After her cooperation with the company Luxottica by doing commercials
for Ray Ban sunglasses, Lebanese singer Elissa has become the new face
of Vogue sunglasses, which are part of the same company.
Elissa headed off to Milan Italy to film a special ad for Vogue with
Italian photographer Carlo Miari Folcerz, who had previously filmed
international stars like George Clooney and David Beckham.
The singer stated that Vogue is new international product and she is
proud to be the new representative for them in the Middle East and North
Africa.
Elissa has requested that
production company ‘Rotana’ not air her latest music video for the song
"Lao Ta'rafouh" (If You Knew Him), directed by Salim Turk, since it is
not up to her standards.
Elissa announced that she will no longer work with directors Salim or
Saeed Al Marouq after both men publicly criticized the singer and never
apologized.
Elissa said that composer Jan Saliba is also on her ‘black list’ of
people she does not wish to cooperate with after he announced that he
will work with new comer Melissa, instead of Elissa.
Elissa is currently holding work sessions to prepare for her upcoming
album produced by ‘Rotana,’ to be released in the summer of 2007.
‘Rotana’ held a special ceremony honoring Elissa’s award as the ‘number
one Arab artist’ at the 2006 World Music Awards. ‘Rotana’ president
Salem Al-Hindi attended the event, covered extensively by the Lebanese
media. The celebration was for her great achievement, said Al-Hindi.
Elissa said that she was honored to receive the award for a second time
and dedicated it to Lebanon and its people, who suffered greatly in
recent months, while giving her acceptance speech at the event in
London.
“Bastanak” received the highest sales throughout the Middle East and
North Africa region, reaching as high as 350 thousand albums.
From
Al Bawaba |
