The Murex d'Or (also known as the Golden

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award) is a Lebanese award created by two Lebanese physicians, Zahi and Fadi Helou to recognize achievements in the domain of art in

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, the

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and the world. The first Murex d'Or ceremony took place on June 4, 2000. The name of the award is a tribute to

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'' sea snails, which were used to dye cloth in imperial

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Awards by year and category

*2000: The first Murex d'Or ceremony took place on June 4, 2000 under the

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of minister Suleiman Trabulsy at the Regency Palace Hotrel's Caesar's Palace theater in Adma. *2001: The 2001 Murex d'Or event took place on June 2, 2001 under the

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at the Caesar's Palace theater in Adma. *2002: The event took place on September 14, 2002 under the

of the

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Andree Lahoud also at the Caesar's Palace theater in Adma. *2003: The fourth installment of the awards was held on November 29, 2003 at the

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's Salle des Ambassadeurs. *2004: This ceremony took place on January 29, 2005 under the

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at the Caesar's Palace theater in Adma. *2005: This installment was held on January 28, 2006 at the

's Salle des Ambassadeurs. *2006: The seventh Murex d'Or ceremony took place in the Salle des Ambassadeurs on May 5, 2007. *2007: The event was held also at the Salle des Ambassadeurs on June 20, 2008. *2008: The event was held at the same place on June 19, 2009. *2009: The event was held at the
Eddé Sands Resort
in

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on June 10, 2010 and screened live on

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. **

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received a Golden Murex for his entire career. *2010: The Golden Murex were organized at the Edde Sands Resort in Byblos on 10 June 2010 and broadcast live on MTV Lebanon. *2011: The Golden Murex took place on June 23, 2011. **Best Arabic Actress:

Sulafa Memar Sulafa Refaat Memar ( ar, سلافة رفعت معمار) was born on 26 April 1976 in Damascus. She is a well known Syrian actress who began her career in 1994. Soulafa studied at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Syria and act ...

**Best Arabic actor:

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*2012: The ceremony took place on June 11, 2012 and was broadcast on MTV Lebanon. **Best Lebanese artist:

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. **Best Arabic Actress:

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**Best Arabic actor:

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**The best Lebanese song: "Ya Leil Ana Bhebbal" (Sarah El Hani), "Ya Lalali" (Nadine Saab), "Akher Hammak" (

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), "Ya Kell El Deni" (

Joseph Attieh Joseph Attieh ( ar, جوزيف عطية, born May 14, 1987) is a Lebanese singer who won the third season of Star Academy Lebanon in 2005. He is known for his song "Lebnan rah Yerjaa". Career Joseph became the first Lebanese artist to win the ...

), "W Taamar Lebnan" (Hicham El Hajj) **Best lyrics and music: Joseph and Michel Geha **Best play: "Che Guevara" by Farid and Maher Al Sabbagh **Best Arabic song: "Eed Habaybak" (

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), "Maarafch Leih" (

), "Men Ouyouni" (

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), "Al Ghira" ( Naya), "Byehssedouni" (

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) **Best Arabic Artist:

**Best star:

**Best screenplay: Claudia Marchelian **Best artist: Ziad Bourji **Best Lebanese film:

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**Best film music: Khaled Mouzannar **Best Lebanese actress:

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**Best Arabic Actress:

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**Best Lebanese series: "Al Chahroura" **Best Actress:

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**Best Arabic Singer:

Assi El Helani Mohammed Muzen El Hallani ( ar, محمد مزين الحلاني), widely known as Assi El Hallani; born November 28, 1970), is a Lebanese singer and actor. El Helani's musical career started after winning Studio Al Fan, a TV program for young a ...

**Best Arabic Singer:

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**Best Model: Mona Ghoss **Best actress in a secondary role: Joelle Dagher **Best actor in a secondary role: Majdi Machmouchi **Best Song: "Majnoun" by

Ramy Ayach Ramy Abu Ayach ( ar, رامي ابوعياش, born August 18, 1980) is a Lebanese singer, composer, and actor. Commonly referred to as the "Pop Star" in the Arab world for his impact and contribution to the contemporary Arab music scene and Pop ...

**Best music: Mike Massy **Best album: "Kol D'i'a Chakhssiye" by

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**Best young actress:

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**Best young talent:

**Best young talent: Anwar Nour **Best Lebanese director: Samir Habchi **Best young singer: Naji El Osta **Best young actress:

Dalida Khalil Dalida Antoine Khalil ( ar, داليدا أنطوان خليل; born 16 February 1987) is a Lebanese actress and singer. Her acting career started in 2007 when she participated in a Lebanese series called ''Fifty-Fifty''. Since then, she has perfo ...

**Best Video: Angie Jamal **Best Lebanese actor: Youssef El Khal **Best young talent of the Gulf: Mansour Zayed *2013: The ceremony took place on June 24, 2013 and was broadcast on MTV Lebanon. **Singer Khaled received a Golden Murex. *2014: The Golden Murex of 2014 took place at the Casino of Lebanon on Thursday, September 3, 2014. *2015: The Golden Murex took place at the Casino du Liban in

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, Lebanon. **Singer

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won a golden Murex for his hit song "Enty". **

Aline Lahoud Aline Lahoud ( ar, ألين لحود; born 2 March 1981) is a Lebanese singer. Life Lahoud's parents are Salwa Al Katrib and producer Nahi Lahoud. She studied singing and dramatic art from 1997 until 1999. In 2002, she received a BA degree i ...

: Best Singer and Actress Award for her role in the play (Bent Al Jabal) *2016: Les Murex d'or took place on May 28, 2016 and was broadcast on

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and

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. **Singer Hatim Idar received the Murex d'or award in the best Arab artist category. **Singer

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received an Achievement Award for her Achievement Award. *2017: The Golden Murex took place on May 12, 2017 and was broadcast on MTV. **Singer

received the Best Song Award for his song Ghaltana and the Prize of the general public.

References

Lebanese awards