad Divine Provision and the title track.

Tamer Hosni's band members were in panic after rapper Hossam Husseini tested positive for H1N1 swine flu when back from Lebanon, where they gave a recent concert.


In a measure of precaution, Hosni gathered his band members immediately for a test.



Husseini's mother, actress Nehal Anbar, also tested positive, and they're bother under supervision at Abbaseyya Fevers Hospital, where Hosni and band members got tested.

Widespread rumors have it that Amr Diab decided to quit music at a point of phenomenal commercial success.


A Facebook group was launched with a target membership of 500,000 to protest such talk in press.





In the group discussions, some suggested Mohamed Hamaqi as a possible heir,Diab's video of his new album's title track, Wayyah With Her, was recently released, featuring all his children, nieces and nephews.

Haifa Wehbe, 4 months into marriage, to Egyptian businessman Ahmad abu Hashisma, will spend this Ramadan with him between her country of residence and homeland Lebanon, where she’ll join the family.


The Lebanese sensation said she will be dedicated during the Islamic holy month to caring after her household, serving the yummiest food and all—she says she is a skilled cook,Wehbe shuns offers for concerts at the traditional Ramadan marquees.



Earlier similar proclamations by her, including her intentions to go for month long worship seclusion, were responded to rather sarcastically in media, but she reaffirmed I'm a Muslim, I used to fast since a child, and no one should interfere between a worshipper and God.

Iman Elbahr Darwish, whose new single Shahr el Ghofran Month of Atonement is to be released this Ramadan, slammed Arab media, and blamed satellite TV for what he called deterioration in entertainment.


Quality music, the singer composer claimed, is circumvented by the media, which in the same time open its doors wide for pitiful songs.



Elbahr Darwish argued that there little evidence to bestsellers being really so, since the only source for this information comes from record companies, which would buy awards and do own the TV channels.

Despite a row that left a long strain, the TV personality Hala Serhan managed to reconcile Angham and Cherine. The two mega stars are now said to be close friends.


Each of the two Egyptian leading female singers was claiming the unofficial title Egypt's First Lady of Music.



Angham was keen on calling Cherine throughout the latter's pregnancy, and one more time during her husband's health crisis.


Cherine was quoted to have said she wouldn't know the real Angham before,She supported me when I was depressed fearing the loss of my husband Cherine added.

Sabir Robaei began work early on his next album, due next year, only few months after the release of his latest, Waheshni Geddan Missing You Much.


The Tunisian singer composer started meeting with musicians and lyricists once back from Carthage Festival.



Robaei is finished with composing a single duet with the Algerian diva Warda, to be included in a Rotana album for Warda's duets featuring Rotana artists,Robaei said composing is essential, is keen on making his own music, and wouldn’t compose for others.

A case is brought against Reda by singer Rabei el Asmar and lyricist Mohamed Dalloul, who claim that the former infringed a song, Lelli Leh, that was originally written in 1997 by Dalloul and recorded 4 months ago by Asmar.


According to Dalloul, he gave the lyrics for composer Yasser Galal who failed to sell it for years, and later gave it to Asmar under a waiver recorded in the Lebanese Economy Ministry.



The song is now a track in Asmar's latest album, Akher Dam'a Last Teardrop, but then the older version was released with Reda’s vocals, entitled Ya Omri Oh My Lifetime.


Dalloul is demanding copies of Reda's album containing the lyrics be recalled, beside a compensation.

To a questions about rumors having it that Arwa's albums and music videos are financed by an Arabian rich guy, the Yemenite singer answered with a resolute No.


Arwa explained how she fully funded her latest album, Ghasb Annak Against Your Will by using her fees from singing at private weddings in Arabia.


The unnamed rich man in the rumors was claimed to be in an affair with Arwa, who found the whole story silly and outrageous , saying her slef respect overrides all.



Arwa is set for shooting a video for the title track from her latest album, under director Fadi Haddad, plus two more tracks.


Arwa also denied being on bad terms with the veteran musician Abu Bakr Salem, but in the same time she blamed him for being so unhelpful with whoever, including his own son Asil, with whom any collaboration has yet to come.

Will good relations be restored between Ragheb Allama and Rotana after a time of mutual uneasiness?


The Lebanese singer spoke of requirements by the record company that he cannot meet,Basically, Allama says he's against monopoly, and hence his reluctance to exclusive broadcast deals.



Allama said he'd love to make another duet with Elissa, to repeat their experience in the hit, Betgheeb, however he believes it's not so easy now as she's a Rotana artist,Allama’s next album is due in November

Lyricist Amir Teima denied there exist any disagreements with Amr Diab, which rumors had it that it's behind the absence of any lyrics by the former in the latter’s latest album, Wayyah With Her.


Teima said the issue was over-reported and explained that during the time Diab was working on his material, he was busy along with Angham and then Mohamed Fouad over their respective latest albums.



Teima made it clear that he wouldn't decline working with Diab, whom he cited as the one who made his fame, starting with the hit El Alem Allah,Six tracks in 3 albums of Diab had their lyrics written by Teima.


Five tracks in Angham's album and most of those in Fouad's album are also cowritten by Teima,Teima is considering writing movie scripts, and has already signed a contract for a movie, Fi 'Ard El Bahr In the Midst of the Sea.

Sherine will be dedicated for days to material geared for the holy month Ramadan,This includes singing the track of opening titles for Kuwaiti TV serial Dam’et Nadam A Teardrop of Remorse.
The Egyptian foremost female shaabi pop singer was recommended by the leading actress, Hayat Al-Fahd, who called to approach her about the performance,Sherine is secretive about the fees for this performance.

She wouldn’t comment about whether she accepted the offer to turn the page with Kuwait, following legal suits brought against her by concert agents there,Sherine was paid 70,000 EGP for singing a track in another TV serial, Layali Nights , starring Zeina, to be broadcast during Ramadan.

Meanwhile, Sherine is recording Islamic supplications prayer like songs to be broadcast simultaneously on many TV channels and radio stations, including one that features segments of azan call to prayer in her own female voice, for which she obtained a censor’s permit.
The first edition of Sherine’s most recent album, Habbeit I Loved was sold out in Egypt, comprising 100,000 copies,A second edition is already out.

Kazem El Sahir has been going down the drain throughout his latest discography,The Iraqi musician, dubbed Caesar, has, according to music critics, suffered two blows first the loss of the renowned late Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani, and then the insufficient advertising he's getting from his record labels.


In the wake of Qabbani's death, buying the rights for his lyrics has become too difficult for El Sahir.



However, El Sahir's upcoming 14 track album, due in Eid Fitr from Rotana, features Qabbani's Al Rasm bil Kalimat,Earlier, Rotana and Kazem agreed on delaying the release from the original summer date, so it can have a better chance commercially and in terms of proper production.


Kazem was recently back from France where he finished the mixing,He's set for shooting more than one video, including one for the single duet featuring Asmaa l'Mnaouar, El Mahkama.

The Lebanese entertainer Carole Samaha decided she’d not dance anymore in her music videos,Samaha whose next album is due in Eid Fitr, and is to include singles like Yama Layali, Ali, and Magnouna, all of which have their videos, and the duet featuring Mario Reyes of Gypsy all Stars, Leili Leil indicated that her new clips provide a departure from her trademark choreography videos.

She justified the trend by her love of experimenting with new formats.

Samaha, who self-produces her works though her own business, Lacrama, said she opted for collaborating with non-Lebanese directors because these are charging prohibitive fees,She also wouldn’t shoot inside Lebanon for similar reasons.

Lebanese singer Rayan rejected calling him a copycat of his compatriot Wael Kfouri,Many mistook a debutant Rayan for Kfouri, with whom he shares the voice type.


Rayan, who sings exclusively in his native dialect, said he does not recognize friendships from the entertainment community, describing it's atmosphere as unhealthy,Rayan cited Rotana as his discovered and patron.



Rayan's next album is due in the Islamic feast of Eid Adha, to feature his recent recorded track, Khatar Al Mowt Death Hazard .

Angham said it's too early to talk about a renewal of Rotana contract, as the most recent release, Nefsi Ahebbak Craving for Loving You still needs boosting,A music video is in the making.


The foremost Egyptian female singer made the statements in a press conference on the occasion of the release at Movenpick Beirut, hosted by the record company.


The event was presented by Joumana bou Eid who praised Angham's vocals as reminiscent of the good old days in the Arab modern music.



Salim al Hindi, Rotana's CEO, said Angham is a most powerful voice in today's music scene,Angham was accompanied by the prolific lyricist Amir Teima.


It makes me feel I made it, Angham said referring to the huge presence of media,It's the peak of my career and personal life,she said.


Angham blamed herself publicly for her delay in submitting the record.

Nancy Ajram reaffirmed she's not signed for Rotana, as talks are still going,But an obstacle arose due to a conditional article introduced by Rotana which ensures they get a proportion of their artists concert revenues.


