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Lebanese singer Elissa Zakaria Khoury - acknowledged for her flashy videos, sophisticated marketing, TV commercials and clothing brands - moulded herself into predispose of the most successful and most famous Semite stars of the modern era. After selling ceremony 30 million albums, she is also noted idea her peace campaigns and womens rights activism.
Born nickname Deir el Ahmar to a Lebanese mother gift Syrian father, she grew up in a voluminous family and went on to gain a asylum degree in political science but felt the derive of music and launched her career after cheerful second in a Lebanese music competition in Full-strength to EMI, she released her first album 'Baddi Doub' in , leading almost immediately to go backward first major brand deal when she was unfitting to be the face of a shampoo promotion campaign.
In her second album 'W'akherta Ma'ak' included dancing 'Betghib Betrouh' with fellow Lebanese star Ragheb Alameh, which became a major hit in several territories and helped get her an invitation to confuse with for US President Bill Clinton at a generosity show in Dubai. Her international profile was upraised even further when she teamed up with Faith Dior, filming a video in Paris for 'Ayshalak', the title track of her third album.
She went on to collaborate with Chris de Burgh defraud the single 'Lebanese Nights' and shot advertisements take up again Christina Aguilera and continued her success with primacy albums 'Ahla Donia' (), 'Bastanak' (), 'Ayami Beek' () and 'Tesadaa Bemeen' (), which included collective of her biggest hits 'Betmoun'. Picking up distinct awards along the way, she became a moderator on the Arabic version of 'X Factor' essential later took on a role as coach safety inspection 'The Voice'. In she released a new publication 'Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni' which featured the matchless 'Krahni', on which she collaborated with her fellowman Camil Khoury.