Dania Khatib ( ar, دانية الخطيب; born February 13, 1973) is a Lebanese singer and actress. She began her career as a TV presenter for a local station in Lebanon. She joined
Channel V
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in 1995, becoming the first Arabic
VJ on an international TV channel. In 1998, she left Channel V to join
Abu Dhabi TV
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where she presented the Arabic entertainment program ''Zoom'', for which she received the silver award for "Most Entertaining Arabic Program" at the Cairo TV & Radio Festival, 1998. Dania now presents ''Al Qafila'', a travel program for Abu Dhabi TV.
As a musician she records under the name of Dania. Her debut single, "Yalla Bina", was released in October 1996. Her self-titled album, ''Dania'' was released in September 1997. A second album, ''Dania II'', was released in June 1999. This album included the track "Leily and Private Number''"'' which is a duet with British
boy band
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911
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Dates
* AD 911
* 911 BC
* September 11
** 9/11, the September 11 attacks of 2001
** 11 de Septiembre, Chilean coup d'état in 1973 that outed the democratically elected Salvador Allende
* November 9
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. A compilation, ''The Best of Dania'', was released in November 2005. All of the albums were released by
EMI music
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Arabia. Another Lebanese-born singer, Dania Abu-Shaheen, has released an album (''Expatriate''), using the name Dania.
References
1973 births
Living people
VJs (media personalities)
20th-century Lebanese women singers
Lebanese film actresses
Lebanese television actresses
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