Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the turn of the millennium, the Arabic pop scene was flourishing and looking for its next big hit. In came Elissa with ...

Elissa is a percussionist (vibraphone & marimba), composer and sound designer. Elissa began her training in classical percussion, but was soon drawn to improvisation and jazz as well, as a way of ...

One of the Arab world’s highest selling female singers has announced she will walk away from music, citing an industry behaving similar to organised gangs. Elissar Khoury, known professionally as ...

Lebanese star Elissa just released her awaited new music video for the song "Illa Kol Elli Bihebouni" (For All Those who Love Me) on Rotana's official youtube channel, and the least we can say is that ...

Love her or hate her, Elissa is known to hit the right strings and make you want to live the mood and the lyrics of the song she is singing, so much sometimes to a point where you would want to dig ...

I love you.” Born in 1972 to a Syrian mother and a Lebanese father, Elissa — whose real name is Elissar Khoury — is among the highest-selling female artists in the Arab world, receiving several music ...

Lebanese singer Elissa took her first steps towards unveiling her personal life in her new podcast, titled “Heidi Ana” (This is Me), where the singer discussed her childhood and artistic career.

Pop stars and industry members have responded to Elissa’s shocking news Lebanese pop star Elissa announced that she will be quitting the music industry and compared it to a “mafia” that she could not ...

It was an unusual way to reveal a struggle against cancer, particularly in a part of the world where the illness is still largely considered a private matter and taboo. But a video clip released on ...

Elissa has sold millions of albums worldwide and has been outspoken on social taboos Elissa, one of the biggest pop stars in the Arab world, has announced her retirement, blaming what she called the ...

Lebanese pop star Elissa, one of the best-known female singers in the Arabic-speaking world, has announced she is retiring, comparing the music industry to the mafia. “I am preparing this new album ...