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Carole Samaha to Perform Live at MUST on Jan. 24


Mon 06 Jan 2020 | 02:43 PM
Yara Sameh

Lebanese superstar, Carole Samaha will perform live at Opera House of Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) in the 6th of October City, on January 24.

Samaha expressed her great happiness over her fans' reaction on social media to the announcement of her upcoming concert.

The concert will be held within the framework of the university's plan that aims to organize concerts performed by renowned performers from Egypt and Arab countries, in order to raise the public taste against the spread of the mahraganat "festival" songs.

Samaha, born on July 25, 1972, is a Lebanese singer, actress, and performer.

She has released six studio albums.

Samaha has a master’s degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999 from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.

In 2004, she won the Arab Music Award for the best rising female singer. She has also won multiple Murex d’Or awards and was nominated for the best Arabia New Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008.

Samaha was a classical actress before starting her pop music career and worked extensively with Mansour Rahbani and Marwan Rahbani.

The Lebanese superstar returned in 2007 to the theater to play Zenobia in the Rahbani musical with the same name.

She appeared in the 2008 movie “Bahr al nojoum” alongside other Lebanese stars.

Samaha starred in Lebanese legendary singer-actress Sabah biographical series “Al Shahroura”, which premiered in Ramadan 2011.

In 2013, she was a judge in the x-factor Arabia and she was the mentor for the bands such as Young Pharoz, Maraya, and Les Bledards Ninja.

Samaha married Walid Mustafa, a porced Egyptian with a daughter from a previous marriage, in a civil ceremony in Limassol, Cyprus following an 18-month love story, on November 1, 2013.

She gave birth to a baby girl, Tala, on August 31, 2015. She is a Melkite Catholic.

From 2014, Samaha has been residing in Egypt with her husband.

Noteworthy, the X Factor Arabia originally aired on March 26, 2006, with the title “XSeer Al Najah”, meaning Elixir or Essence of Success.

The Arabic-language version of “The X Factor” British reality television music competition, created by Simon Cowell.

In its debut, it was known as being one of the most-watched programs on television and was produced and supported by Rotana, one of the largest production companies in the Arab World.

The winner of “XSeer Al Najah” earned a chance to sign with Rotana.