Carol Samaha is a Lebanese musician and actress. She has released three studio albums. Carole has a masters degree in acting and directing, which she has earned in 1999. She has won two Arab Music Awards.
Carole was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 July 1972

Ofra Haza (19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist.

Her music, inspired by her love of her Yemenite Jewish culture, fused elements of folk, dance and pop. Combined with her being able to switch between traditional and more commercial styles, she became an instant local, then national success story. Later, she found international success in Europe and the United States.
Ofra Haza died on 23 February 2000 at the age of 42, the cause being widely reported as organ failure or pneumonia. Subsequently, the cause of her death has been reported as being AIDS-related.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofra_Haza

I’ve seen these great perfomers live several times. Very entertaining. Alex Spurkel and Avi Sills are Naked Rhythm.

Naked Rhythm music video for “Shisha” on their album Frequency. Features sexy bellydancers Anahata & The Urban Gypsy Dancers, and visual effects by Arcane Realities. Additional dancers Sayaka, Adore, Anah, Monika, and Starchild.

Bio:
NAKED RHYTHM was born in Los Angeles in 2003 as a collaborative effort between Avi Sills and Alex Spurkel with a vision of breaking down borders and bringing the world together with cross-cultural music and dance. By seamlessly fusing exotic world music and percussion with contemporary electronic dance grooves, Naked Rhythm captivates Western audiences with the universal language of rhythm and sounds of the Middle-East, India, Africa, and South America. The result is an innovative and organic form of World electronica that moves the heart as well as the hips. Their debut album Frequency was released world-wide in July 2006 by Caravan Records, and their tracks have already been featured more than 10 compilations including Tantra Lounge vol 3 & 4 and the upcoming Buddha Bar vol 9. Their captivating live shows featuring numerous world musicians, dancers, and visuals have entertained such stars as Sting, Robert Downey Jr., Diana Ross, and The Black Eyed Peas.
www.nakedrhythm.com

Natacha Atlas (Arabic: born March 20, 1964) is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and North African music with Western electronic music. She once termed her music “cha’abi moderne” (an updated form of Egyptian pop music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabesque music, drum ‘n’ bass and reggae.
There has been some disagreement as to Natacha Atlas’ origins. It is known that she has a British mother that converted to Islam and her father is of Egyptian origins.[1] According to Atlas, her paternal grandfather was born in Egypt but grew up in Israel, immigrating to Europe at age 15. David Bennun of Melody Maker, in an article on Nation Records’s website about Transglobal Underground, reports that Atlas is “a Sephardic Jew on her father’s side.” Atlas has confirmed that her great great grandfather was Jewish, but she considers herself to be Muslim.

Atlas grew up in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. After her parents separated, Atlas went to live in Northampton, England with her mother.

Besides her native English and French, Atlas has learned Arabic and Spanish, having used these languages in her career.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natacha_Atlas

Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (born October 11, 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of jeel music; the contemporary face of Egyptian al-jeel pop music, according to World Music, and the most popular singer in the Middle East. Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let’s Go Egypt. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times: 1998, 2002 and 2007.

Amr Diab is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music. He has created his own style which is often termed “Mediterranean Music” or “Mediterranean Sound”, a blend of Western and Arabic rhythms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amr_Diab

Yulduz Usmonova was born in Margilan in the Ferghana district [1], Uzbekistan. Her parents worked at a silk factory. She studied music at the pedagogical institute in Margilan.