Yama Alou

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''Yama Alou''
Studio album by Nawal Al Zoghbi
Released	2006
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Arabic Pop
Label	Alam El Phan
Producer(s)	Mohsen Gaber
Nawal Al Zoghbi chronology
Einek Kaddabeen (2004)	Yama Alou (2006)

Yama Alou (Arabic: ياما قالوا‎) is Nawal Al Zoghbi's album, which includes two released hit singles "Rouhi Ya Rouhi" and "Shou Akhbarak". The album was released on July 26, 2006 and includes a cover song of "Habibaty Man Takoun", originally sung by the famous Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez. All songs are in Arabic language. The album includes songs that are sung in the Egyptian, Lebanese and Gulf accents.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Promo 3 Music videos 4 Record sales

[edit] Track listing

1. "Yama Alou" – 3:50
2. "Habbaytak" – 4:07
3. "El Assi" – 4:28
4. "Aghla El Habayeb" – 4:41
5. "Adi" – 4:24
6. "Bta'rifni Ana" – 4:10
7. "Ayzak" – 4:44
8. "Betis'al" – 4:44
9. "Gheeb Anni Gheeb" – 3:55
10. "Akher Marra" – 4:32
11. "Rouhi Ya Rouhi" – 3:41
12. "Shou Akhbarak" – 4:04
13. "Habibaty Man Takoon" – 9:19

[edit] Promo

As usual, Mazzika Television runs promos for the upcoming albums with exclusive first-time release to callers of specific numbers within Egypt. It samples songs from the album, such as "Yama Alou" which obviously has an Egyptian folk style. It also samples her latest hit, "Shou Akhbarak".

[edit] Music videos

• Rouhi Ya Rouhi

Rouhi Ya Rouhi (English: My Soul, Oh My Soul) was released in August 2005. The video for this song was directed by Tarek al Aryan and showed a woman who had fallen out with her partner/husband. In the video, her partner has moved out and she feels alone without him. She wants him to come back home and sets about doing this by sending him a video message in the form of a DVD that his colleague plays for him in a meeting at work. She then makes a massive graffiti outside his office on the road that reads in arabic 'come back to your house'. In the end, she wins him over and he returns to her.

• Shou Akhbarak

The second single to be made into a video was Shou Akhbarak (English: How are you/What is your news). This was a released as a single in January 2006 and was also accompanied by a music video. The music video to this song was directed by Randa Alam and was shot in Lebanon. The story line revolves around an unknown singer who has dreams and ambitions to be a star one day. She is happily in love , when one day she receives a fax from a production company informing her that she was chosen to be their new uprising star, and they plan to produce her new album. But this will involve her leaving her lover behind and travelling away for a long period of time, which causes sort of distress between them. The clip involves flash backs to the wonderful times they had together.

• Yama Alou

The title track of the album, Yama Alou (English: They Have Always Said) had a music video that was shot in Beirut, Lebanon in mid June 2006. It was the 3rd song from the album to be made into a music video, and began to air on Mazzika TV prior to the release of the album. The video clip was directed by Randa Alam. In the music video, Nawal spreads a music video through means of a virus. She is a hacker and gets into trouble with the Lebanese Security Forces. The virus spreads into the control panels of electronic screen boards/ billboards in the streets of beirut. The virus is also sent from her phone to the mobile phone networks across the country. The viewers of the song like the video so much to the extent that they all gather to defend her from the police who arrest her for her crime.

• Adi

Adi (English: Normal) was the fourth song on the album to be turned into a music video. It was shot in November 2006 in Beirut, Lebanon. It is the only song on the album that Nawal sings in the khaleeji (gulf) accent of arabic. The video follows the story of a girl who is in love with her yoga teacher. She begins to spy on him and sees him while she is out with her friends. The only problem that she faces is that he already has a girlfriend. Later on at a night club, we see the girl as the DJ singing and dancing with people. At the end, her yoga instructor shows up alone. The clip was released in mid January 2007 and was initially shown exclusively on the channel Mazzika Zoom, after which it was shown on other music channels. This was the first of Nawal's clips to be produced by her own production company, [[Tia productions]]

[edit] Record sales

It is reported from the Arabian Charts that 4+ million copies have been sold by the end of November 2006. It is an amazing number and makes it one of Nawals best selling albums. This album has sold many copies, more than expected in the USA and Canada which makes her an international sensation.