El Funoun

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El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe was established in 1979 by a small number of enthusiastic, talented and committed artists. Since then, El-Funoun has been throned as the lead Palestinian dance company. In Palestine, as well as among Palestinians in exile, El-Funoun has achieved an unprecedented popular recognition; in fact, quite a few of the Troupe’s songs and dances have become household tunes.

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Amel Bent

Amel Bent, from its true name Bentbachir, was born on June 21, 1985 with Play-The-Turns (France) from an Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She is initiated with the music by her cousin and, even if she never has took course of songs or musical theory, Amel manages to compose some melodies. But its principal preocupation remains the studies, in final S, it fails the vat proof. It then decides to try its chance in the emission of New television "Star". Thanks to its voice and its charisma Amel Bent allures the public and arrives until in half finale of this contest of song. The producers decides to give him his chance and it records in 2005 its first album: "One Day Of Summer". Each title is a true happiness of soul and R' B, and first individual "My Philosophy" rises quickly at the head of the sales and obtains a Victoire of the Music. In 2007, Amel Bent leaves its second opus, "A 20 Ans" from which individual "Nouveaux Français is extracted" which makes a paperboard.http://www.stars-celebrites.net

EMAD BATAYEH

Emad was bor on October 3rd 1982, to a loving Jordanian family. Emad is the youngest of six wonderful sisters. It was not long after Emad was born, that he grew a remarkable passion for his music. Emad watched his father, who was also a musician, play the keyboard and followed in his footsteps. At the age of 5, he was know as the "kid genius". trouhht tv and parties he attended. Soon after he became a keyboard player for most of the local singers.

Rowaida El Mahrouki

Rowaida El Mahrouki also known as Rowaida El Mahrouky is a famous Emarati female singer.Is one of the many singers who work under the management and production of Rotana.Has shot one sexy video clip in which she was taking a bath with chocolate water.The videoclip was banned and was not shown on television due to its explicit content.

Amal Maher

Amal Maher is one of the rising, talented Egyptian young singers.Amal Maher grew up with only one sound Oum Kalthoum’s. Seduced by “Essit” art, she dreamed of a heady singing career. It was her husband, Mohamed Diae” who gave her the opportunity to achieve her childhood dream by proposing her a song and a music video. “Ely Binak W Binha” was a great success and was aired on all music TV Channels earning Amal Maher the recognition she sought and huge sales on her album.

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Saber el Rubai

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The Tunisian singer Saber el Rubai has a very nice voice. He is very elegant, sensitive and honest with himself and with his audience. He was born on the 12th of March in Tunisia. He started singing when he was twelve years old, encouraged by his family for his father played the Oud and his brother was a singer. Besides singing, Saber plays the Oud and the violin.He started the singing as his profession at 17 years old impressed by great singers among which Mohammad Abd El Wahab, Abd El Kader El Asaly, Wadih Al Safi, Abd El Halim Hafez, Karem Mahmoud. Saber composed some of his songs’ melodies among which the song “Word” (Kalima) with an outstanding rhythm. His work with Hilmi Baker, Salah El Charnoubi and Dr Abd El Rab Idriss was a great success. Great singers such as Sayyed Makkawi and Warda were very impressed by his voice.

