Celebrity baby boom!
It's a week for babies in Lebanon. Nancy Ajram and her husband, Dr Fadi Hashem, have become parents. The singer's baby girl, Mila, was born in Beirut last week. Mila is short for Milagrous (miraculous in Spanish), and is also an old Arabic name that means "blooming tree." To celebrate the birth, Nancy released a song on the same day which she had recorded earlier titled Ya Rab Tekbar Mila (I Pray That Mila Grows Up).
Pop stars dabble in politics
Lebanese singer Ragheb Alameh was the first to talk about his plans to quit singing and to pursue a political career. However, the first to actually do it is musician Gassan Al Rahbani who enrolled for the Lebanese parliamentary elections. Gassan, son of Elias Al Rahbani and manager of Four Cats believes that his credentials are his honesty and integrity. "I will not change my lifestyle," he said. "I don't have bodyguards. I wear jeans and I drive my own car." Good luck Gassan!
Sulaiman's new series
Syrian actor Jamal Sulaiman has completed shooting his new series, Afrah Eblis (Satan's Joy). The series, which will be shown in Ramadan, is the fourth Egyptian series for Sulaiman after his first three turned out to be a great success. It took 120 days to shoot at a cost of over $21 million.
