Nancy's the best

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram has won the Arabic Music Award for Best Female Singer 2007. The awards ceremony, organised by Negib Saouires, the Egyptian president of Orascom Telecom, was held in Cairo in front of an audience of 18,000 people.

Nancy won the award through internet votes.

The best male singer award went to Egyptian artist Tamer Hosni.

The tabloid! daily poll

We asked you if you thought Nancy Ajram deserves the honour.

Here's what you said:
Yes: 35 per cent
No: 23 per cent
Do not care: 42 per cent
To vote in today's poll, go to www.gulfnews.com/tabloid

Madeleine on Libyan TV

Libyan channel Al Chababiya hosted Lebanese artist Madeleine Matar, whose new song Achghilak is at the top of the Libyan
charts, as it is in other Arab countries.

Following her TV appearance in Libya, Madeleine returned to Beirut to care for her mother, who has recently had surgery.

Once she was sure that her mum was safe, Madeleine flew to Egypt, where she is preparing to shoot a new movie. The busy Madeleine has also recently signed a contract with an Egyptian film producer, Mohammad Sabki.