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An old clip of the Lebanese star covering one of El Hadaba’s best-known songs.

AEAhmed Abd Elaal·12 Oct 2026·1 min read

From the archive: Elissa, known to fans as the Queen of Feeling, singing Amr Diab’s Habibi Wala Ala Baloh.

Diab released the song in 2001, and it became one of the biggest Arabic hits of the decade. The clip is old, but the feeling in it has not aged.

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An old clip of the Lebanese star covering one of El Hadaba’s best-known songs.

AEAhmed Abd Elaal·12 Oct 2026·1 min read

From the archive: Elissa, known to fans as the Queen of Feeling, singing Amr Diab’s Habibi Wala Ala Baloh.

Diab released the song in 2001, and it became one of the biggest Arabic hits of the decade. The clip is old, but the feeling in it has not aged.

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