I Love Wael Jassar, But This Epic Song Disappoints

Ok, it might not suck, but it's not exactly great. Wael Jassar promised a second to none poem song like he has never done before. The guy is a master of emotional songs. I really wanted a great song worthy of this Lebanese hit-maker with a hear of gold.The song is alright, it feels missing something. The lyrics have been...

Musician Gabriel Abdel Nour Wears So Many Hats

If Lebanon to have an opera concert, then they must feature the man about town Gabriel Abdel Nour, the musician composer, singer. Lebanon loves this guy, they adore his music and they have come to respect his style of music. He sings local song like an international star would. He is very proud of...

Pictures: Orange Arab Celebrities Tan Screw-ups

Egyptian songstress Soma had a recent concert in one of Egypt's hottest shopping malls--Sun City. The concert was part of the the shopping festival where big Arab names appear and sing for the thousands of mall goers who only have to be there--it's up to the mall then to sell them something.Enough with that, Soma has a very exciting voice...

Bashar Assad One Malek Jandali Zero

I have no special love or appreciation for Assad--he is not my president and has little influence on my life. But the man seems to be a survivor and he might as well have beat a handful of countries that bet on his fall. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the West in one side with their Syrians sidekicks.They all have...

Moroccan Dounia Batma, Makes The Gulf Crazy

She is a diva in every sense of the word. Sure, she is young, but her emotions are her vocal training some spend ages trying to develop. She has the confidence at a level only the legends enjoy. Her commanding stage presence is well documented. This Casablanca native, the girl that rocked Arab Idol and was only given...

Hady Khalil Throwback 90s Pop In His Prison Song

I thought to hear this kind of Egyptian pop music, I had to go back to 1990 and listen to one of the guys who are in their 40s now. But no, we now get a guy with the name Hady Khalil and he likes to sing the tunes of that time. He sounds like a younger brother of Iraqi big in Egypt pop star Baha Sultan.Not sure why he...

Thanks To Ahmed Elshobokshy, Arabia Gets A Real Rap Battle Diss

Ahmed Elshobokshy most famous Arab rappers do their thing, they wear stuff and act like they are thugs. Some of them could fake it well, but it takes no time to tell that the underdog Egyptian rapper Ahmed Elshobokshy is the real rapper. He is like one of those East coast rappers. He does not focus on the show, instead...

Aziza - Hossam Ramzy عزيزة - حسام رمزي

...

RIP: Legendary Actor Ahmed Ramzi Passes Away

Egyptian actor Ahmed Ramzy passes away. And his funeral arrangements are on the way. Among his most memorable films are co-starred along funnyman Ismail Yaseen. They were not friends but they were a great team, they made four movies together. A movie they made together cost 18 thousand Egyptian...

Mai Selim & Amr Mostafa Random Duet

Amr Moustafa is insane when he speaks about politics, but he is one creative guy if he picks a guitar. He does wonders and he seems to be back on the saddle writing music--his latest work was for Assala. An older video has surfaced of the composer turned singer turned political hack doing a duet with Mai Selim. Amr Moustafa...

Listen: اغنية كارمن سليمان خايفة/Carmen Soliman-Khayfa

Carmen is one bold chick! She is the only young star who is comfortable releasing songs with no music. Most new singers are often intimidated, and seek to package their voice with music. Carmen needs none of that, most of her songs online and on TV shows she performs without music.To be clear, she is not against music,...

Download Majid Al Mohandes 2012 Album البوم ماجد المهندس - انا وياك

Majid El Mohandes or Majid is a hot ticket artists. While he is huge in the Gulf area, as poets and weddings throw money at him to see him. He is also huge in Lebanon and hot for Egypt--he gets booked for lots of interviews. The Maghreb adores him as he is a frequent guest on their music festivals. Iraqis are proud of him and his music. So...

Johnny "Metro" Keep On Making Them Hits

The guy sounds like an indie heart who cares about what he sees around him. His latest is a duet with a young lady where they are asking their listeners to befriend their trouble and sadness. This is a song that might be weird outside the Middle East--but in Arabic and in poetry they likes images, they pretend that...

For Those Who Miss Badriyah Al Sayed, She is BACK بدريه السيد انا عيني عليه

She took part of Star Academy more than two years ago, she was not the sharpest tool in the box, but likable she was. She made friends with everyone, she joked around and made best friends with Rahma Ahmed. Rahma was busy making a career, Badriyah moved to Beirut for work. Now she is released...

"Do you remember how we used to chat? " Fairouz فايق شو حكينا / السيدة فيروز

..فايق شو حكينا بلياليناوزرعنا بالسهرات غنياتفايق شو بنينا أمانيناوضيعنا تنهيدات وحكاياتفايق عالبيت الكلو زنبقوشبابيكو بتميل عالأحلامع ستار الورد وضوو الأزرقوعيون العشقانين ما بتناموعدك إلي ونروحنسرح بمرج بعيدنشكي الهوى ونبوحوالعمر أحلى ...

