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Maya Nasri
Born Maya Hossam Asmar (1976-08-14) 14 August 1976 (age 49)Miniara, Akkar, Lebanon[1]
Occupation(s) Singer, actress
Years active 1999–present
Spouse Ihab Lamey ​(m. 2010)​
Children 3
Musical career
Genres Arabic Pop World Dance
Instrument Vocals
Musical artist

Maya Hossam Asmar (Arabic: مايا حسام الأسمر; born 14 August 1976), better known by her stage name Maya Nasri (Arabic: مايا نصري), is a Lebanese singer, recording artist, and actress.

Nasri studied acting and directing theater, television and cinema at the Lebanese University. In 1996, she started working as a TV presenter at Télé Liban, she also worked as a model.[2]

Nasri participated in "Kas El Nojoum" in 1998 on the Lebanese Broadcasting Channel where she won all three medals.[_citation needed_] Her debut single was "Khalleeni Bel Jaw".[_citation needed_]

In 2010, Nasri married Egyptian filmmaker Ihab Lamey in a Church wedding ceremony in Beirut.[3] On 5 October 2013, she gave birth to their first child, a girl they named Mikaella. Nasri announced online the news of daughter's birth with the message: "I gave birth to the most beautiful thing my eyes have ever seen. It was the gift of God to my small family".[4]In 2015, during the pregnancy of her second child she revealed that a sonogram showed complications, which meant the fetus would require heart surgery within the first 10 days after birth.[5] The life-saving surgery was performed on her son Giovanni, after he was born on 3 February 2015.[6] On 18 December 2017, she gave birth to her third child, a girl, Manuella.[2]

  1. ^ "زواج وحياة مايا نصري { خــأـأ ص بالــمسأــأبقة }". shakwmakw.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "مايا نصري: هذه أسباب غيابي 9 سنوات.. وأيوه أنا مرات المخرج". tahrirnews.com (in Arabic). 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ Khoder, Patricia (15 March 2010). "Lebanese singer Maya Nasri ties the knot". Gulf News. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Happy days: Maya Nasri welcomes her first baby to the world". albawaba.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Mummy-of-one Maya Nasri reveals unborn second child needs open heart surgery". albawaba.com. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Maya Nasri's emotional message to her hubby on their 6th wedding anniversary". albawaba.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.