Amal Hijazi (Arabic: أمل حجازي; born 20 February 1977) is a Lebanese actress and singer. Hijazi released her first record in 2001 and made her breakthrough a year later with her second album. In 2017 the BBC reported that her 2002 album Zaman was "one of the best selling Arabic pop records of all time".
She released her debut album, Akher Gharam, in 2001, followed by her second album, Zaman in mid-2002. The latter included four number one hit singles, "Zaman", "Oulhali", "Einak" and "Romansyia". Her third album Bedawwar A Albi was released in early 2004 followed by the release of her fourth album Baya al Ward in 2006.
In 2007 she released "Nefsy Tefhamny" and she released her fifth studio album, Keef el Amar, in 2008.
In September 2017 she announced that she was retiring from popular music and in December that year she released a song in honour of the Prophet Muhammad.
Early life
Amal Hijazi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Shia family originally from Kfarfila, a town in the Nabatieh Governorate, southern Lebanon. She has five siblings, and her father died when she was ten years old. She lived in France for ten years during the Lebanese Civil War, studied Architecture and graduated in 2001.
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