Shatha Hassoun

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Shatha Amjad Hassoun Alshamery was born in Casablanca, Morocco on 3 March 1981, to an Iraqi father and Moroccan mother. Her father is from Al-Hilla and he is a well-known reporter, her mother was a home-maker. Shatha studied English Literature in Casablanca and countineud her university studies in Tangier where she encountered the program of Hotel and tourism. Then she continued her studies in France where she gained her Masters Degree.She can sing in many languages and dialects (Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Italian and German). Her family, which includes her parents and her only brother reside in Morocco despite Shatha living in Isfik, near Beirut.Shatha has been a booming and a successful star so far due to the huge amount of fame she brought to herself since her winning Star Academy 4. It was the performance of Fairouz's "Baghdad", that was highlighted as one of her best performances on the show, while also winning the hearts of every Iraqi.

Recently, she made three songs along with their video clips. The first song is called "Rooh", which was written and composed by Nikola Saada Nikhla was the first song to even debut at number 1 on Rotana's PEPSI Top 20 charts, as it stayed at number for 2 weeks then peaking again at number 1. The second song is called "Asmallah Asmallah" or "Ebin Bladi" that was written and composed by the Iraqi Poet, Karim Al Iraqi. The third song is called "Oushaq", which was written and composed by the Lebanese singer Marwan Khoury. Her latest work is reviving an old and traditional Iraqi song. Also, she is working with the Iraqi poet Karim Al Iraqi to produce new Iraqi songs, who has worked with the likes of Kazem al Saher. Hassoun will also be working with Melhem Barakat, the Lebanese composer to compose future songs.Now, Shatha is working on her album that is going to include songs in Iraqi, Lebanese, Moroccan, and Egyptian dialect. Her main goal is as she said in an interview to represents her beloved country Iraq in the best way.Hassoun has just finished filming her role in an upcoming television series called "Rasael Men Ragol Mayet" (Letters of a dead man), alongside famous Egyptian actor Mahmoud Yasin, filming took place in Egypt, Syria and Iraq.She is also filming her latest music video for the song ‘Mazalny’ in Beirut, as well as having attended concerts across North America, Syria, Lebanon and Sweden.WIKIPEDIA

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