Sherine Sayed Mohamed Abdel Wahab (; born 8 October 1980), known professionally as simply Sherine, is an

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and music judge who is dubbed ''"The Voice of Egypt"''. Sherine was formerly a judge on MBC's '' The Voice: Ahla Sawt''.

Early and personal life

She was born on October 8, 1980, in

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to a middle-class family. Her father is a decorator, and her mother, a

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. She also has one brother and one sister. Sherine married a second time on April 12, 2018 in Cairo, Egypt to

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, an Egyptian pop singer. The wedding was attended by immediate family members, the managers and organizers of the couple, including Sherine's daughters from her previous marriage to Egyptian composer, Mohamed Moustafa. Sherine and Hossam Habib divorced in 2021, but the pair remarried a year later. In December 2023, they divorced after their remarriage. In 2024, Sherine filed assault charges against her ex-husband Habib.

Career

As a child, Sherine's vocal talent was first discovered by her music teacher at school. At the age of nine, her teacher convinced her mother to take her to the

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to meet

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, an Egyptian classical

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. She sang in front of him, and he liked her voice a lot. From the age of nine to the age of 12, she sang as a choral member at the Cairo Opera House, then she was given a chance to perform as a solo singer and had tremendous success. She kept singing at the

while looking for a

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to start her professional career. At the age of 18, she was introduced to Nasr Mahrous, a prominent starmaker, director and music producer, he liked her voice and decided to collaborate with her through the company, Free Music, where she met with

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, then a new talent seeking an opportunity too. Nasr Mahrous decided to make her debut as a joint album for both Tamer Hosny and Sherine included two duet songs showcasing them together. The album was released in September 2002, by the title ''Free Mix3 - Tamer & Sherine'' and was a big hit all across the entire Middle East and North Africa. The album sold more than 20 million copies across the whole Middle East and North Africa. Her song Sabry Aalil recently went viral on TikTok and later hit over 1000% on Spotify.

Cinema

Sherine starred opposite to

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star

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in ''Mido Mashakel'' (). The 2003 film was directed by Mohamed El-Naggar. In June 2015 she starred in the Ramadan Egyptian series ''Taree'i'' (), where she played as Leila, a young lady who struggles to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a famous singer, against social restriction, regulations and opposition from her family. The drama is written by Tamer Habib and directed by Mohamed Shaker.

Programmes

Sherine was a judge on the show ''

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(The voice, Best Voice)'' until her replacement in 2017. In January 2017 she hosted her own talk-show, ''Sherry's Studio'' (), on the Egyptian network, DMC. June 19, 2018 saw her and several celebrities and artists from around the world at the first ever concert in

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, after the kingdom's new entertainment laws.

Controversies

In 2017, a video recorded at a concert showed her responding to a song request by joking that drinking from the

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would give her

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when she was asked to sing the song "Mashrebtesh Men Nilha" (; ) at a concert. The Egyptian Musicians Syndicate decided to suspend her right to perform in Egypt over her apparent "unjustified mockery of our dear Egypt" after viewing the video. Sherine later apologized for her "foolish joke" at the concert.

Discography

Albums

* ''Free Mix 3'' with

(2002)

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* ''Garh Tany'' (translation: ''Another Wound'') (2003) Label: Free Music Art Production * ''Lazem Ayesh'' (translation: ''I have to Live/Survive'') (2005) Label: Free Music Art Production * ''

Batamenak ''Batamenak'' () is an extended play released by Egyptian singer and actress Sherine. ''Batamenak'' was released by the Saudi Arabian studio recording company Rotana Records Rotana Music Group () is a Saudi Arabian record label and the music div ...

'' (I'm Reassuring You) (2008) Label: Rotana * ''

Habeat ''Habeat'' (, ) is a 2009 album by Sherine. Track listing

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'' (I Fell in Love) (2009) Label: Rotana * ''

Esaal Alaya ''Esaal Alaya'' () is a studio album by Egyptian musician Sherine. The album contains 11 tracks, released on January 23, 2012, to wide commercial and critical success. Track listing #We El Nabi Law Gane #Nafse Afham Leh #Hatrooh #Aasabo Talaga #W ...

'' (Ask About Me) (2012) Label: Rotana * '' Ana Kiteer'' (2014) Label: Nogoum Records * '' Taree'i'' (2015) * ''Nassay'' (2018)

Singles

* "Kalam Eineh , شيرين - كلام عينيه * "Ma Sherebtesh Min Nelha" (Popular Egyptian patriotic song) * "Alachan Masr" ("For Egypt", Egyptian patriotic song) * "Ma Btefrahsh" * "Enak" * "Baladi" ft. Muhammad Noor * "Just A Dream (Coke Studio/Arabic Version) ith Nelly.html" ;"title="ith Nelly">ith Nelly* "Al'am Al Jadeed" ft. Fadl Shaker * "Lebnan Fel Alb" (Dedicated for Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon War">war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...