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Lebanese Pop singer and entertainer Myriam Fares has become one of the most enduringly popular performers in contemporary Arabic pop music. In 2016, her album Aman broke records on the music streaming ...

Lebanese pop star-turned-Islamist militant Fadl Shaker, who in 2011 joined a militant organisation led by Salafist sheikh Ahmed Al-Assi, is planning a music comeback. Social media channels had ...