Asala

Birth name: Asala Mostafa Nasri Origin: Damascus, Syria Years active: 1991 - 2009 Asala was born in Damascus, Syria to a middle class family. Mostafa Nasri, Asala's father, was a revered Syrian composer and singer. Asala began her musical career by performing patriotic, religious, and children's songs when she was four years old. She sang the theme song "Qessas Al Sho'oub", of the cartoon show, Hekayat Alamiyah. In 1986, Mostafa Nasri died after suffering from internal bleeding caused by a car accident. Aged 17 she helped care for her siblings, Reem, Amani, Ayman and Ayham with her mother. Her father discovered her talent when she was eight years old. He was a famous singer, so she started to perform his songs. Soon after, she started to participate at children’s festivals with her own songs. She liked to sing for Om Kulthom too. Asalah learned the responsibility in an early age, after her father’s death, the accident that affected her a lot. She took care of her family, and played the role of a mother for her brothers, especially the youngest one. Asalah says her strength is concentrated in her voice. She doesn’t like taking decisions. She is a very nervous person, and she is very hard on herself. She is shy, introvert and lives a very quite life, in which she is more a mother than a singer. Asalah sings for the oriental woman, about her feelings and her problems. Sweetness, simplicity, and modesty, this is Asalah Asala's commercial musical career debuted in 1991 with Law Ta'rafou. The album had 4 songs in the oriental operatic tarab style. The album was an instant hit with heartbreaking songs like Ya Sabra Yana and Samehtak Ketir. She quickly cemented her presence in a growing industry brimming with new, young talent like Najwa Karam, Saber Rebai, Angham, and Abdelmajeed Abdullah. Personal life Asala has two children from her first marriage to Ayman Al Dahabi, whom she divorced in 2005 following his adultery scandal. She currently has custody on both their children, Sham and Khaled. She is now married to the famous Palestinian-American director Tarek Al-Aryan. She was pregnant with Tarek's child in early 2007 but suffered a miscarriage halfway through her pregnancy. Asala is a Sunni Muslim. Asala was granted Bahraini citizenship by Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa a few days after she gave a spectacular performance in the operetta Love and Loyalty in celebration of Bahrain’s Independence Day. Asala holds three citizenship; Syrian, Bahraini, and Egyptian. Discography: Albums: * Ya Sabra Yana (I Am Waiting) (1991) * Asala Performs Umm Kulthum (1992) * O'zorni (Forgive Me) (1992) * Ghayar Awi (Great Jealousy) (1993) * Taw'am Al Rouh (My Soul's Twin) (1994) * Ighdab (Anger) (1994) * Wala Tessadda' (Don't Believe It) (1995) * Rahal (He Left) (1996) * Erja' Laha (Return to Her) (1996) * Al Mushtaka (The Complainer) (1997) * Albi Biyertahlak (My Heart is at Ease with You) (1998) * Ya Magnoun (O Madman) (1999) * Moshtaqah (I'm Missing You) (2001) * Ya Akhi Es'al (Ask About Me) (2002) * Yamin Allah/Haqiqat Waqe'i (I Swear/My Reality) (2001) * Ad El Horouf (As much as the number of letters) (2003) * Awgat (Times) (2004) * Aadi (Ordinary) (2005) * Hayati (My Life) (2006) * Sawaha Galbi (My Heart Has Done It) (2007) * Nos Halah (Half Situation) (2008) * Aghla AlBashar (2009) Singles: * Law Ta'rafou (If You Know) from "Law Ta'rafou" * Ighdab (Get Angry) from "Ighdab" * Al Mushtaka (The Complainer) from "Al Mushtaka" * Alf Leila We Leila (One Thousand and One Nights) from "Al Mushtaka" * Ya Magnoun (O Madman) from "Ya Magnoun" * Ma Oultelish (Why Didn't You Tell Me?) from "Ya Magnoun" * Moushta'a (I'm Missing You) from "Moushta'a" * E'tef Habibi (Have Mercy My Love) from "Moushta'a" * Mab'ash Ana (I Haven't Lived Up to My Name if I Don't) from "Moushta'a" * Leih El Ghorour (Why the Arrogance?) from "Ya Akhi Es'al" * Yamin Allah (I Swear) from "Yamin Allah/Waqe'i" * Misheit Senin (I Walked for Years) from "Ad El Horouf" * Tassawar (Imagine) from "Ad El Horouf" * A'taz Bek (I Am Proud of You) from "Ad El Horouf" * Gemarhom Kellohom (You Are the Moon Among Them) from "Awgat" * Meta Ashoufek (When Will I See You?) from "Awgat" * Fein Habibi (Where is My Love?) from "Aadi" * Khalik Shiwaya (Stay) from "Aadi" * Asfa (I'm Sorry) from "Aadi" * Aktar (More) from "Hayati" * Khaliha 'Ala Allah (Leave It In God's Hands) [Ramadan Single] * Jarhi Fel Hawa (My Injury in Love) * Allah Ya Omri Aleik (You're Amazing) * Arod Leih (Why Reply?) from "Hayati" * Bein Eideik (In Your Hands) from "Hayati" * Alamtni (You Taught Me) from "Hayati" * Hayati (My Life) from "Hayati" * Egrab Gerrib (Get Closer) from "Sawaha Galbi" * Sawaha Galbi (My Heart Did It) from "Sawaha Galbi" * La Tekhaf (Don't Be Afraid) from "Sawaha Galbi" (shot as a music video in 2009) * "Wala Dary" (Doesn't Care), Sum wa 'Asal (Poison and Honey) 2009 Single