Angham

Angham

Angham (born January 19, 1972) is an Egyptian singer, record producer and actress. Her debut was in 1990 under the guidance of her father, Mohammad Suleiman. She is the most successful vocal female artist of the 1980s in Egypt. Following her divorce from Magdy Aref in 2000, a series of hit records established her position as Egypt's highest-selling act following the release of "Leih Sebtaha" (Why Did You Left Her) record in 2001.

Angham took much more control over her image and musical style after that “Leih Sebtaha” record established her into a strong position amid the constant emerge of new voices in the Middle East music scene. She is the first to introduce elements of Reggeaton and Rock 'n' Roll into her record material. However, her popularity was in decline when she left Alam elPhan Records company in 2004 toward Rotana, after a highly publicized feud between Alam elPhan Records’ president Mohsen Gaber and the artist [1], and the poor reception of “Bahibbik Wahashteeny" (I Love You, I Miss You) record [2] in 2005. After a three years unsuccessful period, Angham return to the forefront of Arabic pop music in 2007 with her record “Kolma N’arrab” (Closer) which sold more than half a million CD across the Middle East and was awarded a platinum certification. [3]

Angham was named the best selling female pop artist in Middle East for the years 2001 [4], 2003 [5], and 2007 [6]. She is well-known for her vocal range, simplicity, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. However, some critics have said Angham's efforts to showcase her vocal talents have been at the expense of communicating true emotion through song rather than showing her full vocal capacities.

Life and music career

Childhood and youth

Angham was born in Alexandria , Egypt. She saw the light at Eshabty hospital. She is the first and oldest child of Mohammad Suleiman, a former violinist, music composer, orchestra chief, and singer, while her mother, Mageda Abdel Aaleem, is a household wife and a retreated artist. She grew up in an Islamic family who is very religious.[7] Angham's family moved to Cairo by the late 1990s, and settled down at elMohandiseen Street, an avenue reputated for having many celebrities as residents. Angham have three siblings. Her brother, Khaled, who is studying music arrangements [8] and her sister, Ghenwa, who is currently attending university in elHadeetha Academy in elMaady. Angham was strongly against her sister's decision to enter the music industry, and succeeded in preventing her to do it because she considers that she have no singing talent.[9] Because of his physical handicap, Angham kept her third sibling, Ahmad, away from the spotlight and his identity and whereabouts remain till this day, anonymous. [10]

Despite her busy schedule at the studio with her father, Angham had little personal contact with her father, and felt closer to her mother because she worked hard in keeping the family together, especially since her father was a ruthless man and hard to deal with [11]. Spending much of her time at home alone, Angham turned to music as an outlet. She began singing at around the age of sixteen, and her uncle, Emad Abdel Haleem, began teaching her how to present herself to an audiance. Angham performed for the first time in public during Cairo's Radio syndicate ceremony because they were looking for new voices to artistically adopt them. She sang "elGennah Taht Akdamek" (Paradise Is Under Your Feet) as a dedication to the mothers who were present during the concert. Despite winning the contest, Angham recalls how her father was not pleased with her performance and that his negative attitude was the major force that propelled her in a battle between her talents and her inner self to come up with better songs. On "Maa Hobby" (With Love) talk show in 2005, host Joumana Bou Eid asked Angham how she felt toward her dad after eight years of collaboration in making records. Angham replied "that she owe him many things and that she is lucky he is her father and an important figure in the music industry at the same time". The publicity of Angham's separation from her father whether on a personal or artistic level stabilized Angham's independent entrance into the industry. [12]

Angham with her husband Fahd at the Kuwait international airport in 2005 for a short visit to Fahd's family

