Do we like Nancy Ajram?
Our score: 7 out of 10. Decent and on the right side for decades, with one badly judged 2022 video and a thin record on LGBTQ+ questions holding her off the top shelf.
Nancy Ajram is the Lebanese pop queen of the Arab world, the singer who broke through with Akhasmak Ah in 2003 and has been charting ever since. She also made kids' albums, judged the first season of The Voice Kids Arabia in 2016, and in 2022 teamed up with Marshmello on Sah Sah. Her 2025 album Nancy 11 was her first in four years.
The goss that follows her most is political. In 2023 she copped criticism online after photos with Israeli fans at a Cyprus concert, and she answered that she would not give anyone testimonies on her patriotism. Defenders pointed out a performer can't check a fan's passport before a selfie. Where you land depends on whether you read it as a lapse or as ordinary fan service.
On the harm check, the LGBTQ+ question is the one our readers will ask. In 2018, reports said rainbow flags were removed at her Gothenburg concert during Pride. She said her team had nothing to do with it, that the organiser made the call, and that she respects everyone's choices without discrimination. That's one episode and her own explanation. We found no campaigning against LGBTQ+ people, women or migrants from her.
The real stain is from 2022. For her 39th birthday she filmed herself walking around Beirut in dark makeup and a curly wig to see if people would recognise her. Critics, including a Black-Palestinian activist, called it embarrassing and demanded an apology. The report we read doesn't say whether she gave one, which is why this test carries an asterisk.
The good stuff is long-running. UNICEF named her a regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa in 2009, focused on early childhood and protection from harm. In January 2026 she was still talking about singing for children, saying they only respond to what they truly feel. This is a woman who has built a career around kids.
Nothing in what we found suggests a bully or a boss from hell, and we found no sign of lawsuits or court findings against her. The record on her views of LGBTQ+ people beyond that 2018 episode is honestly thin. We found nothing on climate or public health either way, so you're not getting a clean bill of health on those, just a quiet one.