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Mai Selim

Mai Selim
Born
Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim

(1983-11-06) November 6, 1983 (age 41)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Actress
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Ali al-Refai
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(m. 2010; div. 2012)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • vocals
LabelsAlam El Phan

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]

Biography

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Musical debut

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Mai sings in the Egyptian dialect, though she was born to a Palestinian Jordanian father and a Palestinian 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]

Mai Selim (Ramadan 2015)

Personal life

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

References

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  1. ^ "تحدي مي سليم وابنتها "لي لي" في معكم منى الشاذلي". YouTube (in Arabic). 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ a b (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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