The Lebanese leading pop singer think the condition is unseemly for her,The talks intensified following Ajram's act in Kuwait's February Nights, and were almost close when mutual courtship ensued between Ajram and Rotana's CEO, Salem El Hindi, and then revived after Ajram's giving birth of her first child.



Ajram's tour around Arab and European countries were delayed to after the holy month of Ramadan, since she cannot be away for long from her daughter, Mila,Recent rumors of marital discord and even divorce were flatly denied by Ajram, who is married to a dentist, Fadi Hashem.

Virgin Megastores and Virgin Radio collected figures from their label music stores as well as record companies and distributors to list this summer's best selling albums,Virgin Record Chart ranked Amr Diab 's Wayyah With Her as no 1, by far leading the list, at 2,160,345 copies.


Second comes Tamer Hosni'sHaeesh Hayati I'll Live My Life, at 950,813 copies.


Angham's Nefsi Ahebbak I'm Craving for Loving You is ranked third, at 101,769.


George Wassouf's Allah Karim God is Generous fourth at 100,782.


Hisham Abbas' Matbattalish Don't Give it Up fifth at 89,424.


Jannat's Hobb Imtelak Possessive Love sixth at 87,620.


Saber al Robaei's Waheshni Geddan Miss You So Much seventh at 80,445.


Nancy Ajram's Awwel Marra First Time eighth at 57,436.


Hani Shakir's Album Sowar Photo Album ninth at 50,268.


and Abdel Fattah El Greeni's Ayesh Hayato (Living it Up) tenth at 46,905.

Did Sherin go through a nose cosmetic surgery recently According to the hearsay, yes, at a Beirut hospital and it is the third time.


These oral reports came two days after the Egyptian leading pop shaabi female singer's travel to Lebanon for a shoot of a single from her upcoming album, Etgarra't Emboldened.



Due in few days, the album comes 4 years after the latest one, during which only 3 singles appeared in a compilation album, Batammanek, which made humble sales.

Tamer Hosni's Ha'eesh Hayati didn't turn a success as he speculated,Though sort of a cult star among some Egyptian teens, the 100,000 copies that comprise the 15 track album's initial print, mostly in cassette format, but also in CDs.


The CD is remarkably priced higher than that of Amr Diab, which was released one day earlier.



For many music store owners across the country, the shallow performance of act, under Alam El Phan's Mazzika label, is shocking,Many blame it on Tamer’s overconfidence to the point of being the songwriter for numerous tracks.

Abdel Fattah El Gerini said he's not after a new look that would affect his trademark afro hairstyle, or even wear short hair.

The Moroccan singer says a duet with Cheb Mami, of whom he is a fan, is underway,Gerini's latest album, Ayesh Hayato Living it Up was recently released, featuring lyrics in Moroccan and Egyptian dialects.





The 12 track album is a collaboration with a pan-Arab crew of lyricists, composers, songwriters and arrangers, including Nader Abdallah, Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Tamir Hussein, Mohamed El Ghoneimi, Walid Saad, Amr Mostafa, Mahmoud El Kheyami, Mounir El Gazaeri, Ahmed Abu Zeid, Fahd, Essam Al Shariti, Amir Mahrous and Oussama El Hindi.

In Egypt, as almost everywhere else in the universe, including online shopping websites, Michael Jackson's albums are seeing a boom, at an estimated figure of 150,000 copies in a week.

The King of Pop, who passed away on June 25, was a cult pop star from mid-1980s to mid 1990s, and is probably the most famous non-Egyptian entertainer ever in the country.
Amazon’s top ten Best Selling Albums were taken over for the past 10 days by Michael’s albums, solo as well as with the Jacksons 5.


Music distributors in Cairo and Alexandria cited Thriller, Bad, Blood on the Dance Floor part two of HIStory, a compilation of hits with new singles and Invincible, his latest studio album, as the best selling foreign albums.


Cassettes are still the prevailing format of music records in Egypt,Part of why Jackson popularity fell dramatically could be a rumor that he slurred Arabs sometime in the early 1990s.


MegaStar is Egypt franchise distributor of the deceased musician Sony albums, following the transient existence of Sony regional office 10 years ago.

Laila Ghofran raised many eyebrows recently with her new album posters and onstage appearances

, wearing makeup and sporting sexy clothes,The Moroccan singer was mournful for about a year, after her youth daughter was murdered by a marauder at her female friends, as expected from a Middle Eastern mother which would include conservative only black clothing.


Ghofran was earlier reported to have considered suicide, which is prohibited in Islam and believed to bring about God punishment in the afterlife,But she then opted to make pilgrimage to Mecca, where many Muslims seek healing.


Back to Cairo, she recorded a single, El Hozn min Nassibi Sorrow is Mine, which has become the title song for a 12-track album released recently.


The single video was aired on Al Hayat TV; it was very emotional for many viewers, with the lyrics by Ahmed Sheta addressing Heba, Ghofran’s victim daughter.


However, Ghofran appeared in Al Ajami, a summer holidaymakers haven in Alexandria, where she performed at the opening ceremonies of Mika III beach to a dancing youth,audience,Ghofran real name Gamila Bouamrot led a lively life since she came from her native country Morocco to reside in Egypt, which tabloids, gossip sections and salacious journalism found always juicy.

Mohammed 7ama2y is preparing for his first movie ( Over the island alone ). He said that Mona Zaki is his only choise for sharing him the starring . 7ama2y said that he won't hesitate about selecting Mona after rumors of being him fraid 2 choose her after her latest movie ( E7ky ya Sharazad ). He also said that he belives her talent and it will be a great experience .

Tamer 7abeb is writing the cenario , the movie will be directed by Khaled Mara3y and produced by the Arabain Company for production & distrubtion .

Mohsen Gaber called Amr Diab to congratulate him for the new album (Wayah) and the success of it . Mohsen said that the album is a brillant one as usual and he has no problems with Amr Diab , this is maybe a step for ending the disagreement between them . Amr said about the call that they are a good friends and he looking forward for a new start with Mohsen Gaber .Also he said that he don't deny the favor for Mohsen .

Amr Diab and Mohsen Gaber were in conflict since Amr had broke his contract with Mohsen and transfered 2 Rotana . Alot of people Interfered to end the disagreement but there were no responding from both sides.

Tamer Hosny finished from shooting the new clip Ta3ba kol el Nas in Turykey.The song is Tamer's lyrics , composed by Karem mohsen and arranged by Noor.The clip were filmed in Istanbul for three days . An Ukrainian model participated in the video clip and the turkish director of photography Uksel also participated in the the clip.

The idea of the clip is for a guy who played by Tamer found his dream girl who played by the Ukrainian model and try 2 get her attention but he shocked when he found that not only him who mad about her.At the end she belive his Sincerelly feelings and give him the chance .The clip will be played in Mazzika and Zoom Tv soon .

Inspite of the leaking of Amr's album , it selled (100,000) copy only in the first day after the releasing.
Alot of people thought that the leaking of the album before three days of the releasing date will be a big loss for Amr Diab & Rotana, but they decide to release the album earlier to prevent the loss. It's not the first time that Amr Diab's album leaked but the loyal fans of Amr are showing their love and support for him .

Amr Diab's album is heading to the top of the best selling album in the summer season, but after tamer releasing his album just after 2 days of Amr Diab's album were released the competion between the two stars will be hot like the Sun .Alot of stars aviod releasing their album with the issuance of Amr Diab's album . So we are waiting to see what success tamer album will acheive .

Tamer Hosny is the latest Pepsi star, he signed for pepsi to shoot 3 ads and pepsi will be Tamer sponsor in the next albums . Large Pepsi billboards for tamer in everywhere in cairo and written on it wait for the surpirse , but tamer face doesn't appear only his lower part of the face .

Pepsi is the sponsor for a lot of stars in football and singing career. Alot of rumors about signing pepsi with Tamer , one of them is to get rid of Amr Diab which present one of the largest Pepsi stars .

Ahmed Fahmi opted for a single in video format this summer, with the album featuring the song delayed to Eid.

The single, Mish Behazzar Hes Not Kidding, is by lyricist Mohamed Mostafa, composer Ahmed Youssif, and arranger Toma. The video, to be shot inside Egypt, is likely to be directed by Mohamed Gomaa.


The album, originally scheduled for this summer, was delayed due to its unfinished status for a proper timing during summer season,The Egyptian singer cum actor is a band member of WAMA, but has a solo record, His movie credits include Khaleeg Neima Naama Bay, Bedoun Reqaba Uncensored, and Azmet Sharaf An Issue of Honor.

Tamer Hosny confirms to all the fans that his album final releasing date is Monday 29/7. The album will contain 14 songs , one of them is in english (Come Back 2 me ) with Arabian Knights band and another with the poet m7md ra7em .