Angham only attended high school. Upon its completion, Angham moved to Cairo's Conservatory of Music. She studied the basics of the music, improved her voice's capacities, and learned how to play on the traditional piano and Oud. However, Angham fell into a nervous breakdown when she received news about her uncle's death which happened on the same day of her first tour in Tunisia at the Carthage International Festival. Months before "Bet'heb Meen" (Who Do You love) record's release in 1999, Angham married Magdy Aref, an Egyptian businessman and music video director, from whom she gave birth to a boy named Omar. Angham's father was strongly against his daughter's choice of husband, but the artist married Magdy without her father's approval. [13] In 2000, their divorce caused a riot in the press who criticized Angham lack of experience in managing to keep her records unaffected by her private life. [14] They added that she was too young for a step like it. Angham remained a single mom for four years before she finally met music arrangist Fahd and become romantically involved during the making of her 2003 record "Omry Maak". On April 2004, they were married in a huge ceremony on the "The Place" yacht in 2004.[15] Their love relationship was built over many years and they were spotted together on many occasions. In 2003, the press rumored that Angham married him secretly.[16] Likewise, her publicly-viewed marriage ended this rumour. [17] Among the invitees present at the wedding were artists Elissa, Sherine, Mohamed Hamaki, Khaled Agag, Sheriff Makkawy, and Ehab Toufic. Rotana Records company's president, Salem elHindy, and his spokesperson, Tony Semaan, also attended the wedding. Angham's father and son, Omar, chose not to attend Angham's wedding. On December 2005, Angham gave birth to Abdel Rahman. [18] She is currently living in a grandiose villa in alShourouk, a remote banlieu in Egypt, with her husband and her two children. [19]

1987-1994: Debut with her father

Released in the year 1987, "Fil Rokn elBaeed elHady" (In The Far Distant Corner) is Angham's first breakaway record. Her father introduced her to Sayed Naser, a businessman and record producer, who agreed on producing and financing her records and tracks. Angham was the first artist to join Sayed Naser Records company, and also the youngest to be accepted. [20] Because of her father's wide recognition in the music industry, legend artist Mohammed Abdel Wahab gave Angham the copyright of his track "Basbosa" (Cute Girl) to remake it in her new debut record. [21] Angham was the first artist from the 1980s to be given a song from a legend artist. This record in question will be featuring the debut of a series of records that are entirely and in some, partially, musically composed by Mohammad Suleiman. Angham's lyricist, Ezzat elGendy, who was behind the success of "Sidi Wisalak" (Your Charm) in 2001 also saw his debut with Angham in the "La Ya elHob" (No Love) track. [22] "Fil Rokn elBaeed elHady" witnessed an important success for Angham which pushed her further toward a promising singing career.

In the following year, Angham conceived "Awal Gawab" (The First Answer), her second record, as a homage to Egyptian soul music composer, Sayed Makkawy, and she worked with a variety of lyricists on the record. Sayed Makkawy also gave her the copyrights of his song "Aalo Enseeh" (They Said Forget Him) to add it to the record.[23] "Awal Gawab" record was released soon after her debut record but was neither critically nor commercially as successful. Both tracks "Awal Gawab" and "Hawa elMasayef" (Summer Love) have been Angham's most successful ones in this record. The artist had been lobbying to produce her own songs, and share her own opinion in front of a strong minded father. "There was no me in this album. There was nothing in this record that I could relate to." Angham confessed that she wanted to produce her own records, but feared over her father's anger. During 1988, although she occasionally performed live, stage fright prevented Angham from embarking on any major tours. Her first widely seen concert appearances were mainly on the Opera House in Cairo, and she said she felt that her performance proved her vocal abilities were not, as some had previously speculated, simulated using studio techniques.

Four next records which were all produced by Sayed Naser Records except the last one which is produced by "Sawt elCahira" (Voice of Egypt) Records saw the light. They were a transitional phase of Angham in her adolescent years. Most of the tracks dealt with love, breakup, friendship, family and fun. These albums were titled as "LaLiLi Lali", [24] "Layek", [25] "Ettafakna" [26] and "Bibassata Kida". [27] The first two were released in the year 1989, the third in 1990 and the fourth in 1991. However, Angham's relationship with her father started to deteriorate when the latter discovered his daughter's intention of separating from him, and the fact that she have grown greedy and rebel have caused him stress over the publics reprisal of his daughter's as a person and artist. Among the four records, it was the last one that had a phenomenal success. The latter featured the hit "Ya Tayeb" (Humble Person), which tackled the subject of humanity and stabilized Angham's position as a celebrity, becoming a name as successful as Amr Diab. In 1992, the feud between Angham and her father was at stake. On the same year, Angham worked less with her father to conceive her seventh record, "Inta elAlam" (You Are The World) which was produced by "Sawt elCahira" (Voice of Egypt) Records. She collaborated with Waleed Khand in the desperate goal to proove she can have successful songs without her father. [28] However, the record failed. In 1991, in an effort to maintain her popularity, she worked again with her father who exclusively composed all her songs.

