Amr Diab to launch his own TV program on Al-Hayat Channel

CAIRO – 24 November 2017: For the first time, Egyptian mega star Amr Diab signs a contract with Al-Hayat channel to present a TV program.

Diab posted a photo on his official Instagram account of him signing the contract with Sherif Khaled, Al-Hayat’s channel chairman. “A new program on Al-Hayat Channel on October, 2018,” the photo was captioned.

Diab, born in 1961 in Port Said, has risen to fame over the past two decades in the Arab world; continuing to break sale records, according to a BBC report, and his official Facebook page.

His most famous album is “Nour el-Ain,” which brought him to the international scene and earned him the title of "The Father of Mediterranean Music" for his style of blending Egyptian and western rhythms.

The mega star, who founded the record company Mediterranean Music, has had his songs translated into seven languages.

Diab has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Big Apple Music Awards in 2009. In the 2014, World Music Awards, Diab was also awarded Best Egyptian Artist, Best Male Arab Artist, and World's Best Arab Male Artist Voted Online.

Diab’s first album was “Ya Tareeq,” produced in 1983, while his most recent album, “Meaddy El Nas” (Surpassing People), was released in July 2017 following a major viral promotion campaign across the streets of Cairo sponsored by Egypt Linx.