Tamer releasing his album just after one day of Amr Diab's album released.So it's a bold step from him and this step will make the summer more fun because Tamer fans and Amr Diab fans are the majority of the people .

After the death of the great pop king Micheal Jackson after suffering a heart attack, Tamer Hosny said that the death deprivated him from making a duet with Micheal . He talked a little about Micheal's life and how Micheal was a loving person.Tamer was suposed to participate in Michael Retirement ceremony.

Tamer Hosny's album will be released in ( 29/6 ) as Alam El Fan says. The album will contain 14 songs , one of them is in english (Come Back 2 me ) with Arabian Knights band . Tamer is the first time releasing his album In the issuance of Amr Diab's album which represents a bold step from him and Mohsen Gaber ( Alam El Fan ) .

After the leaking of the album in everywhere, Rotana music production company decided to release finally the album tonight to avoid the loss.There were no choise to prevent the leaking unless releasing the album.It's a good news for all Diab fans , they waited alot to listen to his album.

The album contain 12 songs : 1-Wayah, 2-Ba2dem 2lby, 3-Ella 7abebe , 4- Allah 3la 7obk enta , 5-Yehmak f eh , 6- 7elwa el ayam , 7-Tamenny , 8-Malak , 9-W7yate 5aleke , 10-3eny wna shayfo
11-Ah mn el fora2 , 12- B3dt leh
The album varies in the type of lyrics and music . Amr Diab Cooperate with the same poets like : Nader Abd Allah , Baha2 El Deen Mohammed , Khaled Amin and Mohammed El Refa3y , composers like : Amro Mostafa , Mohammed Ye7ya , Khaled 3ez and Mohammed Ra7em .
so Tonight everybody you will find Amr Diab music everywhere .

We all were shocked when Amr Diab's album were leaked yesterday.After the absence of the great egyptian king Amr Diab for two years without relasing any albums. Amr Diab said that he was focusing on the album to be agreat one as usual.

Now after the album leaked in the internet and selled in cds by unkown production company, what Amr Diab and Rotana officials will do to prevent the loss . Will they release the album as soon as possible or they will ignore the leaking and release the album in 1/7 as said in the offical site of Amr Diab.

Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50.

An autopsy was planned for Friday, though results were not likely to be final until toxicology tests could be completed, a process that takes several days and sometimes weeks. Police said they were investigating — standard procedure in high-profile cases.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.


"It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known," his brother Jermaine said.

Cardiac arrest is an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems.

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Finally Elissa, Haifa, Marwa and Dominique are allowed to perform in Syria

After a whole two years being banned , Syria finally allowed each of the singers Elissa, Haifa Wahbi, Jad Chweiry, Marwa, Dominique Horani, Maria and Ruby to enter Syria, after the decision of the head of the Syrian Actor's Union Sabah EBEID to prevent their entry to the country for both political and art reasons.


Ebeid has justified his decision back then is to to preserve the ear and art through the exclusion of the artists who rely on their bodies and not their voices, therefore he sought to limit the wave of corruption of the public taste and to stand in the face of the moral pollution.


The decision raised a storm of criticism, especially by the artists who where banned who persistently attacked the head of the Syrian Actors’ Union reached the extent of threatening him.

And just few days ago a new decision was issued to lift the ban on those names and to allow them to enter Syria and to participate in the concerts in it.

The member of Artists Union Osman Osman confirmed that Syria opens its door to all the Arab artists, justifying that the reason of the ban was a national issue specially for the Lebanese singers who belong to political current that encourage opposition to Syria, such as Elissa, moreover some of them didn’t pay the fee of the syndicate.

Finally, and after a long series of successive postponements and various speculations, Rotana Co. for musical production has made an official statement announcing releasing Amr Diab’s new album later this month.

This is the first official announcement of the release date that was first intended to be earlier this year, but the war on Gaza led to the postponing of the album’s release till Easter, but then again the songs’ piracy incident hit the album when several songs were illegally released, the thing that made Diab decide along with Rotana to postpone the release yet again; then finally, the date was set to be in June, especially that the summer race would be too short.

Since signing his contract with Rotana, Amr Diab has been working on his album which is awaited impatiently by his fans everywhere, especially that the competition will be strong between a large number of albums that would be released in the upcoming period, and Diab’s fans or the Amraweya The Amranians as they’re called- won’t settle for less than the top of the charts!


Up till the last moment before delivering the Master copy to the company, Diab has been in a state of hesitation and indecision, picking the best of the songs he recorded in order to satisfy his fans.

Exclusive - seems to be that the difference virus between the producers and the singers has become one of the common features that characterizes the music scene nowadays, as it has hit the young singer Hamada Helal as his relationship deteriorated sharply with the producer founder Tariq Abdullah and had reached an impasse threatens to end their cooperation, and the desertion of Hamada from the company, and the possibility of going to another one.

It is expected that Alam Al Phanto be the future direction of the Ambassador of the youth as and Hamada Helal likes to be called.

Hilal accused some of the people surrounding the producer Tariq Abdullah, to disrupt the relationship with him; because their relationship was very good, however as Hamada confirms there are some characters led to drive a wedge between the two parties, therefore, their continued presence means his on the final withdrawal of the company, especially after receiving several distinctive offers.

Helal says: Unfortunately, Tariq Abdullah, had left everything to one of the personalities who dominated in every nook and cranny of the company, which surprised me when I spoke with him more than once, but to no avail, so I made my decision not to continue with him and not to use the penalty in my contract because this will be resolved amicably.

On the other hand, Hamada received a lucrative offer from Mohsen Gaber to join Alam El Phan company, and it will not be announced until after the separation of Hamada and Tarek Abdullah, amicably as was the case with Tamer Hosni, and producer Nasr Mahrous.

May Hariri is set for making a new music video, for Teish Tani Hayah,The song lyrics are by Tareq El Zein, composed and arranged by Aussein, and the video, shot in Lebanon, is to be directed by Adel Serhan.

The shooting was delayed because of Lebanon’s critical parliamentary elections,The Lebanese entertainer was away from the music scene for while, as she wanted to care for her child daughter, and declined many offers and invitations.

Hariri will be touring Dubai, Cairo, and Syria, in addition to her own home country and some European capitals,Hariri’s last album, Omri Tani, under Alam El Fann label, was not a success, which she explained by an inadequate distribution effort.

Hariri originates from South Lebanon and is not a member of the late prime minister’s family.

The Egyptian businessman ordered the murder of the young singer

Real estate mogul and billionaire Hesham Moustafa Talk ordered the assassination of the Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim.

He has now been sentenced to death for having rented a hitter to cut the throat of his former mistress.

The murder of the famous Lebanese star Suzanne Tamim, 30 Year, has been much attention in the entire Middle East.

Not just to Tamim was known, but also to Moustafa is billionaire and friend of the Egyptian president's son has actually been found guilty of a crime in a country where power otherwise be seen as some that is above the law.
Had throats cut




Suzanne Tamim was found murdered knife at his home in Dubai in July 2008.

The police took prompt suspicions against real estate mogul Hesham Moustafa Speak when it came up that he had a secret relationship with the singer for several years. A relationship she recently stalled when she married another man, Iraqi kick boxer Riyad al-Azzawi.

Moustafa was furious when she ended the relationship and Suzanne Tamim moved to Dubai to escape him.

Evidence trail soon led to Moustafa now convicted of having engaged the services of a former policeman, Mohsen el-Sukkary, as the torpedo. Torpedo received over 15 million to cut the throats of Tamim.
Both should be hanged

Today was the sentence of the businessman and former policeman. Both are sentenced to death by hanging.

According to news agency AFP chaos erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced and Moustafa have become pale and shocked. According Hesham Talaat Moustafa lawyer will sentence to be appealed.

There are reports that Haifa Wehbe's wedding will be broadcast LIVE on some TV channels!

Reports claim that Lebanese star and upcoming bride, Haifa Wehbe, has signed a couple of deals with a couple of TV channels to broadcast her wedding ceremony to Egyptian business man Ahmad Abu Hashimeh, which is scheduled for April 24th, LIVE on TV!

It's also expected that Amr Diab will be the main attraction and will be the one entertaining the attendees.

We'll have to wait until the 24th to see whether this news is true or false!

As for Haifa's other news, it seems her upcoming Fawazeer Ramadan have gone down the drain!
The Egyptian Television has withdrawn from the project and no one has picked it up yet!

Nawal Zoghbi is set for having a new video, directed by Ahmed El Mahdi and set in Cairo, shot in few days.

The Lebanese singer’s El Hawa wi Amaylo is from her upcoming album due in summer, the name of which is still undecided, under Rotana label,This will be Zoghbi’s second Rotana label album after a gap,El Hawa wi Amaylo is by lyricist Amir Teima and composer Mohamed El Nadi,The location for the video will be between Fatimid Cairo and studio.

Worth mention is the budget for the video will be kept secret by Rotana, which frequently suffered from its artists complaining about inequality,This will set the stage for a new publicity policy of the company.