The 1993 record "Ella Ana" (Except Me), produced by Rocky Records, was the best record for Angham between 1987 and 1994. This fact was attributed to the critical and commercial success of tracks "Telephonak Kam" (What's Your Phone Number), "Shantet Safar" (Luggage of Travel) and "Ella Ana". [29] "Shantet Safar", alongside "Ya Tayeb", continues nowadays to be the sole old hit of Angham to survive as intensively as her 2001 hit "Sidi Wisalak" (Your Charm). After the 1993 record's release, Angham officially separated from her father after many unsolved misunderstanding. The separation was highly-publicized in the press, and the Arabic society who is patriarchal by excellence, raised anger toward Angham for ungratefully denying her father's favor. [30]

1995-2000: Search for expansion

After her separation from her father, Angham collaborated with music composer, Ameer Abdel Mageed. He worked subsequently on "Baollak Eih" (Tell You What) record in 1995 and musically composed all its tracks. [31] The record was produced by Laser Records owned by Mustafa Dagher. In this record, Ameer Abdel Mageed recommended Angham to pick up songs that demonstrate her full vocal capacities alongside emotions. The track "Tekdar Aal Meshwar" (Are You Up To The Long Journey) was sung in 7.6 octave voice with a rich oriental music background. "Law Hasseit" which was filmed as a music video is the first track to contain quick Latin/Spanish beats, and perhaps helped Angham gain more popular in the young demographic. The sound engineering was taken care by Ameen Akef, Hussein Aahdy, and Omro Hashem, while the record was co-produced by Angham and Adel Othman Helal. The record received good review, and was perhaps the first record to be successful without her father's help.

In 1996, under Laser Records' production, Angham's tenth record "Akdar" (I Can Make It Through) saw the light. It is entirely composed by Ameer Abdel Mageed. The record is released in a second copy featuring the unreleased track "elAmar" (The Moon). [32] Angham, in this record, stepped up in the light to show that she can make it through hard times and that she is in the phase of discovering who she is as an artist, far from her father's guidance. She said she is slowly finding her liberty and style, but is not there yet. International composer, Abdo Dagher, also worked with Ameer Abdel Mageed in the construction of the tracks' melodies. [33]

Angham's management advised the artist to extend her popularity in other regions of the Middle East which was not familiar with her records yet. Angham started to experiment in the Lebanese dialect, but she found out that she did not master it yet. However, she rehearsed for the Gulf dialect and later on, presented her demo track to her friends. The latters were fully convinced with Angham's performance in the Gulf language, a major step and encouragement that enabled Angham to do a Gulf record. In fact, in 1996, "Shay Daa" (Something Got Lost) [34] was her first Gulf record which was produced by Founoun elJazeera (Islands Arts) Records. It was an instant hit in the Gulf regions, and the first to open more career occasions for Angham. She was no longer doing concerts in Egypt only, but also in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, and UAE, and many more. She is the first non-Gulf artist to have a record that is as successful as the local artists. However, since the day Angham separated from her father, the press constantly came up with rumors about their relationship, concluding they even got separated on the personal level. Angham returned to the spotlot with a very successful record "Betheb Meen" (Who Do You Love) in 1997 where she worked once again with her father, but on only two songs. [35] Upon its release, Angham silenced all rumors about her relationship with father, indicating that even though they got separated on the professional level, the link father-daughter remained till day intact. [36] Aside her father, she also worked with both music composers Ziad elTaweel and Ameer Abdel Majeed. Because of its success, the first copy of the record was sold quickly and Rotana Records production released a second version in the market. [37]

