Assala Nasri

Assala Nasri
أصالة نصري
Background information
Birth name Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri
Born (1969-05-15) 15 May 1969
Origin Damascus, Syria
Genres Arabic pop music, Arabic Tarab, Khaliji, Arabic music, Arabesque music, Music of Egypt, Middle Eastern music, Syrian
Years active 1991 - present
Labels Rotana, Farasan, EMI
Website Official website

Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri (Arabic: أصالة مصطفى حاتم نصري‎‎ aka Asala, Asalah and Assalah; born 15 May 1969) is a Syrian musical artist

Early life and career

Assala was born in Damascus, Syria[1] to a middle class couple. Mostafa Nasri, Assala's father, was a revered composer and singer. Assala began her musical career by performing patriotic, religious, and children's songs when she was four years old. She sang the theme song "Qessas Al Sho'oub" (Arabic: قصص الشعوب), of the cartoon show, Hekayat Alamiyah (Arabic: حكايات عالمية). In 1986, Mostafa Nasri died after suffering from internal bleeding caused by a car accident. Aged 17 she helped care for her siblings, Reem, Amani, Ayman and Ayham with her mother.

Assala's commercial musical career debuted in 1991 with the Egyptian song hit Law Ta'rafou (Egyptian Arabic: لو تعرفو). The album had 4 Egyptian songs in the oriental operatic Classic Egyptian tarab style. The album was an instant hit in Egypt back at that time with heartbreaking songs like "Ya Sabra Yana" and "Samehtak Ketir". She quickly cemented her presence in the Arabic world a growing industry brimming with singers like Angham, Najwa Karam, Latifa, and Abdelmajeed Abdullah.

Ever since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, in 2011, Assala Nasri claimed her support for the Syrian rebels and her commitment against Bashar al Assad. Her positions towards the Civil War are human : she wants the conflict to end for the sake of the Syrian civilians. She had her first composing experience in the writing of one song, released in 2011. For her commitment in the conflict, Assala sang at the International Peace day as a new ambassador for "Peace Building Through Music."

She was arrested on Monday, June 26, 2017 in Beirut International Airport for carrying Cocaine. She denied knowledge of the substances found in her possession; However a drug test performed by the Lebanese authorities found traces of drugs in her blood.[2]

Television

Assala hosts a television program which is called Soula (Arabic: صولا‎‎), on Al Hayat TV and Dubai TV.[3] The show presents guest musicians as though they were visiting Assala in her home in Cairo, Egypt.[4]

Personal life

Assala has four children, two from her first marriage to Ayman Al Dahabi, and twins from her second marriage to a Palestinian-American director Tarek Al Eryan. She currently has custody of both their children, Sham and Khaled. She was pregnant with Tarek's child in early 2007, but suffered a miscarriage halfway through the pregnancy. Assala is a Sunni Muslim. She was granted Bahraini citizenship by Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa a few days after she gave a performance in the operetta Love and Loyalty in celebration of Bahrain’s Independence Day. Assala holds two citizenships; Syrian (primary nationality) and Bahraini (second nationality) .

Discography

Studio Albums

Singles

References

  1. ↑ "Assala Nasri - Syria". Fes Festival of World Sacred Music. 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "التفاصيل الكاملة لتوقيف أصالة نصري في مطار بيروت.. وماذا قالت لهذه الوسيلة الإعلامية؟" (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Soula TV Show". Archived from the original on 2014-05-25.
  4. ↑ "About Soula". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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