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Hind Sabry

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Hind Sabry is born in Tunisia on November 20. She studied in Lycee Francais De Tunis, and then in 2001 she got a law license at the faculty of law of Tunisia. Then in 2004, she got masters in law, she has no brothers or sisters.
Hind Sabry's start in show business came through a role in Samt Al-Qossour in 1996. The film was shown at the Cairo International Festival as well as the Cannes International Film Festival and it landed the cast several prizes. As for the beautiful actress, Hind managed to secure the Best Actress award in the Valencia international film festival for her role in the film. Then several other roles followed. Films like Moussem Al-Dagal, Leila Fi Shahr Yolyou and Al-Kabsh Al-Aswad also pushed the actress forward and shed light on her acting talents.
Then came her true break when she met the famous director Inas Al-Deghedy. The controversial director offered the ambitious actress a role in her upcoming film. The talented actress accepted the offer and took on a role in Deghedy's movie Mozakerat Moraheqa in 2001. In the same year, Hind Sabry released another movie Mowaten wa Mokhber wa Haramy. The movie marked the first acting experience for the popular singer Shabaan Abdul Rahim and starred handsome actor Khaled Aboul Naga.
Two years later, Sabry took on a role in Ezzay Tekhali Al-Banat Tehebak alongside famous stars like Hani Salama, Somaya El Khashab and Lebanese actress Nour. By this time, Hind Sabry had become known as a talented actress in both her homeland Tunisia and Egypt. But the star's dreams were bigger than what she had already accomplished by then, one of her many goals was to finish her studies in Law and obtain her Masters Degree and PhD someday.Sourse http://www.yallabina.com

Jannat Mahid

Singing was in her blood since she was 5 years old, unlike children in her age playing with dolls; she used to listen to Umma Kalthoum, Abd El Wahab & many other great singers, she is the Star Jannat. She was raised in her family with her 3 brothers, where she wasn't just the only girl, but the youngest. She was always surrounded by their care and attention since she was the youngest & by this attention her family noticed that her ear in listening wasn't interested in kids’ songs as the kids in her age, she used to choose heavy songs and she started singing those songs. Her family then started supporting her specially her mother, who had herself a beautiful voice, but she only used it in singing for the family or in the family events. When she was 8, she participated in a singing competition in Morocco & stood on stage with a band and audience. Despite she was very young, she had no fear. Not only that, she won the first place in this competition. After that she participated in another 3 competitions in morocco & she one the first place, 1 in Alexandria & she also won the first place and the last one before she started her album was in Dubai shopping & tourism festival "Mahragan El Seyaha Wel Tasawok" & she also won the first place. She was then invited by Dr. Ratiba El Hefni as a guest of Horner to sing in the opening of the Arabic music Festival in the Opera. She paused for a while until she graduated from marketing. From there she started taking singing as a career & not just a talent; in 2004 she launched a single song in a Clip named "Efhamny Habibi". During that time the producer Ahmed Desouki was looking for new voices to introduce, he liked her voice so much & signed with her in 2005, since then, they had been working on her first album with Good News for Music "Elly Beiny W Beinak" till it had been launched in July 2006, it took them a year and a half preparing this album, as the producer Ahmed Desouki wanted her album to be a hit, it took them a lot of time & effort. It was really a hit. She shot "Aktar men sana" as the clip and the audiences say that her voice is so tender & warm & her feelings are high & this is reflected on the songs & her voice. The album has a total of 10 songs, a mix between love, sadness & being hurt & songs to show a strong woman. She's also shot another song from her album called "Bahebak" with the director Mohamed Gomaa. She launched two singles in Collection “Good News Vol-1” called “Habeby Ala Neyato” & “Alek Beeh” in July 2008. She is now working with Producer Ahmed El Desouki on their second album together which will be released on 2009.

