Yusra and Nancy Ajram together for a good cause

Published June 1st, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Villa Moda stores in Dubai launched a new line of women handbags, which proceeds will go directly to the association of Doctors without Limits. Each bag has a photograph of a superstar and the logo "Be a Bag". 

 

Egyptian prominent actress Yusra and Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram came to Dubai to be the guests of honor for the launching of the bags, at a special ceremony held for the occasion. Each customer will be able to purchase the bag of her choice of singer or actor and the Doctors without Limits associate will the proceeds to different charities. 

 

Photographs of stars like Diana Haddad, the Four Cats, Yuri Imrakadi, and many more are featured on the bags. Villa Moda is considered to be one of the most prestigious boutiques in Dubai featuring some of the top brand names in fashion wear.  

 

Recently, Yusra revealed that she is not satisfied with some of her roles that she did at the start of her career. Yusra stressed that the first acting jobs she took part in held no real significance and did not add worth to her career. The actress added that the works she took in the recent years are what really made her a successful and known actress throughout the Arab world.  

 

Yusra had defended her work with commercials saying that this is a very creative way to promote for your country's products. She added that she admired the ad king Abdullah II of Jordan's filmed to promote to his country. About her last drama [Malak Rohi] she said that it was very successful and a rich experience that added value to her career.  

 

Yusra said that she did not do any changes to her appearance during the whole drama because women are different than men, they can always look young because of the make up and by changing their hair color.  

 

Critics were not satisfied with Yusra's role in the movie [Dantella] they said that it is not realistic that two women would love one man and then both marry him. Yusra said that this particular story taken from real life and she herself knew the two girls who loved the same guy who married both of them and then divorced them after a while. 

 

Ajram was recently honored on Rotana satellite television music channel for reaching the number one spot on the program top twenty, despite the fact that she is not a member of the company. It has been revealed that placing Nancy on top was done in order to ease the way for her joining the company and becoming part of their large list of singers. It was added that Nancy is currently holding negotiations with officials at Rotana, and that the announcement of her joining them will be public soon.  

 

Despite the fact that she is not a member of the Rotana Production Company, Ajram was able to defeat all the singers in the company with her latest hit “Aah Wi Nus” reaching the number one spot in the top twenty song contest. Nancy was able to compete with all the singers enlisted in Rotana and defeat them after the audience voted her song as the best.  

 

Presenter of the top twenty program stressed that Nancy’s accomplishment proves the fairness of the race, adding that Nancy’s proved that she has come a long way in her career, and is in fact a very popular and talented singer. After winning the first prize in the contest, the announcer of the program held Nancy as a special guest on the show and presented her with an award. –Albawaba.com 

 

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