Arabic-language singers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 101. Chapters: Natacha Atlas, Dalida, Diana Haddad, Angham, Najwa Karam, Nancy Ajram, Amal Hijazi, Fairuz, Haifa Wehbe, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Diana Karazon, Kadim Al Sahir, Cheb Mami, Khaled, Salwa Al Katrib, Thekra, Suzanne Tamim, Latifa, AlKabli, Jennifer Charles, Jad Shwery, Ramy Ayach, Cheikha Rimitti, Elam Jay, Ishtar, Wael Kfoury, Assala Nasri, Rim Banna, Ruby, Joseph Attieh, Shaaban Abdel Rahim, Sabah, Shahin Badar, Fadl Shaker, Elissa, Mohamad Bash, Nicole Saba, Zehava Ben, Iwan, George Wassouf, Shahd Barmada, The Chehade Brothers, Bachar Zarkan, Wagih Aziz, Dana Halabi, Bassima, Lena Chamamyan, Rahma Mezher, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Sabah Fakhri, Maryem Tollar, Sahar Taha, Ibrahim El Hakami, Naama, Fares Karam, Ammar Hassan, Hussain Al Jassmi, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, Klodia Hanna, Warda Al-Jazairia, Brigitte Yaghi, May Nasr, Majdala, Dalli Hadad, El Général, Aida Nadeem, Dania Khatib, Shams, Inbar Bakal, Shadia, Nour Mhanna, Abdulaziz Abdelrahman, Amani Swissi, Tony Hanna, Ahmed Soultan, Arwa, Ayman El Aatar, Ahmed Adaweyah, Haddad Alwi, Reem Kelani, Hakim, Madeline Matar, Fulla, Djamel Laroussi, Aida al Manhali, Shemayel, Rabeh Sager, Mansour Zalzal, Miami Band, Mehad Hamad, Myriam Atallah, Omar Sarmini. Excerpt: Dalida (17 January 1933 - 3 May 1987), born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Dalida performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish. Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world. A 30-year career (she debuted in 1956 and recorded her last album in 1986, a few months before her death) and her death led to an iconic image as a combined Madonna, diva, tragic and renowned singer. Yolanda Christina Gigliotti was born in Shubra, Cairo, Egypt. Her family was of Italian origin, from Calabria, Italy, but were living in Egypt, where Dalida's father, Pietro Gigliotti, was first violinist (primo violino) at the Cairo Opera House. She was the middle child between two brothers, Orlando and Bruno (who would later in Dalida's career change his name to Orlando like his other brother and become her manager). Dalida's early life was spent in the district of Shoubra, where she attended the Scuola Tecnica Commerciale Maria Ausiliatrice, an Italian Catholic school. In 1950, Dalida participated in the Miss Ondine beauty pageant and won the title, and shortly after began working as a model for Donna, a Cairo-based fashion house. In 1954, at the age of 20, Dalida competed in and won the Miss Egypt pageant, and was crowned Miss Egypt. It was then that she was spotted by French director Marc de Gastyne and, much to the reluctance of her parents, she moved to Paris on Christmas Eve of the same year with the intention of pursuing a care