Shatha Hassoun very cute and talented Iraqi singer. Shatha Amjad Hassoun Alshamery was born in Casablanca, Morocco on 3 March 1981, to an Iraqi father and Moroccan mother. Her father is from Al-Hilla and he is a well-known reporter, her mother, a Moroccan history teacher. Hassoun studied English Literature in Casablanca and continued her university studies in Tangier where she joined the program of Hotel and Tourism Management. Then she continued her studies in France where she gained her master’s degree.
In 2007, Hassoun won Star Academy 4, making her the first female winner. Her performance of Fairouz’s “Baghdad” earned her 54.8% of the vote which enabled her to reach the finals. In late July 2009, Shatha achieved her life dream and the dream of fans when she went to her country’s capital Baghdad and sang there in two big charity concerts for the children of Iraq, the first one in Al-elowea club and second one in hunting club, then she hold a press conference in Baghdad where she talked about her joyful to be a first Iraqi and Arab singer who visited Baghdad after war 2003 despite the unstable security in Baghdad and Predict murder in 2009 from one of Astrologer.
Hassoun is working on her album that is going to include songs in the Iraqi, Lebanese, Gulf, Moroccan, and Egyptian dialects. Her main goal is—as she said in an interview—to represent her beloved country Iraq in the best way. Hassoun is also filming her latest music video for the song “O’d 3rgoub” with Yehya S’ada in Beirut and she is touring in North America, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait , Sweden and Egypt (Wikipedia).
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