Maya Diab

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Maya Diab
مايا هنري دياب
Maya Diab (cropped).jpg
Diab in 2019
Born
Maya Henri Diab

(1980-11-12) 12 November 1980 (age 40)
Achrafieh, Lebanon
OccupationSinger, TV presenter, actress
Years active2001–present
Spouse(s)
Abbas Nasser
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(m. 2006; div. 2017)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
LabelsMDM Production[1]
Websitehttp://www.maya-diab.com

Maya Diab (Arabic: مايا دياب‎ [ˈmaja ˈdiab]; born 12 November 1980)[2] is a Lebanese pop singer, entertainer, actress and television personality. She is a former member of the Lebanese girl group The 4 Cats.[3]

Early life[]

Maya Diab was born in Achrafieh, to a Christian Greek Orthodox family. She is the youngest of her parent's children and has one brother (Ghassan) and two sisters (Mona and Grace). She majored in radio and TV media after receiving her university degree from the Lebanese University.[4][5]

Career[]

In 1996, she won the golden award for Fashion at Studio El Fan when she was 20 years old. In 1998, she participated in Miss Lebanon.[6] In 2000, she competed in the TV presenting category at Studio El Fan, then she joined The 4 Cats in 2001.[7]

Later on, she acted in Asad W Arbaa Kotat along with The 4 Cats and Hany Ramzy in 2007, then in two TV series Kalam Niswan in 2009, and El Donia Heik in 2010.[8] In 2010, she left The 4 Cats, then she had her first song "Habibi" in 2011, and a duo "Sawa" with Ramy Ayach.[8]

Her first TV program to present was Heik Menghanni on MTV in 2011.[8] She later presented Deal or no deal: El Ikhtiyar (ديل أور نو ديل: الإختيار) on Al-Nahar in 2012, and Ask The Arabs (اسأل العرب) on MBC 1 in 2016.[9]

In October 2020, Maya Diab was named the Fashion Icon of the Arab World by the Arab Fashion Council, and she announced the opening of the 12th edition of the Arab Fashion Week which was hosted virtually in Dubai.[10][11]

Personal life[]

She married a Shia Muslim businessman, Abbas Nasser, in 2006 with whom she had her daughter, Kai,[12] the couple separated in 2017.[13]

In January 2020, she mentioned that she was kidnapped in Beirut in 2005, where she was held hostage and abused in a car for one day.[14]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  • #MyMaya (2015)

Singles[]

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
LBN
[15]
"Sawa"[16]
(with Ramy Ayach) 		2011 — —
"Ibn El Youzbashi"[17] —
"Habibi"[18] 2
"Tawel Balak"[19] 2012 —
"Chaklak Ma Btaaref"[20] —
"Dabou Aynaik"[21] 2013 2
"Gatifin"[22] 2014 —
"Aywa"[23] 2015 5
"Ya Niyali"[24] 9
"Ya Bayyaiin El Asssal"[25] 5 #MyMaya
"Fina Nghayir"[26]
(with Bahaa Sultan) 		2016 — —
"El Donya"[27]
(with Bahaa Sultan) 		—
"Keda Bardou"[28] — #MyMaya
"Biradini"[29]
(with K) 		2017 — —
"Tebead Aanni"[30] 13
"Baadou"[31] 2018 3
"Ysouffou Haki"[32] 2019 1
"Khserna Baad"[33]
(with Ziad Bourji) 		6
"Rob3i Sa3a"[34] —
"Yaba Yaba"[35] 1
"Ana"[36] 2020 18
"Naharna Wardi"[37] —
"Doub"[38] 2021 —
"High Heels"[39] 18
"Ahla Kalam"[40] 10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Filmography[]

Films
  • 2007 – "Asad W Arbaa Kotat" (Arabic: أسد واربع قطط‎)
TV series
  • 2009 – "Kalam Niswan" (Arabic: كلام نسوان‎)
  • 2010 – "El Donia Heik" (Arabic: الدنيا هيك‎)

References[]

  1. ^ "MDM Production". discogs.com.
  2. ^ "بهذه الطريقة مايا دياب احتفلت بعيد ميلادها.. وهذا عمرها". Lebanon 24 (in Arabic). 23 November 2020.
  3. ^ "فيديو من الذاكرة- شاهدوا مايا دياب ونيكول سابا في بداياتهما". lahamag.com (in Arabic). 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Acting high-and-mighty? Maya Diab invents her own religion!". 5 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Maya Diabs Sister Shows up for the first time".
  6. ^ "شاهدوا كيف كان شكل مايا دياب عندما كانت مشتركة في مسابقة ملكة جمال لبنان 1998- بالفيديو". elfann.com (in Arabic). 11 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Maya the Singer". maya-diab.com.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "مايا دياب". layalina.com (in Arabic).
  9. ^ "Maya the TV Presenter". maya-diab.com.
  10. ^ "Everything You Need To Know About Arab Fashion Week 2020". Harper's Bazaar. 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Lebanese superstar Maya Diab opens Arab Fashion Week". Cosmopolitan Magazine. 22 October 2020.
  12. ^ "مايا دياب وعباس ناصر: تعارف ثم مساكنة ثم زواج وختامها". elfann.com (in Arabic). 11 April 2018.
  13. ^ "مايا دياب مطلقة رسمياً". aljamila.com (in Arabic). 6 February 2017.
  14. ^ "مايا دياب تتحدث عن عملية خطفها". Lebanon Mirror (in Arabic). 7 January 2020.
  15. ^ "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Maya Diab". The Official Lebanese Top 20.
  16. ^ "Sawa (feat. Rami Ayach) - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  17. ^ "Ibn El Youzbashi - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  18. ^ "Habibi - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  19. ^ "Tawel Balak - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  20. ^ "Chaklak Ma Btaaref - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  21. ^ "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Archive - 08/18/2013". The Official Lebanese Top 20.
  22. ^ "Gatifin - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  23. ^ "Aywa - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  24. ^ "Ya Niyali - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  25. ^ "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Archive - 9/27/2015". The Official Lebanese Top 20.
  26. ^ "Fina Nghayir - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  27. ^ "El Donya - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  28. ^ "Keda Bardou - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  29. ^ "Biradini - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  30. ^ "Tebead Aanni - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  31. ^ "Baadou - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  32. ^ "Ysouffou Haki - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  33. ^ "Khserna Baad - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  34. ^ "Rob3i Sa3a - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  35. ^ "The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Archive - 9/8/2019". Apple Music.
  36. ^ "Ana - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  37. ^ "نهارنا وردي - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  38. ^ "Doub - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  39. ^ "High Heels - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  40. ^ "Ahla Kalam - Single by Maya Diab on Apple Music". Apple Music.

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