Lebanese singer Rola Saad outran every female singer when she snatched Kivanc Tatlitug first and shot a video clip with him. The buzz was unbelievable!
Now, Jordanian singer Diana Karazon is following in Rola's footsteps and is going to shoot her new video clip with another beloved Turkish actor.

Diana is teaming up with Saruhan Hünel, who's better known as Asmar from 'Wa Tamdi Al Ayam'. Yes! you better believe it!

Saruhan Hünel is expected to arrive in Amman this week to start working on the music video with Karazon.
The song is entitled 'Shaief 3alai Nafsak' and is in the Khaliji accent.

Elissa was under harsh criticism on Arab online forums, social networks and blogospheres that shared a video of her quoting controversial poetry,
The Lebanese sensation, a Maronite Lebanese, was quoted as exalting her late father, Zakareya El Khouri, who worked as an Arabic schoolteacher, describing him as a great poet who wrote a beautiful poem on the cedar.

One line of the poem, Cedar is the age of God , angered many web users and was considered blasphemous, Cedar trees are held as a national symbol of Lebanon and serves as insignia on the Lebanese flag.

Nancy Ajram and Haifaa Wehbe are working on two respective kids-only albums, Wehbe, whose hit Bous El Wawa (Kiss the Owie) that used some child's vocabulary, was harshly criticized for what some described as bad taste, saying that sexual insinuations, both in lyrics and video, were much less expected in a baby-themed song.

Ajram's album, due in Summer, is a spin-off for her first one, well received – along with a popular video – by its target audience and played over and over in children settings.

Ramy Sabry has placed the finishing touches on his long-awaited duet with Asalah Nasri, Moush Faker Lik. Ramy said that the song had been in the works for about a year, but was also delayed due to difficulties with their record labels.
The song is written by Ahmed Ali Moussa, composed by Ramy himself, and arranged by Fahd. This is Ramy's first duet, but third collaboration with Asalah, for whom he composed Khalliha Ala Allah, Bein Eideik, and most recently Aw'at.

It is Ramy's first time working with Fahd also, who studied music alongside Ramy. He added that Fahd will definitely be on his third album, thereby finally expanding Ramy's style, after two albums with Tarek Tawakol.

On a darker note, Ramy mentioned the numerous problems he had releasing his second album, Ghammadt Eini. He criticized Melody Music for the pitiful advertising campaign
and lack of professionalism in releasing the album, which was produced by Star Gate (Tarek Alarian) but distributed by Melody. Ramy said that it would be the last time he worked with Melody, making him the second singer/composer the company loses, after losing Amr Mostafa last year in a court case which he won.

The video for Moush Faker Lik is directed by Asalah's husband, and Ramy's producer, Tarek Alarian. If everything goes on as planned, it will finally be released on Valentine's Day.

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The young composer Tamer Ashour said that he did not expect ever that his first album “ 7ad bey7eb” to achieve this great success, that he he never imagined at all indicating that he did not imagine himself as a singer, and that he only made this move only after a long thinking period and the encouragement of a large number of his audiance, especially those on the Internet denying that his decision to sing is an imitating to Amr Mostafa’s experience nor it is a trend or fashion to abandon the singing backstage seeking fame or stardom.

stressing that the arena is open to everyone and eventually the judge is for the audience. Ashour said that the singing would never take him from composing ven if he became number one superstar; as composing is in his blood and he can never give it up. He is now working on composing a number of songs for Shireen Abdul Wahab, Louay and Elissa. and has recently composed in Asala’s new album "Noss 7ala"

Regarding his relation with Rotana Company, the producer of his album, Ashour confirmed that it couldn’t get any better. And that he isn’t new in the company as he cooperated with Rotana erlier as a composer. And that;s why he signed a five years contract with them, whereby; four four Albums are remaining on an album every year base, the company offered very good publicity for his first album and it is indeed a great art entity which he was able to be presented everywhere in a very distinct advertisement through it. Ashour said that he will not leave Rotana after they dealt well with him as a singer and a composer.

on ther hand, Ashour is preparing to travel to Lebanon to film the new video “Teslam” directed by U.S. filmmaker, "Olivra" . The album "7ad bey7eb” is produced by Rotana and includes "14" Song, where Ashour cooperated with song writer Nader Abdallah, Hani Abdul Karim, Mohamed Taema, Khaled Tajjudin and the composers Khaled Ezz , Rami gamal, and Mohamed Yehia. Ashour composed onlt three songs arranged by Hani Yacoub, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed Mostafa, Kareem Abdul Wahab and Khaled Ezz.

After three years of discord, artist Mohammad Fouad and song writer Mustafa Kamel are back to working together! Both of them held intensive sessions together to prepare Fouad's new album, produced by Rotana.

The album features the works of Fouad's favorite successful team: Waleed Saad, Ehab Abdou, Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Fahd, Mohammad Mustafa, Magdi Daoud, Mustafa Kamel, Nader Abdullah, Hani Abdel Kareem, Tamer Ashour, Mustafa Morsi and Mohammad Ruhayim.

Fouad maintained that he respected Kamel deeply, saying: "That Mustafa and I didn't work together for a while, does not at all mean that there are problems between us. Mustafa is like a brother to me, and we've been so good together. I consider him one of the few talented song writers in Egypt.

However, he was busy with his own albums. If you take the period when we didn't work together, you'll see that he didn't really work with any other singer! Anyways, we are back to working together, and my next album will feature more than a song by Mustafa Kamel."

Kamel did indeed write two songs to be featured in Fouad's album, and is now getting ready to write another two. Kamel asserted that he shared with Fouad a long lifetime of struggle and success.

Artist Sherine Abdel Wahab has been visiting many beauty centers and gyms lately in order to lose weight, especially after she gained a lot of weight after giving birth to her daughter Maryam.

Since then, Sherine has been depressed and that’s why she is considering flying to the USA to have a liposuction. Sherine refuses completely to undergo this operation in Egypt, due to her fear of the repetition of what happened with the late Souad Nasr.

On the other hand, Sherine is done recording 45 songs, to select from which the songs to be featured in her new album, produced by Rotana. The album is to be released by the end of the year, and witnesses Sherine’s cooperation with a group of prominent poets like Nader Abdullah, Hani Abdel Kareem, Ameer Te’eima, Tamer Ashour and Waleed Saad, and arrangers Mohammad Mustafa, Ghoneim, Fahd, Touma and Magdi Dawoud.

Some of the recorded songs are: “Ala Eih Kol Dah”, “Wenta Maaya”, “Fi Hodn Hawak”, “Khalas Hasamhak”, “El-Meraya”, “Bahlam Wana Sahya” and “Helm Wala Haa’iaa”

For the last few days, artist Amr Diab has been spending 18 hours daily inside the studio to finalize his new album, which he intends to release on the New Year’s Eve. However, as usual, Diab didn’t specify a date to deliver the final master copy to the producing company “Rotana”.

He kept everything under a veil of secrecy, and increased the guards at “Leila” studio, where he records his songs in order to avoid what happened last year, when some of the album’s songs were leaked online just a few days before the release. Diab is being really meticulous in all the album’s details, and also really careful in the selection of songs.

He reads a lot of lyrics and listens to many musical compositions everyday. In this album, Diab is betting on the same team who helped him succeed before, like Bahaa El-Deen Mohammad, Khaled Tag El-Deen, Amr Mustafa, Hassan El-Shafiy and Hossam Habeeb.

Diab has settled on some songs which are: “Yama”, composed by Khaled Ezz, “Tamenny”, composed by El-Badr Kelbash, and both songs are written by Khaled Tag El-Deen and arranged by Hassan El-Shafiy. There is also the song “Awedt Alby”, composed by Amr Mustafa and written by Khaled Tag El-Deen and the song “Ya Reit Sennak Yezeed Sanatein”, written by Bahaa El-Deen Mohammad.

Diab is working on the rest of the album’s songs, which are expected to reach 10 songs all in all. This album is Diab’s fourth with Rotana, after “Leily Nahary”, “El-Leila Di” and “Kammel Kalamak”. The new album is also the first album after Diab’s renewal of his contract with Rotana, in a deal that is the considered the most expensive in the history of Arabic music, with an estimate of 12 million dollars in return for producing 5 albums and 2 movies.

George Wassouf, 47, is released. But the artist is still suspect for cocaine holding. - I am innocent, says George Wassouf to Tarabyon.com. He cried when he comes out from district court.
George Wassouf was grabbed shortly before he would perform in Solna last Saturday - suspect for cocaine holding. Today, he was requested detained in custody at Solna district court - but was released free.

The star cried when he spoken with Tarabyon.com outside district court. - they have treated me well, he says about the days in district court. Written guarantees At district court negotiation present Syria's Ambassador, as left written guarantees on that popstar will be returned to Sweden at a possible legalaction. It did that the district court released George Wassouf free, despite that he still is on probable reasons suspect for drugs crime. - I am innocent, says George Wassouf.

