Gowa is a region in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is a "level 2 district," with an area of 1,883 km² and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 Census. The capital is Sunggumhinasa and the famous hill resort of Malino is within the region.

It was a state founded in the Makassar region of southwestern Sulawesi before 1300.

From 1660, the Netherlands was at war with Gowa, which was the major Makassar west coast power. In 1669, Admiral Speelman forced the ruler, Sultan Hasanuddin, to sign the Treaty of Bongaya, which handed control of trade to the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch were aided in their conquest by the Bugis warlord Arung Palakka, ruler of the Bugis kingdom of Bone.

Hossam Habib (Arabic: حسام حبيب‎) is an Egyptian singer. He was born on May 31^st 1980 in Cairo, Egypt.

Hossam has only one sister who is younger than him. He grew up with passion for singing and football. Hossam loved to sing and compose but he never attempted to make singing his career. His family and friends convinced him to give it a try and he signed with a production company where he did his first single 'Men Yomak' (Arabic: من يومك). Hossam launched his first album with another production company called FAME and his second one with Melody. After the Egyptian Revolution, Hossam made a new song presenting it to the Egyptian and Arab people called 'Aala Sot'.

Hossam worked as a composer. He composed Elissa's song "Ayshalak" (Arabic: عايشالك).

Hossam then started singing on releasing his first album Lessa.

After the Arab Spring, Hossam released a new song called 'Aala Sot' (Arabic: أعلى صوت) singing in the memory of the Tunisian Revolution and Egyptian Revolution, he presented it to the Egyptian and Arab people.

Fadl Shaker (Arabic: فضل شاكر‎) (Fadl Abdulrahman Shamandar, born on April 1, 1969 فضل عبدالرحمن شمندر) is a famous Lebanese singer of Palestinian descent.

In 1997, he was discovered by an agent from the recording label Stallions Company, and was signed on to produce three albums. This was Fadl's first significant career break.

Fadl released his first album Wallah Zaman in 1998, which had eight original songs, including "Meta Habeby Meta", "Nazra Wah". Some of these songs were composed and written by such known Arab stars like Salah El Sharnoby and Ahmed Sheta.

The second album was Baya'a El Qolob released in 1999, and the title song hit # 1 on all charts in the first week of the album's debut. The song was also very popular on radio stations throughout the Middle East. Due to the overwhelming success and huge sales of the album, Fadl decided to produce two music video clips, the first was for the song "Baya'a El Qolob" and the second was for "Eesheqtak". As a result of his first album's astonishing success, Fadl was catapulted to become one of the top superstars in the Middle East.