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MC Amin

Ahmed Amin (Arabic: أحمد أمين‎) (born in 1985) better known by his stage name Mc Amin and El-General, is a rapper from Mansoura City. He is considered the best of Egyptian rappers, mainly for his hardcore aggressive style and for his songs'themes, which express problems within many of Egyptians.Born in 1985 in Mansoura City, Mc Amin grew up in a middle class family. He studied in University Unions (Arabic: الجامعة العمالية‎), and after receiving his Baccalauréat, he started his career as an underground rapper . * In 1998 He started memorizing the lyrics of the songs he listened to and rap them while he was around his friends. That gave him the idea of creating his own lines with new beats. This was the start of having his own way of rapping. and it started to develope from a hobby to a serious part of his life.
* 2004 was when he started to write his own lyrics in arabic and started to express his anger feelings through music. EveryBody were amazed[citation needed] by his talent and brave lyrics . His friends supported him all the way, which truely helped him more and more in becoming selfconfident.This Was Mc Amin Breaking-Through.
* In 2007 Mc Amin decided to publish his own records. He created a band Called Black Attack dropping his first underground album Mc Amin VOL#1 - Black Attack. After his succeeded album he helped many young rappers to start writing and recording thier lyrics for the first time such as Kordy, F-Killa, Rakip and Mac-D. He organised them to a band called Arab Rap Soldiers, Dropping his second successful album Mc Amin VOL#2 - Arab Rap Soldiers.
* 2008 was one of the most sucsessfully year in his career. He worked with alot of people, recorded a plenty of songs with known artists like Arabian Knightz, Wighit Nazar, Ahmed El Fishawy, Shadia Mansour and Fredwreck, He also had alot of big gigs and many guest appearances like the first summit of Mediterranean Hiphop Culture. and Desert Saga MixTape released by the end of 2008. WIKIPEDIA

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Oumeima El Khalil

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Born in Al Fakiha in 1966, Oumeima El Khalil started her career as a singer at twelve. She lived in an art-loving family; this is how she was discovered at an early age in the singing world.
El Khalil pursued her secondary studies in the Bekaa, and then moved to Beirut where she studied music theory and vocal techniques.
Meeting Marcel Khalifé at an early age was a good occasion for Oumeima to venture into the world of singing as it gave her the opportunity to sing as a solo in his "Al Mayadin" band where she showed a high level of professionalism in the domain.
The 12-year old girl had her own songs that she interpreted worldwide for over 27 years at high-level concerts in which Marcel Khalifé and his band participated.

Koor195

Koor is one of the pioneer singers who made oriental rock music a commercial music in Arab world that is why his fans called him (King Of Oriental Rock), actually he is composing and writing most of his songs trying to make a new image for the oriental music to reach the global music classifications.
Koor had a bachelor degree in interior designing engineering and started music Professionalism year 1997 after he returned from U.S.A with a lots of English rock concerts in Egypt after that he launched his first Arabic rock album (Ayesh Amir) year 2001 and recently he released his second Oriental Rock album (DownTown - Wust El balaad) Aug 2007 and more than 7 unique music videos since 2002.sourse web KOR195

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Ramy Sabry

Before graduating from the music academy in Egypt , he had already started .His musical career by composing songs for few of the famous singers , such as Amer Moneeb , Sherine and Fadl Shaker .Ramy sabry him self is a young singer whose future is blooming.In 2005 he encountered director tarek alrian who immediately decided to adopt ramy’s talent and to produce his first album << habiby al awalany >>3 videos were shot , Two of which were directed by Tarek Alarian and one by Moussa Eissa .Having launched his first album , Ramy participated in many musical events such as : live concerts , school proms and university welcome parties
Eventually , Ramy began his success and has become a well known singer in Egypt . moreover , in the media field , he appeared in (3) biggest show programs in the middle east : taratata which was shot in paris , nagham and sekout hanghny
He was even selected to be given some movie scripts to consider which he unfortunately turned down.In Ramy point of view , he wishes that Tarek Alarian direct his first film as he would most likely present Ramy in his best image

In 2008 , Rami worked hard to give us his second album But there has been a lot of problems, His musical album was leaked to websites and all his work lost in vain . Therefore, The album has bee postponed in the markets more than once .
Ramy was racing against time to make his album see the light again , he make new songs for his album in a record time. Last.FM

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Mohamed Nour

Mohamed Nour : Was born on January 18th in Cairo . His handsome looks and strong physique have made him very popular with the ladies and turned him into an admired heartthrob with the fans. However, his looks do not undermine his passion and talent for music. His love for the violin and the passion of his lyrics are all indications of a very talented artist. Mohamed is one of the founders of the band and is considered the vocal power behind it. His participation at an early age in international concerts, playing alongside big stars like Rachid Taha and Cheb Khaled, has added value and experience and has helped him mature into a serious artist. He looks up to Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Michael Bolton. His goal is to reach people with his music, and with it, reach the heights of fame.