The organizer to the concert asserts that George Wassouf become set for a conspiracy - targeted against the organizer. - competitors that want to damage me and my rumour lie behind the entire, the organizer orders Tarabyon.com.
George Wassouf is released. But the artist is still suspected of cocaine possession. - I am innocent, "said George Wassouf to Tarabyon.com.
He cried when he got out of the courtroom. Arab world's major star George Wassouf was arrested shortly before he would act in Solna on Saturday - on suspicion of cocaine possession.

Today he requested custody at the Solna district court - but released. The star cried when he talked to Tarabyon.com outside the courtroom. - They have treated me reasonably well, "he says of days in custody. Written guarantees At the detention hearing was attended by Syria's ambassador, who provided written guarantees that George Wassouf will be returned to Sweden at a trial.

It made to the district court let George Wassouf free, although he is still on the probable grounds suspected of drug offenses. - I am innocent, says George Wassouf. The organizer of the concert claims that George Wassouf victim of a conspiracy - against the organizer. - Competitors who wish to harm me and my reputation behind it all, "said organizer Tarabyon.com.

A thousand peoples was blown on the concert When George Wassouf was grabbed with cocaine was set the concert in (Sweden) Solna in. The organizers locked in itself in the cuisine and got protections of the police - concurrent as about a hundred's visitors the required money back.
The Syrian artist George Wassouf is an of the Arab world's bigest artists. Last night, he would have played on Colosseum, one newly inaugurated party premise in Solna, north about Stockholm. Was grabbed on the hotel But some hours before the concert would begin was grabbed he on hotels Sheraton in Stockholm.

According to information to Tarabyon news had he 30 grams boiling in on itself. - he sits detained at us now, Bengt said Kihlberg, Policeofficer on Vنsterortspolisen, this morning. According to the police, a thousand number persons had bought ticket to the concert. They became this night standing in the chill outside that 430 square metre the big premise.

The atmosphere was from time to time when the visitors required the money back - and the organizers were forced lock in itself in the cuisine. It has been threat full, but I believe the police solves it, the organizer ordered Tarabyon.com news this night. - and they will get their money back, I must only check the bookings first. Julieta Atanasova, 22, had traveled from Norrkِping with your man in order to see George Wassouf. - we paid 2000 SEK (Swedish Krons) per person for the ticket.

It feels very bad. - majority has gone longly, up to and including from other countries, she says. Lacked conditions According to the police, the concert lacked license and the premise did not have license of the fire brigade. - they applied for conditions for late and got rejections last Friday, Bengt says Kihlberg. The organizer hits from itself: - we had those conditions we needed. It would last a non-alcoholic culture fairy festival.

A lot of controversy is going on these days, especially among those who are closely following the developments of the case of the late Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. Such controversy started after the picture of her dead body was leaked to many websites.

There were polls everywhere asking the participants for their opinion whether to publish the picture or not. It all began with 3 Lebanese newspapers, one of which is electronic. Adel Maa'touk, Tamim's husband, filed a lawsuit against these newspapers, accusing them of disrespecting the dead and asserting his absolute refusal of turning his late wife into a cheap tool of propaganda.

The electronic newspaper retrieved the picture immediately. The picture was taken of Tamim's dead body right after the discovery of the murder ta her Dubai apartment, showing blood covering her face and slaughtered neck. The picture asserts the inaccuracy of the information that was circulated saying that the murderer completely cut her head off her body. Mortada Mansour accused security authorities with leaking the picture for specific aims.

He added saying that this immediately brings to mind the scenario of the infamous CD that featured Hossam Abul Fotouh and belly dancer Dina. Mansour then requested the cessation of what he called a "Media Circus" over the case. Mansour maintained that the case is not worth all that attention, and asked everybody to leave things at the hands of the court and not to try to alter facts.

Mansour then refused to reveal some extremely dangerous and sensitive information, because – according to him – such information may affect Egypt's relations with some Arab countries, hinting at the involvement of some VIPs in Tamim's murder. Mansour asserted that he refused to defend any of the case's parties because he considered himself a witness.

Last Sunday, anchorman Amr Adeeb surprised the audience of his daily show "Al-Qahira Al-Youm", aired on Orbit Network, with the news of having the picture of a slaughtered Suzanne Tamim. However, Adeeb was evidently discouraged by the fact that he might be pursued legally if he aired the picture. He decided to have a poll to see what the audience think.

The poll results were as follows: 51% were for airing it, while the rest refused. At the end of the episode, Adeeb decided to postpone the picture's issue till the next day, saying that he would be waiting for the votes of his audience, who were to be the final judges. However, the episode started and ended without any mentioning of the picture, poll or votes.

Intensive working sessions had been set by the singer Hani Shaker, with a number of poets and composers in order to select the songs of his new album, from which he will be going back to work with the “Alam El phan” which Shaker bets to maintain his luster career with.

The sessions held by the prince of singing focused on meeting with a number of names that he used to deal with in his previous albums, such as Bahaa El Din Mohamed, Mohamed Hani Al-Rifai as well as Hani El Soghayar and Khalid Geneidi, as for composers he will be cooperating with Amr Mostafa, in addition to Mohamed Diauddin and Nader Nour.

Hani Shaker is already preparing to enter the studio to record the already chosen songs, in order for them to be completed before putting the album through in mid-year holiday; since Hani Shaker always prefers to launch his albums during the winter season.

It has been agreed between both Hani Shaker and Mohsen Jaber to film three video clips of his songs, as has been carried out previously with Ehab Tawfiq by Jaber, where he assures by that the company's precision on shooting the successful songs of the album to ensure it’s spread and promotion.

Hani Shaker describes his re-cooperating with the producer Mohsin Jaber as a “home sweet home” coming, stressing that Jaber is his friend and they both have a long history together. Hani had a very bitter experience made him pay attention to the existence of those hidden hands trying to oust the Egyptian singer out of the musical arena.

as well as striking below the belt, together with the spread of mafia of fraud Thefts, and so it was natural to go the “friend before the producer’ to help him overcome those difficulties.

Lebanese artist Ragheb Allama applauded the "Asmahan" series that was aired in Ramadan on more than one Arab satellite channel, achieving a huge success. Allama said that people liked the series because it presented Asmahan as a normal human being, and did not fall into the trap of presenting her as an angel who never errs…

Allama, who belongs to the Druze sect, which is the same sect of Asmahan and her late brother musician Fareed El-Atrash, and which is now headed by politician Waleed Junblat, said that the one of the series' good points is that they avoided some of the thorny aspects of the late singer's life, and did not at all tackle the issue of religion, asserting that sectarian conflicts are the main cause of trouble in the Arab World in general and in Lebanon specifically.

I asked him: It was once said that you dream of being a politician if the sectarian system in Lebanon was abolished.. Is that true?

First of all I am a Lebanese citizen who has the right to express his opinion very freely. Some say that I can play the game of politics because I know about such stuff, however, I say that I am not a fanatic of any sect or political party in Lebanon.

I look to the Lebanese Cause objectively and I can say confidently that I support any resistance movement that seeks to defend the Lebanese lands and people who are eyed by the Zionist enemy. I am for any movement that fights for my country's freedom and development. So, amidst this bad and sectarian political system, I don't have any political aim. I don't even dream of being a minister in the middle of all this chaos.

Ok, moving from politics to art… Are you satisfied with your latest album "Baa'shaa'ko"?

I spent a long period preparing this album which features 11 songs, two of which are in the Khaliji accent, and another two in the Lebanese accent, while the rest are all in the Egyptian one. What's new about this album is that it has been distributed by two companies: International Virginia in Europe and some Gulf countries, and Melody in Egypt. I consider myself a special case and I do have an identity different than that of any other singer, so I spent a lot of time preparing this album, with different and unique styles, which means that I made my choices very carefully regarding accents and different singing styles.

How do you see your "video clips" on satellite channels?

We should not be mixed up between what's prevalent and bad and between the decent stuff that have something serious to tackle. Undoubtedly, the trivial clips depending on business have increased a lot, and their aim is purely commercial. I detest such kinds of clips that disfigure the notion of art. The decent clips that include serious and good ideas are few in number, but you can distinguish them anywhere.

How did you manage along all these years to maintain your stardom among all the conflicts of the artistic medium?

Patience, my dear, is the keyword. Each one of us has to be a fighter so as to succeed in any field. It's true that the political situation in Lebanon is really bad, and sadly this is reflected on the artistic medium in the form of many divisions and problems occurring between artists. What makes me even sadder is the fact that some production companies use artists as tools to fight each other. However, I think that survival is for the fittest, and I wholly believe that God is always on my side, so I fear no one at all.

