Lebanese singer Elissa poses for a picture late 30 October 2000 at a nightclub in Beirut. Elissa, whose real name is Elissar Khoury, started her career as an actress with the "les diseurs" theatre troupe, before she had launched a videoclip for her song 'Baddi Doub' in 1999, which was a great success. AFP
Lebanese singer Elissa performs during her show in the World Trade Center at the Dubai Shopping Festival 17 March 2001. AFP
Lebanese singer Elissa performs in Dubai 12 November 2001. The singer often visits the UAE, and this time presented a show with Lebanese singers Yuri Murrakadi, Aline Khalaf, Maysam Nahas and Algerian singer Cheb Mami. AFP
Lebanese singer Elissa poses in Dubai 10 September 2002: this was the year her third studio album was released. AFP PHOTO/Eddy PADO (Photo by EDDY PADO / AFP)
Lebanese singer Elissa shows her new album 'Ahla Dunia' during a launch event in Beirut 30 May 2004. AFP
She won the World Music Award as the best Arab singer and the best-selling artist in the Middle East and North Africa for her album "Ahla Dunia" in 2005. Elissa received her award on August 31 at the 2005 World Music Awards show held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. AFP
Performing in Oman at the Muscat Festival on 04 February, 2005. AFP
Lebanese singer Elissa attends a fashion show by Lebanese designer Oussama Haddad late 09 February 2006 during the "Le Salon du Mariage" wedding exhibition in Beirut. In 2006 she released her fifth studio album, and won her second World Music Award.
Lebanese singer Elissa performs during the television talent show "Mission: Fashion" at the studios of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in Adma, north of Beirut, late on December 12, 2008. In 2007, she released mega hit 'Betmoun'. AFP
At the 2013 Murex D'or Festival taking at the Casino Du Liban, north of the capital Beirut: in December, 2012, she was chosen as a judge for 'The X Factor Arabia', which premiered in early 2013. AFP
Lebanese singer Elissa performs during a concert at the seaside waterfront of Beirut, Lebanon, 26 July 2019, during the Beirut Holidays 2019 festival. In August of 2019 she tweeted that she is quitting the music industry. EPA
Lebanese singer Elissa at her press conference at Mawazine Festival on June 24, in Rabat, Morocco this year. Courtesy Mawazine Festival