Because of her first Gulf record's success, Angham embraced a second experience at the same level. "Khalli Bokra L'Bokra" (Keep Tomorrow For the Future) record released in 1998 and produced by Stars Records company was even more successful than the first one. [38] The record contained hits like "Hayba" (Presence), "Ma Had Fady" (No One Cares), "Eedna Mbarak" (Happy Anniversary) and "Ghareeb" (Strange). In this record, the music of the tracks were mainly composed by Tarek Mohammad, Khaled elSheikh, and Talal Medah. "Ghareeb" track is only available in its complete version on the CD. The record "Wahadaniya" (Lonely Woman) released in 1999 marks the transition between the old version of Angham under her father's guidance and the new one who is more liberative, young-looking and upbeat. It was produced by Sawt elCahira Records, which took back Angham under its wings after knowing her popularity grew more intense. All the tracks in this records were hits, but the most successful ones were "Bet'hebbaha Walla" (Do You Love Her Or What), "Baatly Nazra" (Send Me A Glance) and "elAlak Had" (Find Someone). For the first time before they got married in 2004, Angham worked with Fahd who co-arranged "Wahadaniya" (Lonely Woman) track alongside Mika. [39] "Wahadaniya" in its instrumental version is available on both CD and tape version. However, the song did not receive enough acclamation because it was sang in a slang and old Egyptian accent. [40] Angham received "Best Female Artist" in 2000 for this record. Her music video "Bethebbaha Walla", featuring Angham in an old and new look which indicated a transition period, received "Best Music Video" in 1999. [41] Egyptian artist, Fatma Serhab, worked in her early career with Angham as her background chorus in "Wahadaniya" record, before she left to conceive her own records.

2001-2003: New image, independence and liberalism

Angham and Magdy Aref separated in 2000. [42] Although the public image of the marriage was a happy one, she said that in reality she had felt trapped by her relationship with Magdy, whom she often described as controlling. Soon after the separation, Angham hired an independent publicist and a new attorney and manager. She became a phenomenal artist during this period, contributing to the inspiration of many artists who are still in the debut of their singing career.

Angham's next album, "Leih Sebtaha" (Why Did You Left Her) which was produced by Alam elPhan Records company and released in 2001, yielded the number-one single "Sidi Wisalak" (Your Charm), the lyrics and music video for which presented a more overtly feminine and sensual image of her than had been previously seen. [43] She stated that "Leih Sebtaha" defined the point that she attained full creative control over her music, which continued to move in a steady direction with material mostly written and composed by Bahaa elDeen Mohammad and Sheriff tagg respectively. [44] However, she added: "I never thought it's that much of a departure from what I've done in the past. It's not like I went crazy and thought I was going to be the artist I am now. Personally, this album is about doing whatever I dreamt to do". Reviews confirmed that "Leih Sebtaha" is by far the most successful record that Angham ever did. "Sidi Wisalak", co-written by Angham and her life-time friend, Ezzat elGendy, is easily the most successful, personal, and confessional-sounding track she's ever done. The record was a commercial success, and both "Sidi Wisalak" and "Magabsh Serty" (Did He Mention Me) tracks boosted the sales and gave her the title of the best selling living Egyptian female artist. [45] "Magabsh Serty" is also the last song that Riyad elHamshari composed for Angham.[46] [47] Also on the same year, she appeared on "3 Sharee elNoujoum" (3 Stars Avenue) televised show, though her alleged prima donna behavior had already led many to consider her a diva. She was honored officially as "Egypt's Number 1 Female Artist" in 2001. [48] By the following year, she had entered a relationship with music arranger, Fahd. [49]

"Omry Maak" (My Life With You), Angham's sixteenth studio album, was released in 2003 and produced by the same records company as its precedent. It comprised more R&B, Rock 'n' Roll and ballad songs, many of them arranged by her husband Fahd. "Omry Maak" and "Arrefha Beya" (Introduce Me To Her) tracks reached number one in the Middle East, in a time where the industry witnessed the release of unsuccessful records from fellow Arabic artists. Media reception of "Omry Maak" was in majority enthusiastic, with the Riyad Newspaper saying the album is like "a state of love between the lost of human senses and the phenomena of passion in its ultime summet". [50] "Omry Maak" will become Angham's second best selling record in her career. However, Angham accused Alam elPhan of under promoting the record: "The current situation that I am living in my professional career is not positive. I'm getting a lot of negative feedback from certain corporate people. I wanted to be free from Alam elPhan", she replied upon the news of her separation from Alam elPhan. Angham added that the owner of her company refused to let her film "Arrefha Beya" as her second music video. There were lots of promises that he did not accomplish. In 2004, Angham released "Khaleeny Maak" (Keep Me With You) single on Valentine Day. [51] It was broadcast on the radio and later on released on the Internet. The track features Fahd's first singing attempt alongside his wife.