Eid Al-Fitr witnessed a new kind of competition between composers who started singing: Ramy Sabry and Tamer Ashour. Both are trying to assert themselves in their new career, though Sabry was the first to head towards this new terrain two years ago.

Ramy Sabry's newest addition within the frame of the aforementioned competition is the album (Ghamadt Einy), which features 12 songs that he composed, except for the song (Bahess Beek). All the album's songs are arranged by Tarek Tawakol.

Sabry announced that he was getting ready to film two of the album's songs: (Kalam Kolo Aady) and (Heyya), written by Wael Tawfeek, and to be directed by Tarek El-Erian.

On the other hand, Tamer Ashour released his first album as a singer: (Hadd Beyhebb), produced by Rotana. The album features 10 new songs: (Hagi Ala Nafsi), (Kelmet Ahebb), (Kattar Kheiry), (Eftaraana), (Enta Meen Beysadaak), (Zai Koll Marra), (Kelmet Shokr), (Teslam), (Leih Bafakkar) and (Hadd Beyhebb).


This album features the works of poets Mohammad Atef, Khaled Tag El-Deen, Ameer Te'eima, Hani El-Sagheer, Ahmad Ali Moussa, Mano, Nader Abdullah and Hani Abdel Kareem.

What's really funny is the fact that Ashour didn't compose all the album's songs, but rather cooperated with other composers like Ramy Gamal, Khaled Ezz, Mohammad Yehia and Mohammad Ruhayim and arrangers Touma, Khaled Ezz, Ahmad Ibrahim, Kareem Abdel Wahab, Fahd, Ossama El-Hindi, Hani Yaaqoub, A'ser and Mohammad Mustafa.

In her first appearance after announcing her official separation from her husband and father of her children Ellie Deeb, artist Nawal El-Zoghbi was seen in a whole new different look, in the huge concert held on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in the Conference Hall, Dubai.

Diana Haddad and Aassy El-Hilanny took part in the concert as well. At the concert, El-Zoghbi presented a collection of her most famous and successful songs, in addition to one new song, which she dedicated to her audience.

El-Zoghbi announced last September her official separation from Ellie Deeb, after a 16 year marriage. It's worth mentioning that for the last two years, El-Zoghbi had been denying the separation, though many asserted it did happen.

Newspapers and magazines insisted on publishing news about their separation, which forced El-Zoghbi to appear on a satellite channel to confess that they were indeed separated, but they enjoyed a good relationship, for the sake of their children who shouldn't be affected by such a thing.

El-Zoghbi then disappeared completely, where none of the journalists in the Arab world managed to reach her in order to interview her about the subject.

The new album features 9 songs that are definitely going to be a surprise for my audience , Samozein is obviously artistically active, after cooperating for the first time with “Mazzika” Group last year; managing to achieve a huge success with his latest album “Aref Eih”, an album which was highly rated and appreciated by the audience, critics and journalists, in addition to topping the musical charts for many successive weeks.

Last March witnessed a new step in Samozein’s artistic career, as he renewed his contract with “Mazzika” and renowned producer “Mohsen Gaber”. Starting from the moment Samozein signed the new contract, he started preparing for his new album that took 6 months to prepare and to carry out. Just a few days ago, Samozein put the final touches on the songs featured in his new album to be released by the Fitr Feast.

The album is entitled “Leek Wahdak”, and features 9 songs, carefully chosen to present Samo in a new look and level, in order to achieve a success even more huge than that of last year. The new songs are: “Khatem Fee Eidak”, “Ayez Menny Eih”, “Geitlak Beitak”, “Ihsasy Beyshedeny”, “Youm”, “Aref Maly”, “Yally”, “Talea Le Meen” and “Leek Wahdak”.

Samozein’s new album “Leek Wahdak” is characterized by having multiple and new musical forms, such as Maqsoum, Techno, House, Regatone and Rap.

After settling on all the featured songs in the album, Samozein and producer “Mohsen Gaber” chose the song “Ayez Menny Eih” to be filmed. Intensive work sessions were held between the two and director “Yasser Sami”, who had never worked with Samozein before.


They all agreed that the clip’s idea should be new, different and unique. The clip turned out to have a fantastic plot full of optical tricks and illusions. The plot of the clip is about some guys listening to Samo’s new song, then he suddenly appears in front of them.

This happens every time anyone listens to the song, with Samo appearing in many different places. Shooting of the clip took 3 continuous days, and took place in Al-Rabwa, Sheikh Zayed City, the Desert Road, Downtown Cairo, Tahrir Square, Qasr El-Neel Bridge, and also a “Hanger” on the Desert Road.

About 50 models participated in the clip, in addition to Miss Arabia 2008.The album is to be released soon, and the clip is to be aired exclusively on Mazzika and Zoom channels.

Fadel Shaker finished preparing his new album, now it is scheduled to be released during "Eid" celebrations produced by Rotana.

The album contains ten songs, five with Lebanese dialect and the other five with Egyptian dialect. Meanwhile Fadl is preparing to shoot the hit song as a music video with Said El Marouk.

Noteworthy, that despite the rumors about canceling the duet between
Fadl and Elissa, sources inside Rotana keeps confirming that the duet is actually ready and it is entitled "Akhiran" (Finally).

A war of a very special kind is on these days between artists Elissa and Haifa Wehbe, the weapon of which is name calling and accusations. Such war is the direct result of the fiery statements that Elissa made in more than a TV and a journalistic interview; accusing Wehbe of using “dirty” ways to get her out of her way for good.

She also said that if she had a magic wand, she would instantly make Wehbe disappear! Elisa also accused Wehbe of always trying to distract her by going into problems and debates, but she, however, prefers to focus on her work, which is the secret to her success.

Elissa added saying: “I’m used to such stuff since I started my career as a singer; at first, I used to cry and cry, but my mentors always told me that this only proves my success. With time, I discovered that the more successful you become, the more people are gonna talk about you.”

In return, Wehbe waged a severe attack on Elissa, calling her “psychologically disturbed”, after her personal problems with her colleagues from the artistic medium, (the last of whom was Amr Diab), had really crossed the line.

Wehbe stated that: “If Elissa is really convinced of what she said, then she’s wrong. On the contrary, I want her to remain alive to witness my success, to enjoy my stardom and to see with her own eyes the difference between me and her.”!!

Though the first wave of Muhammad Hamaqi's new album (Nawiha) was sold out, Hamaqi expressed his concern for the producing company Soat El-Delta, for he expected that the album would sell up to three waves in this period of time, as he exerted lots of efforts in this album specifically, more than he did in any of his previous albums, in addition to critics' praises of the level of the album and all its featured songs.

Officials at the company asserted to Hamaqi that he shouldn't be worried, for the album's sales –in both cassette tapes and CDs- are extremely good, especially when compared to many albums that were released this summer, most of which are by huge stars and produced by major companies.

Officials told Hamaqi that his album has been doing much better than such albums though they were released earlier. They also assured him that the summer season is not over yet, and that more waves would be definitely sold out during the next few weeks.

Hamaqi agreed with producer Isaad Younis to start the sessions of his first motion picture with Al-Arabiya Company within the next few days, so that he would start with the shooting right after the Fitr Feast. A date has not yet been assigned to starting the shooting of Hamaqi's movie with Mona Zaki, entitled (Foa Gezira Lowahdohom).

Officials at the Egyptian Television succeeded in getting artist Sherine Abdel Wahab to sign a contract that binds her to record Ramadan's Iftar prayer, which will be broadcasted on Channel one right after Al-Maghrib prayer. The prayer is written by poet Ayman Bahgat Qmar and composed by Khaled Ezz.

Abdel Wahab was thrilled to hve been chosen for this specific work. She said that this has been her dream for many years since she was a child, even before she got tht famous.

Abdel Wahab said tat she is very happy that she will be performing something that many of the greatest Sheiks like Al-Nakshabandi and Salah El-Gamal did. According to our sources at the Egyptian TV, Abdel Wahab decided not to take any money in return for recording this prayer.

Singer and composer Hussam Habib celebrated the release of his new album “Gowa El-Alb” in a press conference attended by many journalists and media professionals from Egypt and the Arab World.

Though Habib was swamped with questions, the thing that many noticed was the fact that each sentence said by Habib was immediately followed by thanks and acknowledgements to artist Amr Diab for being there for him during the preparations for his album.

With the repetition of thanks from Habib, I asked him, why do you particularly thank Diab for helping you out with your album? Habib answered saying: “Amr Diab is the master of our generation, so as to say. I and many other singers have learnt a lot from him.

When we happened to meet each other ion person, I discovered a person with one a in a million character, with his voice, charisma, intelligence, patience and diligence. All those traits helped Diab become what he is today: the number one singer in Egypt and the Arab World. My relationship with Diab is that of a student with his teacher, so I’m pleased to be paying due respect to my teacher at all times.

I asked him whether Diab gave him any piece of advice. Habib said: “He advised me to focus on my work, and to shut my ears to any rumors, and to pay attention only to my music and art.”

