El Layali
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El Layali (English: The Nights) is the name of the Nawal Al Zoghbi's 7th album that was released in 2000 and was produced by Rotana.[1] The single "El Layali" which was the last song added to the album and the first single to be released of it is considered to be Nawal's biggest hit in the Arab world gaining her ultimate stardom and is somewhat considered to be the peak of Nawal's artistic career. Following the huge success of this album, Nawal became the face of Pepsi in the Middle East signing a 5-year contract with them and filming many TV spots.
Track listing
The album contains the following tracks:
- "El Layali"
- "Bain Elbareh Wa Eyoum"
- "El Mamnou'a Marghoub"
- "Bladi"
- "Hobbak Bi'oyouni Maktoub"
- "Wa'di La Oyounak"
- "Al Yama"
- "Ma I'ndi Shak"
- "Nasini Leeh"
Music videos
- El Layali (The nights) : Released May 18, 2000
Nawal's biggest hit of all time. The music video was directed by Mirna Khyat. It shows Nawal dancing in a Moroccan style with backup dancers with her.
- Naseni Leeh (Why you forget me?) : September 14, 2000
This song was originally recorded for Nawal's Pepsi commercial, but she chose to make music video for it. The commercial was about Nawal singing to a Pepsi bottle like she was Romeo and the bottle was Juliet.