Dania Khatib, born on February 13, 1973 in Lebanon, is a singer and actress. She began her career as a TV presenter for a local station in Lebanon before joining Channel V in 1995, becoming the first Arabic VJ on an international TV channel. In 1998, she left Channel V to join Abu Dhabi TV where she presented the Arabic entertainment program Zoom, for which she received the silver award for Most Entertaining Arabic Program at the Cairo TV & Radio Festival in 1998. As a musician, Dania Khatib records under the name of Dania. Her debut single "Yalla Bina" was released in October 1996. Her self-titled album Dania followed in September 1997. A second album, Dania II, was released in June 1999 and included the tracks "Leily" and "Private Number," a duet with British boy band 911. All of her albums were released by EMI Music Arabia.