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Biyouna

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Biyouna (Baya Bouzar) is an Algerian singer, dancer, actress born in 1952 in Belcourt, Algiers, Algeria.Inhabited by a very early passion for singing, she has been a member of several groups, first in Fadela Dziria's group where she played tambourine, and another that she directed with her accomplice Flifla, and finally her own where she is the main vocalist and has become sought after for wedding receptions.At the age of seventeen she began performing in some of the biggest cabarets in the city and at 19 started dancing at the 'Copacabana'.

Acting career

That same year, the director Mustapha Badie and the landmark makes it turn its first soap opera, where she sings the role of Fatma, La Grande Maison (1973), adapted from the novel by Mohamed Dib. The series will make famous.For the Algerian film, it runs two films: Leila and the other Sis Ali Mazi in 1978,Neighbor Ghaouti Bendedouche in 2000 and has performed in one-woman show .
Biyouna in Viva LaldjérieAlmost more Algerian, Biyouna is the icon of a city that has never stopped moving despite political violence and the compromises of the various powers which have succeeded. His exuberant character and attitude impede frank indeed in some circles… It could be an eccentric character of Almodóvar, or one of those muses troubling that one crosses in old movies Fassbinder. Equally at home with his friends in Paris with transvestites Algiers whose special affection she is a free woman par excellence that devours the existence of all ends. She is in love with life, it emanates from it a force volcanic enthusiasm skin-deep and a philosophy epicurean. If current flows so well with his audience is that everyone, both men and women, recognizes himself in his songs that are vignettes from everyday life, small soap operas every day. The air of nothing, she slips her favorite themes, freedom, peace, hospitality, common sense. She speaks reports lovers, denounces intolerance, pettiness and stupidity, and does not rate as an opportunity to make fun of those who mingle affairs of others.In 1999, Nadir Moknèche offered him the role of Meriem in The Harem Madame Osmane she runs in France. This film will be followed by Viva Laldjéri in 2003.Blonde dans la Casbah

Music career

Meanwhile, Biyouna continues a singing career and released in 2001 an album of songs Raid Zone, directed by the composer John Bagnolett. After the success of the album Raid Zone and her participation in the role of Fellag Casbah Opera to be staged by Jerome Savary, Biyouna released a new album Blonde dans la Casbah. The idea for this album was in the air for a long time. Biyouna took her time, carefully selecting a directory franco-algérien that draws in both cultures. Around it, we must mention Joseph Racaille responsible for the arrangements, Christophe Dupouy regular partner Jean-Louis Murat in charge of mixing, not to mention her two "guardian angels": her agent Olivier Guzman, and her husband who knew Mokhtar ensure grain...She lives with her husband and four children in the suburbs of Algiers.WIKIPEDIA

Shadia Mansour

Shadia Mansour
British born Palestinian at 21 years of age delivers her melodic voice, in both English and Arabic, blending traditional and classical Middle Eastern sounds into smooth but powerful soul. At 18, Shadia wrote and produced her own album "Incomplete" performing at various venues including the famous 'Soul Cafe' in downtown Manhattan.Opening for 'Busta Rhymes' and 'Mobb Deep' at the PALADIUM Club, NYC. She has appeared on various T.V and Radio Stations in New York City.

