Nawal just wants to be free

Nawal Zoghby is trying to rebuild her life after getting a divorce from her husband and ex-manager, Elie Deeb.

The Lebanese star recently said: "Nobody knew how much I suffered. I am a wounded woman, but I don't have a grudge against anybody.

"During sixteen years, every day since the day I was married, I cried.

"My husband was the first man of my life. My only aim was to have a family and to take care of his parents and mine."

Zoghby got married at 18, a few months after starting her career. While Zoghby's successful career has earned her a fortune, she said that Deeb never allowed her to sign cheques.

She also discovered recently that her songs were not registered in her name, but in Deeb's. "I am young and talented, I still can work and count on myself," she said.

"I just want to be free. I feel as if I was in jail. I don't want to go back to the ugly past," she confessed. "I do not regret anything because we learn from our experiences."