مقدمة 83 - زياد الرحباني - دمشق 2008

...

نور مهنا -علالا ولالاولالا

...

One Direction Nails It With "Live While We're Young"

When you are young, you do not realize this, you only want to be a grown up and have your own things. But not One Direction who are back with a new single. "Live While We're Young" is the tittle of their latest single and it's scheduled to be released in the U.K. on Sept. 30.This is not a single, it's a...

Video: Snoop The Soccer Player Takes Penalty Kicks

Snoop Dogg is an icon of American music, a world celerity and a notorious bad boy. What he is not is a soccer player. He was given too shots at scoring, and he never made it. He did talk about his style and his Salsa dance moves. Snoop Dogg, also known as Snoop Lion, joins SportsCenter and takes his...

Video: Drunk Melhem Barakat Loses It Insults His Drummer On Stage

We all love the black horse of Lebanese music Melhem Barakat, he is a talented musician and a gifted singer. I love his compositions, but I am sure no one loves Melhem more than he loves himself. He is very eccentric and his ego is as big as Lebanon.In a recent Beirut concert, the legendary singer lost his cool and...

Introducing George Zghaib, "Miracle Child" Of Arabic Music

He is a little Lebanese boy who has been rocking Arabic music news with his talent. He plays a mean lute "oud" and does a great job covering classics of the Arabic songs. Pretty much all the legends he has memorized songs for them and can perform them life. People go wild for this boy and I have been burried...

Cyrine Abdelnour Gets Into The Lingerie Business

I give credit to the Gulf based Arab lingerie company for doing something people wanted. Start a bosh lingerie and sleepwear company, built its brand and always be on the media by hiring new stars to promote your brand. Among the Arab ladies who have singed up and endorsed the products are Diana...

Magida El Roumi Brings The Good Times To Batroun

Magida El Roumi should be the spokesperson for the country of Lebanon, when others are mad and upset by what they see in the political arena in that country, she sees hope and faith in a better tomorrow. That way she makes people believe her message and her love for that country.Despite all issues and instability at those...

Nawal El Zoghbi Is Doing The Madonna Thing

Crazy dancers, people jumping all over the stage, live audience who has gone wild and fireworks seem to be an old trick from the pop stars of the world. The trick seems to work well. In a summer concert appearance Lebanese pop candy Nawal El Zoghbi filmed her performance and captured few minutes from...

DAM And Their Damn Good Rap

No other Arab rap band have reached the level of fame and popularity like the one the Palestine 1948 rap group DAM. They had the first mainstream rap hit that made its way around the globe and back. The song was titled "Who is The Terrorist?" It was a hit on so many levels, the activists loved it and so have the ones who study Arabic....

Hasna Matar, The Pictures Are Out, The Video To Follow

She is Lebanese but she does very well with Iraqi songs, her latest music video will treat her Iraqi song into a cool music video. Her songs are about being away form the motherland, she did this very loud and strong song about yearning to the land of the ancestor.Here claim to fame was a happy dance song that gets...

محمد عبد الوهاب عندما يأتي المساء

...

Watch This Funny Promo For Samo Zain's Song

Samo Zaen is almost back with a new music video, to promote it, he has gotten himself a DJ sidekick, a beach-side drink and Beats headphones. Not sure who is this DJ dude with him, but they seem to be best of buddies. He does not speak English so we have to hear Samo Zain speaking English.The English is funny, but so is Samo...

ARAB Hipsters: Ahmed Moawad - Gebt Akhry / أحمد معوض - جبت أخري

I just saw a music video that features Arab hipsters, these guys got the outfits right. They have figures the look and the attitude the hipsters of the world have build for themselves. The song is not a hit, it's a bit weak for my own taste. I think they get A for effort.The song lacks the good beat and the powerful...

Director Bassam AlTurk Creepy Arab Lovers Music Video Due Soon

Stalking is never cool, breaking into someone's home is not a good idea. But for Arab music videos anything goes. So here's the plot for a new romantic and supposed to be humorous music videos. Boy and girl spot one another and fall in love from afar. They are both interested in knowing one...

Picture: Jamal Suliman Is Full Of Shit جمال سليمان يرقص مع راقصة شرقية

Jamal Suliman was cool for about five years, then he is now in hot water. The famous Syrian actor made a good career in acting and starring in Syrian and Egyptian dramas, he is a good actor in fairness. But then he started talking politics and criticizing what is going on in his country. He asked Bashar to step down...

Medhat Saleh To Boycott The Egyptian House Of Opera

Medhat Saleh is a guy who is happy doing performances at the house of Opera in Egypt, they love his music and his voice has expressed and documented Egyptian moments for a really long time. Medhat is a popular name in local concerts where people needed a heavy dose of all Egyptian music. He never disappoints...

WATCH: Assala & Holland Symfonia 1 / أوبريت أصالة في هولندا - الجزء الأول

This video was filmed roughly two months ago when the Syrian diva toured Europe and performed in sold out concert halls. Arabs and non Arabs turned out for this show, the Holland Symfonia joined in the show and gave a stunning musical performance accompanied by Assala's strong vocals.She sang for more than...