Lotfi Double Kanon

Lotfi was born on 06/07/1974 in Annaba, father of a worker is a mother at home.He grew up in a modest family composed of a brother and two sisters.All university graduates.Environment creation and motivation in him the thirst for knowledge.
Degrees:
BA-Mathematics series in 1992 in Annaba.
-Engineer status in 1998 in geology from the University of Annaba.
The modest income of her family motivated to take charge of her young age, so to purchase his first “synthesizer”, it had to do odd jobs for summer.
Lotfi produced models with a very archaic material to present to the local radio and make themselves known in the art.His second step will be passing Annabi on stage to present to the public this new style of Algerian music. The result was immediate and many young people as Lotfi s’identifièrent in carrying their message.DOUBLE KANON AND JUSTICE: During a live performance on stage Lotfi theater green Annaba summer 1997, he became acquainted with the intolerance of public authorities which have interrupted the show involving the texts too expressive in their words.This act ignited the crowd that met the force of law and order and who earned the label Lotfi singing “Rebel”.AND LOTFI Waheb: With his friend Waheb, lotfi formalize the group “DOUBLE KANON” by entering the studio to record the first album KAMIKAZE; opening the door of the long road that will go through the group .Last.fm

Bigg

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Taoufiq Hazeb (Arabic: توفيق حازب‎) (born in 1983) better known by his stage name Bigg and Alkhaser, is a Moroccan rapper from Casablanca. He is considered one of the pioneers of Moroccan rap, mainly for his aggressive style and for his songs' themes, which express problems within many of Moroccans.Born in 1983 in the "Roches Noires" neighborhood in Casablanca, Bigg grew up in a middle class family. Bigg studied in "Imam Malik" high school, and after receiving his Baccalauréat, he began to study Law in the Hassan II University in Mohammedia. He is currently studying the third year (where he could receive the licentiate).Wikipedia

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Cheb Mami

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Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي‎, Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed, born July 11, 1966) is an Algerian-born raï singer. His birth was in Graba-el-wed, a populous quarter of Saida. Located 170 kilometres south of Oran, the city of Saida is on the high mesas of southwestern Algeria.He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic, French and sometimes, as on Layali, in Egyptian Arabic.Cheb Mami grew up in the city of Saida to a family of factory workers. He began singing and playing the accordion on Saida streets and by 1980 began performing at local weddings and ceremonies.
In 1982, the 16-year-old adolescent sang on the Alhan wa Chabab radio show, a singing competition organised by Radio Télevision Algérienne. He sang "El Marsam" (The Sanctuary) a classic of Oranese music from the 1920s. The audience was transfixed by the sheer emotion of his performance and by his concordant vocal intonations which captured perfectly the flavour of the song's title. The judges, who represented the government which refused to admit even the existence of raï, gave the first prize to the contestant that sang a cover version of a hit by the famous Egyptian diva, Umm Kulthum, but were forced to acknowledge the standing ovation Mami received by awarding him second prize.Cheb Mami was spotted by Boualem, the producer of the Oran label, Disco Maghreb, and the cassette waltz began. From 1982 to 1985, Cheb Mami recorded about ten cassettes, whose production varied from 100,000 to 500,000 copies[citation needed]It was in 1985 that Mami came to Paris and found his musical niche. Raï fused blues, funk, salsa, reggae, hip hop and Algerian rhythms, while integrating touches of his idols Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and French rapper MC Solaar.Cheb Mami made his first official public appearance at the First Oran Raï Festival in 1985, which marked the official recognition of the genre by the Algerian authorities.He was in military service for two years in Algeria but was an entertainer on army bases. After that, in May 1989, Mami returned to the Paris at the Olympia, rejuvenating Rai music. He began making recordings and performing in cabarets in the Paris suburb of Barbès. He also toured the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Scandinavia and England.Mami's music is a blend of Mediterranean and Western influences including Turkish, Flamenco and Greek music as well as Latin music. His voice is tinged with Andalusian accents, and his music is an amalgamation of the traditional and the modern styles of singing and creation of music.In 1999, Mami topped the French pop charts with a groundbreaking duet with French rapper K-Mel, "Parisien du Nord". The song was an anthem against racism that seamlessly made the transition between hip hop and raï, and introduced throngs of young new audiences to raï. This song explores the racist issues between Arabs and French and the challenges of identity.As well as recording many straight raï songs, Cheb Mami has achieved crossover success with the hip-hop remix of his track "Parisien du Nord" on his album Meli Meli and also with the backing vocals on Sting's hit "Desert Rose" and Youm Wara Youm the title track of which is a duet with Samira Said .When Sting's album was released in 2000, the pair's duet, "Desert Rose", went rocketing to the top of singles charts around the world, fulfilling Mami's long-held dream of internationalising Raï sounds.Perhaps Mami's most successful recording is the album Dellali, produced by former Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, which was released soon after his collaboration with Sting. The album's lead single was "Le Raï C'est Chic". This track, which opens the album, "is an energetic dance track featuring Mami's biggest fan, Sting, on backing vocals and is destined to get most of the mainstream media attention (and radio airplay)". Mami's first collaboration with Sting in 2001 on, "Desert Rose", "topped the charts around the globe, and led to television appearances on Saturday Night Live, the Today Show, Jay Leno, David Letterman, the Grammy Awards telecast and even a live performance at the Super Bowl". His international success, and namely his recognition in mainstream American popular culture, has led him to be called the "Prince of Raï".[2] Although Mami has been able to be recognized by mainstream media in the United States, Americans often equate his raï music genre with rock in the US during the 1950s and 1960s.[4] Americans believe raï to be "North African punk," a genre of music for the purpose of rebelling against the government and resembling the music of ‘young rockers’[4] in the US, when in reality this music plays a very different role in the life of the North African diasporic community in France. Although raï does include narratives of the various struggles of this community against "the Algerian state or against the forces of ‘tradition’",it is also the "music of the racialized Other" which chronicles struggles with racism and identity of North African people in France. Mami's international success is commendable and an indication of the power of his music; however, the misunderstanding of the roots of the raï music genre may allow the music to seem more relatable to international, especially American audiences.Wikipedia

