Mai Selim

Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim (Arabic: مي عبد الجبار حمدان سليم‎, born November 6, 1983 in Abu Dhabi),[1][2] commonly known as Mai Selim (Arabic: مي سليم‎), is a Jordanian singer and actress. Her sisters are Mais Hamdan and Dana Hamdan.[3]

Mai Selim
Born
Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim

(1983-11-06) November 6, 1983
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Actress
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)
Ali al-Refai
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(m. 2010; div. 2012)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
  • Arabic pop
Instruments
  • vocals
LabelsAlam El Phan

Biography

Musical debut

Mai sings in the Egyptian dialect, though she was born to a Jordanian father and a Lebanese mother. She has been living in Egypt ever since she was young and has stated she almost lived her whole life there. She gained a degree in Business Studies from Maritime Academy in Egypt.[2]

Mai states that luck has played a big part in her being of where she is right now:

"I won't lie and give you the clichéd line of 'I've been working towards this all my life since I was a child' and all that stuff. I knew I had a very strong artistic side to me, and I had a strong passion towards music, but I never thought I'd make a career out of it one day."[4]

In 2008, she released the album Ehlawet El Ayam (Arabic: احلوت الأيام‎).[5]

Personal life

She married Egyptian businessman Ali al-Refai from November 2010 to 2012, with whom she had her daughter, Lili.[6]

References
  1. "تحدي مي سليم وابنتها "لي لي" في معكم منى الشاذلي". YouTube (in Arabic). 10 October 2019.
  2. (30 August 2008). في لقاء خاص مع الجمال .. مي سليم " بلدي هي مصر ولو لم أكن مطربة لكنت مصممة أزياء ناجحة, Algamal.net (in Arabic), Retrieved December 16, 2010
  3. دويتو يجمع مي سليم بميس حمدان, moheet.com, Retrieved December 16, 2010 (about doing a duet with her sister and stamping our rumors of rivalry between them)
  4. http://www.fame-music.net Archived 2005-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. (13 August 2008). مي سليم: احلوت الأيام, Al Khaleej (newspaper) (in Arabic), Retrieved December 16, 2010
  6. "مي سليم تغمرها السعادة بعد انجاب مولودتها الاولى". farfeshplus.com (in Arabic).
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