Asma Lamnawar

{{Short description|Moroccan actress and singer (born 1978)}}

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| name = Asma Lamnawar

| native_name = أسما لمنور

| native_name_lang = ar

| image = أسماء المنور 9.jpg

| caption = Asma Lamnawar in 2017

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|7|25}}

| birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco

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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress}}

| years_active = 2002–present

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| instrument = Vocals, guitar

| genre = Arabic music

| label = Rotana

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| website =

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Asma Lamnawar ({{langx|ar|أسماء لمنور}}; born 25 July 1978) is a Moroccan singer and actress.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mbc.net/portal/site/mbc/menuitem.dacbdb8ae4b6e130bb8d2892480210a0/?vgnextoid=d46ecef1e49cd110VgnVCM1000008420010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=0decda580f85a110VgnVCM1000008420010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=MShowArticleDetails|script-title=ar:أسماء لمنور: أنا محظوظة..و"فنجان قهوة" سر الديو مع "كاظم الساهر"|date=November 2008|work=MBC.net|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010}} She made her singing debut in 1995 with "Angham", a festival produced by Moroccan Radio and TV, where she won the prize for best interpretation, though she delayed beginning her musical career until 2002.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&article=142519&issueno=8788|script-title=ar:المغربية أسماء لمنور: موهبتي تغنيني عن الوسائل الأخرى|date=20 December 2002|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054258/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&article=142519&issueno=8788|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} She has recorded music for Moroccan television serials and films.{{Cite news|url=http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=80965&SecID=48&IssueID=66|title=أسماء لمنور تغنى تتر مسلسل "منيرة"|date=20 March 2009|work=Youm7|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202059/http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=80965&SecID=48&IssueID=66|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}} She toured with the ensemble "Oriental Mood" in Denmark, Sweden and especially in Egypt.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

Her first album, "ناري" ("Fiery"), was released in 2002.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=204386&issueno=9126|script-title=ar:المغربية أسماء لمنور تبدي رأيها في "الهجرة السرية" غناء|date=23 November 2003|work=Alsharq Al-Awsat|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054311/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=204386&issueno=9126|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} "شي عادي" ("Something Normal") was released by Art-Jazeera Saudi Arabia in 2005,{{Cite news|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&article=288611&issueno=9607|script-title=ar:المخرج باخطيب : العمل لامس غربتي وأسماء لمنور مستقبل الأغنية العربية|last=Mkharc|first=Abdullah|date=18 March 2005|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054319/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&article=288611&issueno=9607|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} and she sang a duet with Abu the same year.{{Cite news|url=http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=287369&issueno=9600|script-title=ar:الرويشد وأسماء لمنور يغنيان معا مع أبو بكر سالم بلفقيه: سيكتمل عقد المشوار بصوت محمد عبده قريبا..|last=Mkharc|first=Abdullah|date=11 March 2005|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304054324/http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=287369&issueno=9600|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} She signed to Rotana in 2008, and released an album "من هنا لبكره" ("Men Hina L Bukra") with them the same year.{{Cite news|url=http://www.filfan.com/News.asp?NewsID=11385|title=أسماء لمنور تصور "حبيبي أنا" و"وهران"|last=Ashour|first=Mohamed|date=21 March 2009|work=Filfan|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711002229/http://www.filfan.com/News.asp?NewsID=11385|archive-date=11 July 2011|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rotana.net/%28S%28h5mzw5ejytu2fo55mo0g5cek%29%29/music/Artist.aspx?ID=1507&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Asma Lmnawar|work=Rotana|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619003005/http://www.rotana.net/Music/Artist.aspx?ID=1507&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|archive-date=19 June 2010|url-status=dead}} Another album (Rouh) was released with Rotana in 2010.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gn4me.com/gn4me/details.jsp?artId=3724504&catId=54172&sec=celebrities|script-title=ar:"أسماء لمنور 2010" .. قريباً فى الأسواق|last=Salem|first=Marwa|date=28 April 2010|work=GN4ME|language=Arabic|accessdate=15 July 2010|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701044358/http://www.gn4me.com/gn4me/details.jsp?artId=3724504&catId=54172&sec=celebrities|url-status=dead}} Asma released the album Sabiya, produced by Rotana, in 2017.

Asma was one of the singers that took part in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup official song entitled “Welcome to Morocco”,{{Cite web |last=Aamari |first=Oussama |title=FIFA Releases Club World Cup Song Produced by Morocco’s RedOne |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/02/353888/fifa-releases-club-world-cup-song-produced-by-moroccos-redone |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=moroccoworldnews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Award-winning producer Red One to make Club World Cup's song with Douzi and Asmae Lmnawar |url=https://en.hespress.com/57160-award-winning-producer-red-one-to-make-club-world-cups-song-with-douzi-and-asmae-lmnawar.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=HESPRESS English - Morocco News |language=en-US}} that took place in Morocco.{{Cite web |title=Club World Cup: Hosts Morocco seek to impress Fifa after heroics in Qatar |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-club-world-cup-tournament-boost-credentials |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}