A Lady of the Gulf Pop : Nawal El Zogyears

“When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.”

Nawal El Zogby is a popular name in pop music. She got recognition first with the aid of dancing, making a conventional Arabic track with a pop sensibility, and later making a song in the Gulf dialect, and additionally embracing more recent developments in Arabian tracks.

Nawal’s onset in Singing

Nawal started singing at an early age and overcame her family’s opposition to the lifestyle of a musician. Members of her own circle of relatives modified their minds after they found out she became strong in her ambitions. In 1988 she participated in the Lebanese skills display Studio El Fan which was a milestone. There, she established an excellent voice singing “Tarab” songs, mainly songs of her muse and diva Warda and got noticed by the director of the Programme, Simon El Asmar.

The Stardom Graph

Her revolutionary looks and style made her a star of the 90s. Almost every year, she released music videos reigning as the number one female pop star of the Arab world for eight consecutive years. Ayza El Radd was her breakthrough.

Another album, Eineik Kaddabeen, was released in the summer of 2004. It featured El Zoghbi dancing and singing on a fantasy stage among her fans. The video and the song became hugely popular, proving the continuing success of the “Golden Star” as the fans and media named El Zoghbi. She also released the first single from her forthcoming album Rouhi Ya Rouhi in August 2005, marking the end of her five-year contract with Pepsi as she advertised the brand for the last time in this song’s video clip.

At a press conference held by LG Global at Dusit Dubai on 25 April 2007, it was announced that she would be the face to advertise LG cellular phones which the company will put out in 2007–2008 in the Middle East.In 2011, El Zoghbi’s 13th album Ma’rafsh Leh was released to positive reviews in February and was considered her comeback album after three years without album releases. Three months later, she shot “Alf w miye”, which was the song of the year, staying 16 weeks in the number one position on Lebanese and Arab radio stations, as the video of her song had more than six million viewers on YouTube in just five months. Later that year, El Zoghbi performed in many countries around the Arab world including Tunisia, Algeria, Dubai, Lebanon, and Qatar. Most of her concerts were broadcast on TV.

Love Making infact made her a stronger lady

El Zoghbi said: “I have actually been a single mum for 12 years, and officially for 3 months. I did not hide the news, but I did not feel that it was important for me to announce it. I totally respect my children and their feelings, because at the end of the day he is their father.” In 1990 she married Lebanese music manager Elie Deeb and went on to have three children with him. The couple legally separated in 2008 with the mother having custody of her children. Once, she posted the picture of her son for the first time was great news.

Social Media Life of Today

Her popularity makes huge followers of 5.6 million on Instagram and 11 million on Facebook. Alieh Ebtesama and Aks Tabiaa are two of her singles of 2021 which remains popular hit. Every Youtube release reaches a vast crowd and her fans increase daily. She performed at the First Babylon International Festival. The pop star not only circles around in stardom and style but also makes valid remarks on socially relevant issues too.