Asmara Rocks The Blue Look أسمرا - عشقاك

If you wanted a side order of the Arabic look with an exotic twist, check that off your list, Asmara just delivered you that. She sings in English, French, Italian and Spanish, but she focuses on Arabic at the moment since she released her debut song which was in Egyptian.Asmara is a local girl from Lebanon who has...

Mado In "Alb7r Bedhk Leh" He Hits All The Right Notes

The nightmare of every girl is to have your wedding day and see no one is happy for you. And see that your wedding has turned into a full blown funeral. Mado, the indie musicians who seem to never have abandoned his ideal during and after the revolution is always improving on his musical style.His latest song and...

If You Want To Market Watches, Please Come On Time

Egyptian diva Sherine singed up to promote a watch brand along with Lebanese super star Ragheb Alamah. There were many celebrities present there. Most celebrities came on time for the event and mingled with the attendees who shelled serious cash for those overpriced watches.Sherine did it differently,...

Fairouz "O, One with magical eyes" ياساحر العينين للسيدة فيروز

..يا ساحر العينين يا حلمنا تسأل في الحيين عن بيتنا بيتنا قرب العين يا ساحر العينين على حدود المروج حيث السواقي الكثار بيتنا حلو يموج على رؤى إخضرار مشرع البابين يا ساحر العينين و في حمى بيتنا تزهو ورود الوفا و بين جناتنا يلقى المحب الهنو حلمه حلمين يا ساحر العينين يا حب إن زرتنا وهمت في أرضنا تملك في ربعنا تسكن في قلبنا نرعاك بالجفنين يا...

Iraq Could Use A Happy Song, Thanks Walid El Shami

Walid El Shami is preparing a gift for his people in Iraq, a techno song where he is filming a music video for it in Dubai where he is based. A mix of Iraqi and Gulf music, a fusion he calls it in a nightclub. There will be a dance troupe. I am ready to claim that Iraqis drink Arabic music with their mother's milk, they...

The Voice Is A Stink Bomb! Where Are Those Viewers

The Arab edition of The Voice has the star power, and has the backing of the big network. What they do not have is the audience. I am a follower of Arab media on entertainment and have neither found stories about the show--they aired about three episodes and no one is talking. The social networks are not abuzz about...

Yehya Radwan: Horses, Bikes and Cheating Ladies

Horses are awesome creators, they are mighty, gracious and proud. No wonder celebrities and rich people like to be seen with horses. Horse racing is an activity seems reserved for the rich and powerful. Yehya Radwan, a pop singer from Lebanon uses a horse for his music video--he was riding one showing off his skills.Then he...

Toni Qattan Coffee And Traditional Arab Marriages

Toni Qattan might be this summer's biggest music surprise, he has seen so many music festivals and traveled across the Arab world including Palestine for concerts. He is a big deal in Jordan and Lebanon too. But his latest single which I did not love at first is shown that the guy is a hit-maker.Using the Bedouin dialect to...

The All Moroccan Songstress Naima Samih

Naima Samih is an icon in the world of Moroccan songs, she is one of its early pioneers. She entered the singing business when there was only men in that industry, she sang and impressed people. Thus she earned her stripes in this traditional society.  She had to struggle with the men...

"Secrets" Of Tamer Hosny And Bassma Boussil's Wedding

Tamer Hosny have never had a problem where he keeps away form the spotlight. He has spoken about everything and has not done the same thing with his marriage. When he doesn't talk, other media outlets do the talking and spread some information that might be incorrect. I think the bride deserves a huge wedding...

Hamada Helal 2012 Album البوم حمادة هلال - متقولهاش

Egyptian pop star Hamada Hilal is one hot entertainer. when he is not busy making blockbuster movies, he is recording albums in the studio. The two careers often overlap, but one thing this is a gifted singer with a great sense of humor. He is due for a new album--he has not made one in years now.The sample for his new yet to be released album...

Video: Myraim Faris Makes Love To Saudi Arabia

The good people of Saudi Arabia loves all things Lebanon. Nothing they love more than a Lebanese girl who wants to celebrate a Saudi Holiday with them. Lebanese songstress Myraim Faris knows that and she realizes she must have millions of fans in Saudi Arabia, so she wanted to make them feel special.She wore...

Maya Diab Tattoo Is Going Lady Gaga Weird

Maya Diab is a popular chick, a singer, a product promoter, and a TV hostess. She is a celebrity not non for anything in particular. But she seems to have seen a surge in popularity the past three years. She has been around for more than a decade now, but her time is now.Her latest weirdness is a whole body tattoo done...

Beirut International Film Festival Missing The Red Carpets and The Stars

There's no reason why a global city like Beirut should not have a world class film festival. They have the sophisticated people to pull off, they have the businesses to back it up and put up the money to bring A list celebrities. Cities like Dubai got nothing on Beirut.Why are the stars missing from the film festivals?...