Anoushka (Egyptian singer)


Wartanoush Garbis Selim, better known by her stage name Anoushka, is an Egyptian singer and actress.

Early life

She was born in Cairo; Egypt, to an Egyptian father and an Armenian mother. She had her secondary school education in the Armenian Gulbenkian School in Boulaq neighborhood in Cairo and continued to study Business Administration at American University of Cairo. After graduation she worked in a foreign investment company and later on in the advertising firm Tarek Nour as a singer on advertisements.
She took in an international song competition organized by International Federation of Festival Organizations singing an original French song, lyrics by Gamal Abdel Halim Hasan and music by Kamel Cherif. Her first Egyptian public song was in a children's television program teaching Arabic language directed by Fehmi Abdel Hamid. She went on to take part in 1987 and 1988 in international festivals in Finland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, France and Latin America. In Turkey, she won first prize with "Habbytak" and in the Francophonie competitions in France with her own composition "Ya Habibi" in French and "Ya Leyl" also in French composed by Midhat el Khawla.
She went on to release many albums in Arabic becoming a pan-Arab sensation and was awarded by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism for her efforts in promoting Egyptian music in the Arab World and worldwide. She also took part in many national, pan-Arab and international music events.
She had the lead role in an operetta entitled "El Ward we Fosoulu" in the Children Day festivities.

Discography

Anoushka has also played roles in many Egyptian films including:
She has played roles in many Egyptian TV Shows including :