Mona Abou Hamze ( ar, منى أبو حمزة) ( Abu Alwan; october 2, 1972) is a Lebanese TV personality and presenter, born in

Barouk Barouk ( ar, باروك) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists ...

into a

Lebanese Druze Lebanese Druze ( ar, دروز لبنان, durūz lubnān) are Lebanese people who are Druze. The Druze faith is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion, and an ethnoreligious esoteric group originating from the Near East who self identify as unit ...

family. She is best known for hosting the Lebanese show ''Talk of the Town'' on MTV since April 2009,MONA ABOU HAMZE : THE PERIOD PRECEDING MTV
/ref> where she has had over 2000 guests, from different backgrounds and cultures.

Career

She was a jury member on ''Mouzii el Arab'', the only Pan-Arab TV Show solely dedicated to choosing future TV presenters, which first aired in 2015 on Abu Dhabi TV and Al Hayat TV station. Abou Hamze is also a member of the Jury of

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(Arabic version) which is broadcast on MTV and MBC, working alongside musicians Oussama Rahbani and Tarek Abou Jaoude, then Simon Asmar.

Awards

She received the

Murex d'Or The Murex d'Or (also known as the Golden Murex award) is a Lebanese award created by two Lebanese physicians, Zahi and Fadi Helou to recognize achievements in the domain of art in Lebanon, the Arab region and the world. The first Murex d'Or ce ...

award in 2009 for ''Talk of the Town''. Abou Hamze won the Melody Award for Best Presenter for 3 consecutive years, from 2009 to 2011 (until the station, Melody Lebanon was closed down);منى أبو حمزة - مولدها ونشأتها
/ref> as well as the Zahret Al Khaleej Award, for the Best Arab Presenter in 2011. In 2012 Abou Hamze was recognized as one of the ‘100 Most Powerful Arab Women’ in 2012 by CEO Middle East magazine. In 2013 she was the first Arab presenter to be officially invited to the

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Personal life

She is married to Bahij Abou Hamze, with whom she has two sons and one daughter. Her husband was held under suspicion in 2014, following a lawsuit complaint by

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then eventually released in 2017 with no charges filed.

Publications

Abou Hamze is the author of ''Bila Hakaeb'', a book of poetry. ar, بلا حقائب, lit=Without Bags).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abou Hamza, Mona 1972 births Living people Lebanese women television presenters Lebanese Druze Lebanese television presenters American University of Beirut alumni People from Chouf District Lebanese women writers