Nourhanne

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Nourhanne
Background information
Born	June 5, 1977
Origin	Lebanon/Middle East
Genre(s)	Arabic music
Instrument(s)	singing
Years active	1996–present

Nourhanne (Arabic:نورهان) is a Lebanese - Armenian singer, born on June 5, 1977.

Nourhanne released her first single, "Ti Amo," in 1996 at the age of 19, but her full-length debut wasn't until 2003, with the release of her first album Shaklo Kif? (How Does He Look?) which spawned a series of hits across the Arab-speaking world, including her best-known recording, "Habibi ya Einy." That song was released in two versions, the original with traditional instrumentation and the "postmodern" remix that drew some attention in Europe in 2004.

In 2005 she received an annual award for "Best Young Arab Female Artist’s Voice’ at the "Oscar Video Clip Festival" [not related to the Academy Award Oscars] in Cairo, Egypt for her song "Men Zaman" (Far Away). In July of 2006, Nourhanne released a new album, Tab Wana Mali, titled for her then-current hit, a cover of a traditional Egyptian song once performed by Nadia Lutfi (dubbed by artist Maha Sabri) in her 1959 film Bain al Qasrayn; Nourhanne's video partially reproduced a scene from the film that catapaulted Lutfi to pan-Arab stardom.