Shatha Hassoun

Shatha Amjad Hassoun Alshamery (Arabic: شذى أمجد حسون الشمري‎) (born 1980 in Casablanca, Morocco), better known as Shatha Hassoun, (Arabic: شذى حسون‎) is an Arabic singer from both Iraqi and Moroccan ancestry, who rose to fame as the winner of the 4th season of the pan-Arab television talent show Star Academy Arab World. She was the first female to win the competition. She is currently one of the most popular singers in both the Middle East and Maghreb region, and is referred to as the "daughter of Mesopotamia.