I asked: “What do you think about what’s being said about a hidden conflict between Amr Diab and Tamer Husny, and is that conflict one-sided or two-sided?”

Habib answered: “Well, both artists can never be compared, for Husny’s artistic age is merely 5 years, while Diab’s is 25. Success is continuity. I also asked Habib about the titles bestowed upon Tamer Husny like “King of Generation” and “Star of Generation”.

Habib answered saying: If the fans were the ones to spread such titles, then he deserves them, but if Husny was the one to call himself so, then this was a huge mistake on his side, for Diab, though he is what he is, never called himself “The King of Music” or “The King of Arabic Music”, although he is of course worthy of such titles.

Finally, Habib thinks that Diab is the king of this generation and the next too, because he still possesses a youthful soul which shines through his voice and music.

Tears streamed down Algerian artist Samira Said’s face right after producer Mohsen Gaber had told her that (Alam El-Fann) is getting ready to release a third wave of her latest album (Ayam Hayati) in Cairo within the next few days. The first two waves of the album were completely sold out in no time, in addition to tens of waves that were sold out in other Arab and European countries.

Said could not contain herself out of happiness after knowing such good news, especially that she has been going through a state of severe anxiety since the release of the album. She said that she did not expect the audience to react to the album this positively, especially that she’s been away from the artistic arena for more than three years in which she thought her popularity dropped.

What made Said even happier was the fact that the audience’s tastes must have changed through out this relatively long period, that is why she shed tears of joy, which is usually the case whenever she hears good news.

It’s known that this album was released recently after many postponements. It features 14 songs: (Awam Keda, Hobb May’ous Menno, Aad El-Kelma, Ana Ketir Aleik, El-Fadl Yerg’alak, Nefsi Atkalem, Oyounak Odami, Sa’et El-Zorouf, Ana Maak, Mestahmelak Ana, Kefaya Keda, Mayheminish Bokra, Lehe’t Ezay and Ayam Hayati). The album features Said’s cooperation with poets (Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Nader Abdullah, Hamdiya El-Titi, Tamer Hussein and Ameer Te’eima).

The album also features the works of composers (Muhammad Yehia, Mounir El-Gazaery, Hamdi Sedeeq, Amr Mustafa, Sherief Qotta, Ashraf Salem and Khaled Ezz) and arrangers (Hani Yaakoub, Ameer Mahrous, Muhammad Mustafa, Muhammad Awad, Khaled Ezz and Hazem Raafat).

Director Hady El-Bagoury supervised the shooting of the song (Hobb May’ous Menno). The plot of the clip revolves mainly about an emotional dramatic state involving anger, despair and the failure of a love relationship.
The clip was shot over 3 continuous days. Day one was at Studio Masr; shooting the inside scenes, while day two was at the Media Production City, at the Alexandrian area, shooting the outside scenes and day three was spent at Prince Taz Palace.

Said appeared in a new and different look regarding her clothes, makeup and even her performance.

Artist Jannat has just finished recording her latest song (Habibi Ala Niyato), which is to be released within the next few days, among the first cocktail to be issued by ‘Good News 4 Music’, entitled ‘Good News 1’.

The cocktail features songs for the stars of ‘Good News 4 Music’ such as Essaf, Hatem Fahmy, Muhammad El-Qammah and the newly discovered Ahmad Ragab, in addition to Muhammad Nour from outside the company, plus Jannat of course, who will share with two songs.

(Habibi Ala Niyato) is produced by Ahmad El-Desouky, written by prominent poet Bahaa El-Deen Muhammad, composed by Muhammad El-Sawy and arranged by Hani Yaakoub. Jannat is getting ready to video clip the song within the next few days with director Kareem Abu Zeid.


Jannat had attracted the attentions of many after her huge success at the major concert held a few days ago at the ‘Nile Country Club’. The concert also featured Mahmoud El-Esseily and Kareem Abu Zeid. Jannat topped the stage after mid night and went on singing till dawn, with thousand of young people interacting with her. Jannat sang all of her first album’s songs like (Elly Beiny We Beinak, Bahebak, Gedeed, Betmorr Beazma, Kelmet Bahebek and Aktar Men Sana).

After a long period of absence from the movie world, artist Mona Zaki agreed to co-star the movie (Foa’ Gezira Lowahdena), along with star Muhammad Hamaqi, in his first hand experience with the movie world.

The script to the movie is written by Tamer Habib and produced by the Arab Company –Isaad Younes- with an 8 million L.E increasable budget. A director for the movie has not yet been assigned.

The plot of the movie is a romantic one about a love story between a poor guy and a rich aristocratic girl, causing a lot of problems for both. So, they decide to escape to some faraway place; a serene island, believing they could dispense with all people but each other, so will their belief turn out to be true or not? This is exactly what the movie is about.


It’s worth mentioning that Mona Zaki has not taken any part in any movie for almost a year now, for she has been busy with the movie (Aswar El-Qamar), with director Tareq El-Erian. This movie has met with a lot of problems that prevented the starting of the shooting uptil now.

Finally, after endless postponements, Alam El-Fann Company –Mazzika- decided to release artist Samira Said’s latest album (Ayam Hayati) within the next few days.

This album marks Said’s comeback to her audience, after a three-year absence. The album features 14 songs:(Awam Keda, Hobb May’ous Menno, Add El-Kelma, El-Fadl Yergaa Lakk, Nefsi Atkalem, Oyounak Oddamy, Saa’et El-Zorouf, Ana Maak, Mestahmelak Ana, Kefaya Keda, Mayhemenish Bokra, Lehe’t Ezay and Ayam Hayati).

The album features the works of poets (Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Nader Abdullah, Hamdiya El-Titi, Tamer Hussein and Ameer Te’eima), composers (Muhammad Yehia, Mouneer El-Gaza’ery, Hamdi Sedeeq, Amr Mustafa, Sherief Kotta , Ashraf Salem and Khaled Ezz) and arrangers (Hani Yaakoub, Ameer Mahrous, Muhammad Mustafa, Muhammad Awwad, Khaled Ezz and Hazem Raafat).


The video clip (Hobb May’ous Menno) will be broadcasted at the same time of releasing the album. The plot of the clip is a dramatic-emotional one that revolves around the rage and despair Said experiences during the shooting. The song (Hobb May’ous Menno) is written by “Nader Abdullah”, composed by “Muhammad Yehia” and arranged by “Hani Yaakoub”, and the clip will be directed by Hadi El-Bagouri.

yrian artist Asala has finally settled on the nine songs to be featured in her new album, which is going to be released within the next few weeks. The album, in which Asala sings in the Egyptian, Syrian and Khaliji dialects, is produced by Rotana.

The featured songs are: (Biridaya Alaik), (Te’raf Habibi), (Baa’ Tabee’y), (Etfarag Ala Nafsak), (La Adri), (Kana Wahman), (Tabee’y Keda), (Mesh Fakra Leek), and (Noss Hala), which is going to be the title of the album. The album features the works of poets Wissam Sabry, Hussein Al-Naggar and Khaled Tag El-Deen and composers Muhammad Yehia, Jean-Marie, Khaled Ezz, in addition to Tamer Ashour who will be also singing a duet with Asala.

The fact that singer Rami Sabry was not the one to sing the duet with Asala came as a surprise to many, for it the intial plan for Sabry to sing and video clip the duet with Asala!

Asala has also decided on the two songs that she wants to video clip from the album: (Kana Wahman) and (Baa’ Tabee’y). The director of both will be Asala’s husband Tarek El-Erian. Rotana has assigned a huge budget for the two video clips, reaching 750 thousand $, in order for them to come out exactly as El-Erian envisions them.

Superstar Amr Diab held a huge press conference that was attended by different media, on the occasion of the renewal of his contract with Rotana for a period of 5 years to come. This is considered an unprecedented happening, because it is a well known fact that Rotana does not have any contract with any other singer that exceeds a period of 3 years. This comes after six months of negotiations between Diab and the company.


Diab made it clear in the press conference that his only demand within the new contract - which in fact has always been his demand - that any of his video clips should be available for broadcasting on the Egyptian National TV on the very same day of their release. This has always been Diab’s habit, as a kind of loyalty for his country, Egypt.

Diab’s next album is to be released by next December. Diab refused to disclose the financial details of the contract. He said that the documentary “Helm Wahed Mel Nass” that tackles his life story has become ready for the exclusive broadcasting on Rotana Channels. The documentary tells about Diab’s life from the moment he entered the Institute in 83, and the beginning of his professional artistic journey in 88.

Diab also asserted that there will be a huge work that will be presented in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House by the end of this year, the revenues of which will be for the benefit of building schools, under the patronage of Egypt’s First Lady Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak.

