JEDDAH, 9 December 2004 — Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama has announced that he has ended his contract with the production company “Alam El Phan” (Art World) on good terms with no hard feelings.
Ragheb stressed that he always refuses to sign a contract with a production company or give them the exclusive rights over his songs on their satellite music channels.
The singer announced that he does not like to limit the airing of his music to one party because it will lessen his chances of success. Ragheb has recently launched his latest music video “Nasini El Dunia” (Make me Forget the World) currently being aired on the Arab satellite television channel MBC. The video-clip is directed by Wisam Samira and is his first time professional production. It also marks the first time the singer has cooperated with a new comer in the directing business.
Ragheb revealed that he chose Wisam because he was very impressed in the ideas the latter has, which are not the usual ones that are being promoted in today’s music videos. The clip revolves around a singer who falls in love with a fashion model. The scenes of the video were filmed in Milano’s famous Versace Dontella house of fashion.
The singer is scheduled to hold a New Year’s Eve concert at the Bial center in the heart of Beirut. It was revealed that Egyptian singer Shireen Abdul Wahab and Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi will join the Ragheb in his New Year’s performance.
Ragheb has expressed his disappointment at the state of the entertainment world and specifically the music industry. He said that there is a state of disgust building with people who claim to be singers hogging the spotlight, when really their hopeless attempts are simply degrading the tradition of Arabic singing .
