Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2022 Amr Diab Singer Origin: Egypt Residence: Egypt Sector: Culture and Society Amr Diab has dominated the pop scene in the Arab world since the 1980s. In 2019, Diab became the first Arab music artist to be featured on a billboard in New York City’s iconic Times Square, as part of a partnership with Spotify. His image was also featured on the Burj Khalifa in March when Arab music streaming platform, Anghami, launched its new brand identity, announcing it had signed a multi-year deal with the Arab pop star to be the only platform to stream his entire catalogue and future releases under his record label Ney. According to the music platform, Diab is its best-selling artist, with close to one billion streams as of February.