Regarding his participation in Jordan Festival, which will be held starting from July 8th, and which Jordanian Artists’ Syndicate President called for its boycott due to the fact that the French Company organizing the Festival had also organized the celebrations of Israel’s 60th anniversary, Diab said: “I had no idea that Jordan has implemented artistic normalization with Israel. If such information turns out to be true, I will be the first to boycott the Festival, for I am one of Port Said citizens who were forced to emigrate, and I did suffer from war and Israeli aggressions.”

Regarding his long absence from the movie world, Diab said: “There are serious talks currently going on regarding this very subject between Rotana and myself. Such talks may result in a movie within the next months, especially with Rotana’s entry into cinematic production.”

Diab was then asked whether young stars like Tamer Husny and Muhammad Hamaqi have affected his stature, Diab answered saying: “I have been hearing this question since the day I started singing, and was applied then to Eman El-Bahr Darwish. Husny and Hamaqi are however good artists whom I truly respect.”

Lebanese artist Elissa refused to comment on the accusations that have been directed at her for the last couple of weeks in Egypt, Lebanon and many artistic newspapers and magazines.

The accusations say that Elissa was the one to spread the rumor of her getting ready to marry an Arab Prince in return for 100 million dollars, in addition to an island named after her in Madrid, Spain.

The accusations assert that it was Elissa who sought to promote herself, just like it happened with many stars before when they remain out of the spotlight for a while. It is also said that Elissa spread the rumor as a kind of propaganda before the release of her latest video clip (Betmoun), shot at the Lebanese capital Beirut, and written and composed by Marwan Khoury.

(Betmoun) is Elissa’s first song to be video clipped from her latest album (Ayami Beek). Elissa refused to comment on all this, following the advice of her close circle of friends and managers.

Finally, after a long period of tension, the happy ending came with Amr Diab’s announcement that he would renew his contract with Rotana, for the distribution of his new albums. Diab refused to disclose the details of the new contract, however, some assume that it goes beyond 10 million $, in return for producing five new albums for Diab.

In the press conference, Diab asserted that he preferred to stay with Rotana for its stature, and because they make all his wishes come true. He also said that his new album would be issued next December, and that two of its featured songs will be video clipped, with Rotana’s production.

Diab asserted that he is on good terms with a number of young singers, whom he respects and wishes success because they do present good works. Diab also announced that he would definitely be boycotting Jordan Festival this year, if the allegations of its normalization with Israel were proven to be true.

Diab stressed the point that he refuses any and all kinds of normalization with Israel, which was the cause of his compulsive immigration from Port Said, his hometown, along with million of others.

On his side, Salem Al-Hindy said: “The new contract stopped all the rumors. The company was really keen on keeping a prominent artist like Amr Diab. We, at Rotana, are currently waiting for Diab to give us an idea for a new movie, so that we’d start working on it.”

All attempts made by artist Sherine with Rotana Company throughout the last weeks ended in failure. Sherine’s efforts were focused on convincing the Company not to release her new/old album (Batamenak), which features some of her old songs that were already released in previous albums.

Though at the beginning Sherine did not at all object to the idea, she later on listened to the advice of her friends and managers, who conducted a study the results of which were that releasing the album this way would definitely be a huge mistake, as it doesn’t include any new works for her, and hence would not accomplish tenth of the sales of Sherine’s previous albums.

This would definitely affect Sherine’s status, as it did with many stars who used to work with Rotana, many of whom asserted that the Company wants to kill the Egyptian singers one way or another!

Sherine tried to convince the Company in so many ways not to release the album, with a promise that the master copy of her upcoming album would be ready in a few weeks, so it could be released by the beginning of the new year. However, all those attempts were in vain, after the Company insisted on releasing the album, especially that its advertising campaign had already been launched, with the option of downloading parts of the album or even ring tones to mobile phones.

The Company also thought that Sherine was running late due to her pregnancy and childbirth, despite the fact that her first album with Rotana was supposed to be released by the beginning of 2008!

Featured songs
The album features five songs that were included in previous albums: (Baragea Nafsy), (Ana Mesh Betaet El-Kalam Dah), (Batamenak), (Mesh Awza Gheirak Enta)- featured twice in the album, and (Bekelma Mennak), after which the album is to be entitled. The lyrics are written by Ameer Te’eima, Hassan Attiya and Nader Abdullah, while the musical composition is done by Ahmad Farahat, Ramy Gamal, Waleed Saad and Tamer Ali respectively.

Artist Jannat was the guest of honor of the fashion show of designer Eman Mahrous, owner of EVE Fashion House. The fashion show was held on Saturday, June 14th at Semiramis InterContinental, under the patronage of the Rotary Charity Club.

Jannat finalized the show by appearing on stage wearing an EVE purple dress, singing (Elly Beiny We Beinak, Bahebak, Betmorr Be Azma and Gedeed). She also dazzled the audience with Abdel Haleem Hafez's "Ana Lakk Ala Toul".

It's worth mentioning that Jannat has finished recording the two songs that she chose with producer Ahmad El-Desouky to release within the first cocktail of "Good News 4 Music", which will be entitled "Good News 1". The first of the two songs is written by prominent poet Bahaa El-Deen Muhammad, composed by Muhammad El-Sawy and arranged by Hani Yaakoub. The second is written by poet Hussam El-Deen Muhammad, composed by Muhammad El-Sawy and arranged by Hani Yaakoub too.

The cocktail is to feature songs for the company's stars: Jannat, Essaf, Muhammad El-Qammah and the newly discovered Muhammad Ragab, in addition to Muhammad Nour from outside the company. This cocktail will be released by the end of this June.

On the other hand, producer Ahmad El-Desouky is currently holding many sessions with Jannat in order to finalize the process of choosing the songs to be featured in her second album with the company.

Uptil now, the album features many promonent names like poets Muhammad Atef, Nader Abdullah, Bahaa El-Deen Muhammad and Awad Badawy, composers Amr Mustafa, Tamer Ali, Khaled Ezz, Muhammad El-Sawy, Mustafa Awad , Sherief Ismail and singer Hatem Fahmy, who composes for another artist for the first time, arrangers Tarek Abdel Gaber, Waleed Sharaqy, Waleed Maimany, Ahmad Adel, Ahmad Ibrahim and Hani Yaakoub, in addition to sound engineers Tamer El-Zou'eiby and Mustafa Raouf.

Artist Muhammad Mounner managed to create a state of marketability in the cassette market for the last ten days, since it release on the second weak of June, till this moment, after postponements and delays that went on for about a year.

This is what one of the owners of a major cassette store in Cairo and other governorates. He also said that Mouneer's album helped get the market out of the recession it suffered from, as regards the romantic kinds, whereas the pop music tapes were had the greatest share of sales, with a ratio of 4:1.

Mouneer succeeded in topping the musical charts, as his sales reached 250 thousand cassette tapes and 50 thousand CDs. This amount is expected to double during the upcoming days and weeks of the summer season.

Alam El-Fann, the company in charge of distributing the album, has already been receiving huge orders from distributors, in order to increase the sales, though the album has not yet been on radio or TV.

The audience chose Hatem Fahmy as (Best Singer in 2007), after the release of his second album entitled "Sada'eeny" with "Good News 4 Music" and Producer Ahmad El-Desouky.


This was the result of a huge poll conducted by The Arab Radio and Television (ART) Network, through their official website ,The voting took place for five months; starting from last January till last May. The total number of participants reached 5 million and 600 thousand , Fahmy won the poll with a result of 70%. He received the award from Mrs. Safaa Aboul So'oud, Head of the Movie and Drama Channels.

Upon receiving the award, Fahmy said: (I would like to thank all those who participated in my second album 'Sada'eeny', from poets to composers to arrangers and sound engineers. Special thanks go to Producer Ahmad El-Desouky and "Good News 4 Music", for caring to present me to my audience in the best way there is, and for helping me be what I am today.)


It's worth mentioning that two of Fahmy's new songs will be featured within the cocktail "Good News 1", which will also feature songs for the company's stars: Jannat, Essaf, Muhammad El-Qammah and the newly discovered Muhammad Ragab, in addition to Muhammad Nour from outside the company. This cocktail will be released by the end of this June.

Sherin got outrageous about the fact that her new album songs got leaked trough the internet.
As a result she decided to release an album including five songs only! three new songs and two old but remixed.

The album will be entitled "Bikelma Mennak" (A word from you) a romantic song written by Nader Abd Alah, composed by Tamer Ali and arranged by Tarek Abd El Gaber, noted that the song has already started to be aired on most of the arab radio stations as a promo for the album which will be released this Tuesday produced by Rotana.

Sherien Will Release Her New Original Album in The Christmas!,

For the second year in a row Sherin will be absent oneself in the summer season, That's because she's not finished yet from choosing her songs for the new album! She has agreed with the production company Rotana on releasing an album includes some songs that she has presented in her concerts. Her new Original album will be released in Christmas "the beginning of the next year 1/1/09" and that album which will include between 9 and 14 Fresh songs!


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