Layla Iskandar

Iskandar in April 2012

Layla Iskandar (Arabic: ليلى اسكندر‎; born August 23, 1984, in Al Qoubaiyat) is a Lebanese singer.

Career

She first appeared on a TV show, Studio El Fan in 2002. She later appeared on Star Academy 1.[1] While she sings in various languages, her preference is to sing in Arabic. Her music is popular in Iraq.[2] Layla has also appeared on the TV show Mujab Abeeb in Lebanon.[3]

She has studied advertising and marketing at the Lebanese University and got a degree in acting and theater directing.

Her first step in the musical world was at the age of sixteen when she got the gold medal in the category of Tarab song in the program « Studio El Fan ».

In 2004, Layla participated in the program Star Academy in its first season in the Middle East. In the following year, she starred as a singer and actress in the theater piece « Insan » and participated in a duet entitled "Lebanon" with the Kuwaiti artist Nabeel Shuail. Layla was chosen by the United Nations to support the campaign for immunodeficiency virus.

In 2007, she released a video clip for the khaliji song Assalifa wa ma fiha which allowed her to gain the title of "best artist to sing Khaliji" that year in a referendum by Dubai television.

A year later, she released a video clip for the song Qader ala boudy in the Egyptian dialect and in 2010 she released a song with the Lebanese rap group « Melichia » entitled « Bhebbo » and another solo song entitled Al hobb min taraf wahad.

Lately, Layla released her new single Al ghabi. The song's lyrics are by Sultan Al Majali and the music is by Fayez Al Said. Layla's three video clips were all directed by Layal Rajha.

References

  1. ↑ "Layla Iskandar". Encyclopedia Article. Fanoos. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Nohad, Topalian. "Laila Iskandar: Singing Iraqi maqam requires courage". Interview. Al-Shorfa. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Laila Iskandar salutes Majidah Al Romi in "Mujab Ajeeb"". albawaba.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.



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