Nancy Ajram had a hush-hush wedding in Cyprus and spent her honeymoon on a European island, according to a three sentence statement by the Lebanese star's press office.
The lucky man in Ajram's life is a dentist, Fady Hashem, whom she has been seeing since she popped into his clinic three years ago. Details of the wedding have not been confirmed, but it is rumoured to have been preceded by a religious ceremony in Tunis a few weeks ago. Ajram had been in Tunisia for the Carthage festival, with Hashem accompanying her publicly for the first time.
The civil marriage was followed by a dinner for family. More receptions will be held during Ramadan, two of which will be in the Phoenicia hotel in Beirut.
Speculation is rife about where the couple will settle down, but it is expected to be either in Hashem's Beirut apartment or Ajram's new villa close to the Lebanese capital.
Gulf songs
UAE based singer Diana Haddad returned to her home in Lebanon recently to shoot a music video, directed by her friend Emirati Nahla Al Fahd.
Sheft Itissalak (I Saw Your Call) is from a CD of songs in the Gulf dialect. The CD will be launched soon. The autobiographical video shows Haddad, surrounded by hundreds of excited fans and a little girl, who plays her daughter.
Manar dreams of the silver screen
Young Lebanese singer Manar has returned from a visit to Cairo full of dreams of starring in an Egyptian movie.
Apparently she is considering several options so she can debut in a movie that is just right for her.
Manar recently released her first song and is now working on a second single. The music video for the new song will be filmed by Jad Sawaya, a producer and director who specialises in working with beautiful young women.
Soul singer
Lebanese singer Joanna Mallah has released a special Ramadan hymn called Allah ya Rahman (God Oh Merciful).
According to Mallah she was inspired to perform the song when she heard Arab artist Hussain Al Jasmy sing Allah ya Allah.
The hymn was written by Ahmad Madi, composed by Yehia Hassan and arranged by Wissan Ghazzawi. Mallah is also working on a new album.She will celebrate Eid Al Fitr away from the Middle East, performing for Arab expats in Berlin, Germany.
Khoury teams up with Algerian diva
Marwan Khoury has been busy since he left Rotana productions recently. The singer-songwriter is preparing several songs for Algerian diva Warda Al Jazairiya. One of the songs will be called La Takhaf (Don't be Afraid).
Al Jazairiya chose to work with Khoury because she liked his earlier number one hit Kel el-Kassayed (All the Poems).
Khoury will soon compose music for and perform a poem by Majida Al Roumi. He will also write and compose songs for Al Roumi, one of which, Ma Rah Ibki (I won't cry) will be released soon.
Maya
Nasri's Strange love
Lebanese artist Maya Nasri has accused her Egyptian manager, Sayed Chaaban, of threatening to kill her and circulating nude pictures and videos of her on the internet.
Chabaan has been questioned by the police, but he claims he is secretly married to Nasri. He claims they have marital problems and that she threatened to fire him.
Chabaan claims to still love Nasri, with who he says he has been married for three years. The police have confiscated Chaaban's mobile phone, which apparently contains romantic messages exchanged between him and the singer.
