29 Facts About Amal Hijazi

Amal Hijazi released her debut album, Akher Gharam, in 2001, followed by her second album, Zaman in mid-2002.

Amal Hijazi remained at the forefront of pop music with the release of her Gulf single "Nefsy Tefhamny" in 2007.

Amal Hijazi released her fifth studio album, Keef el Amar, in 2008.

Amal Hijazi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Shia family originally from Kfarfila, a town in the Nabatieh Governorate, southern Lebanon.

Amal Hijazi has five siblings, and her father died when she was ten years old.

Amal Hijazi lived in France for ten years during the Lebanese Civil War, studied Architecture and graduated in 2001.

Amal Hijazi was invited by the Jordan River Foundation to hold a concert under the patronage of Queen Rania Al-Abdullah.

Amal Hijazi had returned with an extremely sophisticated look that generally attracted negative publicity and controversies where she appeared with short, pixie blond hair and clothes that "promoted homosexuality and lesbianism" according to critics.

The music video of Baya al Ward heavily criticized and caused huge controversies that Amal Hijazi was promoting homosexuality.

Amal Hijazi denied the allegations, however critics argued that the T-shirt she was wearing in the music video had several symbols imprinted on it which belonged to a garment manufacturer, specialising in clothing for homosexuals.

At a press conference she held in Dubai to announce the launch of her album, Amal Hijazi clarified that she did not know what the symbols on the shirt meant or that she never thought to find out when she chose to wear it.

Critics argued that Amal Hijazi had gone to extremes and cut her hair shorter than that of an ordinary woman.

In 2007, Amal Hijazi released a new single, "Nefsy Tefhamny" which was a traditional and modern Khaleeji song.

In 2008, Amal Hijazi's released her fifth album Keef el Amar, which includes the single "Nefsy Tefhamny".

Amal Hijazi has stated that she has dedicated the song to motherhood and appears in the clip as a pregnant woman, the video was directed by Salem al Turk.

Amal Hijazi came out with the new album Waylak Min Allah, with a single from it released with the same title.

Amal Hijazi filed a lawsuit against the music production company, Rotana, following their failure to stick to the terms and conditions of their contract.

In September 2017, Amal Hijazi announced that she quit singing and would perform only religious music.

Amal Hijazi married Mohammed al-Bassam in 2008; they have two children, Karim and Lareen.

Amal Hijazi however denied the accusations stressing that each of the singers has her own unique style.

Amal Hijazi added that her song was filmed long before Elissa's "Hubbak Waja" and had been airing on different satellite channels sometime in 2004.

In 2004 Amal Hijazi put everything aside and made a personal visit Elissa to give her condolences after the latter lost her father to cancer.

Recently, Amal Hijazi has accused Nawal Al Zoghbi for stealing her contract of the Kuwaiti optical company Fashion Look.

Amal Hijazi added that al Zoghbi stole the commercial and took it for herself, by asking one of her business managers to call the contact company owner and asked him to have Nawal make the advertisement for less money instead of Amal Hijazi.

Amal Hijazi stated that she had seen the contract that al Zoghbi signed with the company and found out that al Zoghbi was paid less than the offer they had given her.

Amal Hijazi noted that she will not let the matter be until she is able to find out the real reasons behind her ban.

In 2002, after the release of her album Zaman rumours arose that Amal Hijazi was involved in a number of cosmetic surgeries due to her new look.

Amal Hijazi however denied the statements saying that she only had one plastic surgery and that was rhinoplasty.

In 2005, Amal Hijazi was especially chosen by the Lebanese designer Joe Raed as the model for his new line of wedding dresses to be released this summer season.