Doctor Phreaker

Doctor Phreaker -Also Known As :Sha3er el Vicodin -Born: 10 June 1987 -Occupation : Rapper - Music Producer & Song Writer -Education: School Of Medicine -Cairo University - -Genere: Hardcore Rap -Doctor Phreaker "aka" Vicodin Poet is a Song Writer, Hardcore Rap Performer , Music Composer and Producer. -Began Rapping at the Age of 15 With Performing the Hit Rap songs By Rappers LikeIce Cube, Mobb Deep, Tupac -Started Performing His Own Lyrics at the age of 17 on the beats of Tupac and Mobb Deep. -Wrote Over 200 Songs during the past 3 Years. -The First Album " Nazareyet el Dokhool Shemal " was a Collection of some Old Tracks. -The Second Album called " Dysphoria " was released on 1 October 2008. The Album Music was fully Produced and Arranged by Doctor Phreaker. -Most Of the Songs Criticize Reality and Problems That Face Average Normal People, Political Issues, some Off Limit Issues. -An Experiment To Mix Shocking Lyrics With Up to Date Musical Beats To satisfy an Average Listener even if he's not into Hiphop Music. -Doctor Phreaker Writes All his Song Lyrics and Produces all His Music Beats.http://doctorphreaker.blogspot.com/

H-Kayne

H-kayne est un groupe de rap marocain basé à Meknès, né vers 1996.Il s’agit de la fusion entre les pionnier du rap au Maroc composé de Adil Sif Lssane,Hatim HB2,Azzedine Ter-Hoor, Otmane, Iliass(New) et de DJ Khalid,Ayant remporté le premier prix de les catégories Rap et Hip-Hop du concours Boulevard des jeunes musiciens (BJM) de Casablanca en 2003. Des titres comme Issawa style, F’mo hadak, Ya Dania, FL’Houma et H-K Kima Dima figurent parmi les titres qui propulsent cette formation musicale.