2004-2006: Personal and professional struggles

Angham's popularity declined with the release of "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" (I Love You, I Miss You) record in July 2005. After "Bet'heb Meen" (Who Do You Love), Angham returns to another collaboration with Rotana Records company to produce and promote the 2005 record. She officially joined the record label on March 2004. Angham's new marriage to Fahd topped with her constant exhaustion, a second pregnancy and an operation for a kidney stone prior to birth [52] made it impossible for the artist to focus on the record. The lead track "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" did not gain good reviews, and its music video, directed by Hady elBajoury, was filmed in September 2005, which caused the audience to be unaware of the record's release in the market. Angham tried to boost the sales of the record by filming "Bahib Nafsi" (I Love Myself) track as her second music video, but it brought a moderate boost to the overall sales. [53] Despite the negative reviews, "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" remains the most personal record to Angham. Angham began a long series of tours to help promote the record. Two days after the release of the record, she performed a successful concert in Tunisia at the Carthage International Concert alongside artist Ramy Ayash. The public exceeded 7500 in number. [54] She also participated at Star Academy in its fourth season, [55] "Maa Hobby" (With Love) talk show, [56] "Khaleek BelBeit" (Stay Home) talk show [57], and "Saat Samee" (An Hour of Hearing) at Noujoum FM radio. [58] Angham also performed at Hala Febrayer (Welcome February) concert at Kuwait, alongside artist Saber elRibai, Khaled Slim and Hamoud elNaser. [59] Angham also won "Sawt elHob" (Voice Of Love) award in 2006 at the Alexandria National Music Festival in its fourth round. [60] Despite the promotion, the record became Angham's least successful record in her career.

2007-present: Return to stardom

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Angham with presenter, Nahla Abdel Aziz, in the behind-the-scenes of "Layali elTelevision" 2007 concert

Angham's eighteenth studio album, "Kolma N'arrab" (Closer), was released in 2007 and contained contributions from music composers such as Khaled Ezz, Tamer Ali, Ramy Gamal, Baleegh Hamdy and Sheriff Tagg. After criticisms that Angham is over-using her husband to rearrange the tracks in "Omry Maak" and "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" (I Love You, I Miss You) records, Angham collaborated with a variety of music arrangers. They include: Fahd, Tarek Madkour, Walid Fayad, Ashraf Mahrous, Tamim and Essam elSharayty. The record features a remake of "Ashky Lmeen" (Who Can I Complain To) as a tribute to Mohamed Mounir. [61] Angham is the first female artist to include a remake in her record for a living artist. She said her 2007 record was "very much a mixture of everything that is joyful and sad in life."[62] "Kolma N'arrab" became the best-selling record for a female artist in the Middle East in 2007. [63] Almotamar (The Conference) reviewer concluded that Angham's the best-selling female artist during summer 2007, beating sales of Lebanese artists Nancy Ajram and Najwa Karam. [64] The record earned Angham a platinum certification. Her music video, which costed half a million dollars [65] and was directed by Ahmad elMahdy, peaked on rank one at Rotana Top 20 chart on 25 August 2007. "Dah Elly Indi Track" peaked at rank two at Radio Orient chart in France, [66] while "Kolma N'arrab" track peaked on rank one on August 6, 2007 at "Eftekasat Top 10 Songs of the Week" chart.[67] [68]

Angham began a series of televised appearances to promote her record. She appeared on X-Factor at Rotana, [69] "Nejm elNoujoum" (Star of the Stars) in Kuwait, Studio 2M in Morocco [70] and "Maa Hobbi" (With Love) in Lebanon. The only concert she performed at was in Cairo at the "Layali elTelevision" (Nights Of The Television) concerts on July 14, 2007 which took part at the Chinese Garden, amid a young demographic which surpassed 3000 in number.[71] According to an article in Elaph E-newspaper, Angham had already begun work on her next studio album. According to the newspaper, one of the upcoming tracks is written by Baha' elDeen Mohammad and composed by legend music composer, Ommar elShareei. [72]

Acting career

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Promotional poster of Angham with Ali elHajjar for their musical theatre "Rossassa Fil Alb" (Bullet Right In The Heart) in 2001

Angham began to take professional acting lessons in 2000. She made her debut as an actress in the romantic comedy "Leila Men Alf Leila" (Night of a Thousand Nights) starring prominent actor, Yehia elFakharany, actor/artist Ali elHajjar, Sleem Sahab band, and the Cairo Opera House ballet. It was produced by the Cairo Opera House in Egypt. Angham's first acting project was very huge, but did not continue for more than two months, nor was aired on television yet. [73]

Angham's second acting experience was with Ali elHajjar again in a theatrical drama called "Rossassa fil Alb" (Bullet Right In The Heart). The plot was written by Toufic Hakeem and was originally intended for theatre before it was transformed in the 1940s into a movie which starred legend actor/artist Mohammed Abdel Wahab and actress Rakiya Ibrahim. Angham loved both experiences, but said to "Middle East Newspaper" [74]: "I benefited from these two experiences a lot, but standing on the stage is a very tiring job, which forces the artist to leave lots of other things including his personal and professional life as a singer to be able to fully focus on it. This was the sole point that I did not like in the acting experience." "Rossassa fil Alb" is Angham's most successful acting experience, and many movie offers came later for her. However, she did not accept them because she wanted to focus on her singing career. Among the offers Angham refused were "Sahar elLayali" (Sleeples Nights) movie which was nominated for "Best Foreign Movie" at the Oscars in 2003 [75] where the singer was supposed to act instead of actress Mona Zaki, [76] "Shiqet Maser elJadida" (Egypt's New Appartement), [77] "Aan elAshk Wel Hawa" (About Love and Passion) [78], "elShoumouaa elSawdaa" (Black Candles) where she was supposedly to remake the acting part of legend actress/artist Najat elSagheera, and "Hayat Thekra" (Life of Thekra) where Angham was supposedly remake the life of assassinated Tunisian singer, Thekra. [79]

Artistry

Voice

Angham has said that from childhood she was influenced by Arabic classics and soul musicians such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Fairuz and Umm Kulthum. Her music contains strong influences of gospel urban contemporary music, Arabic classics, R&B, waltz and lately reggaeton. Angham is said to be able to cover all the notes from alto vocal range to six-octave vocal range. In her early years, she attempted to emulate Fairuz's simple notes, to ensure an efficient way of communication emotions. In Maa Hobby (With Love) talk show, Angham said that "singing in a low voice is far much more difficult than screaming in high pitch notes. There are not so many artists today that are capable of doing so." Angham's vocal trademark is her ability to sing in the whistle register and to transfer true emotions through her songs.

Themes and musical style

Before 2001, Angham's musical style was in majority based on Arabic classics and rarely on modern music styles. However, with the apparition of a new style in "Leih Sebtaha" record in 2001, Angham opted for a more western vision of her music, choosing more international beats and incorporate them in the music arrangements. However, the essence of her songs always possesses a hint of Middle Eastern flavor. Love is the subject of the majority of Angham's lyrics, although she has also written about themes such as spirituality, humanity, philosophy, and life. Most of her work is partly autobiographical, and reflects experiences that she have gone through.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1987: Fil Rokn elBaeed elHady (In The Far Distant Corner)
• 1988: Awal Gawab (First Response)
• 1989: Lalili Lali
• 1989: Layek (It Suits)
• 1990: Ettafakna (We Agreed)
• 1991: Bibasata Kida (As Simple As Like That)
• 1992: Inta elAlam (You Are The World)
• 1993: Ella Ana (Except Me)
• 1995: Baollak Eih (Tell You What)
• 1996: Akdar (I Can Make It Through)
• 1996: Shey Daa (Something Got Lost)
• 1997: Betheb Meen (Who Do You Love)
• 1998: Khally Bokra li Bokra (Keep Tomorrow For The Future)
• 1999: Wahdaniya (Lonely Woman)
• 2001: Leih Sebtaha (Why Did You Leave Her)
• 2003: Omry Maak (My Life With You)
• 2005: Bahibbik Wahashteeny (I Love You, I Miss You)
• 2007: Kolma N'arrab (Closer)

Singles

• Nehlam Eih ft. Thekra
• Mahabba ft. Thekra
• Le Soal ft. Abdalla Rweished
• Khaleeny Maak ft. Fahd
• El Ard Hiya Hiya (The Lands Will Stay) tribute to Kuwait's liberation
• Azeez We Ghali (Dear and Precious)
• elAmaken (The Places) tribute to Mohammad Abdo
• Ana Mnel Balad Dee tribute to Egypt
• Mitel elAwal (Like The First) released on the Internet
• Hadeeth elSabah Wel Masaa (Talks Of the Mornings and the Nights)
• Ra' w Ein (R and N) released for princess Reem elWaleed's wedding