record", stating that the album is different from her past works and contains new collaborations including Lebanese composer Tarek Abou Jaoude and Egyptian producer Mohammed Rahim. Billboards featuring the album cover filled the streets of Lebanese and Egyptian cities in late March. Ah W Noss was officially released on April 14, 2004 in the Middle East. Collector's Edition The album was re-released on July 16, 2006 by EMI Music Arabia for the Middle Eastern and European markets. It's re-packaged as Ah W Noss: Collector's Edition with the audio and visual discs and a different artwork created by photographer Fares El Jammal. The audio disc is a digitally remastered version of the album which also contains mobile wallpapers, the visual disc contains three music videos and other two live performances. Recording and composition Ajram began recording songs for the album in mid 2003. The recording sessions for the album took place at Leila, Hot Spot, M. Sound and Sout El Musiqiyyin Studios in Cairo, Egypt, Saba and JMR Studios in Beirut, Lebanon. Ajram worked with several different songwriters and producers on the album, including previous album collaborations such as Tarek Madkour, Mohammed Saad, Samir Sfeir, Tony Saba and Adel Ayash, along with new collaborations with Tarek Abou Jaoude, Walid Saad, Mohammed Rahim, Samir Nakhle, Ayman Bahgat Amar, Mahmoud Khayami, Ahmed Shatta, Mustafa Moursi, Medhat Khamis, Tarek Aakef, Sheikh Sabah Nasser Al Sabah and others. Ah W Noss features more ballad and belly dance tone than Ajram's previous albums. Primarily a pop and maqsoum album, it also incorporates musical elements of pop rock and gulf. The album's production is typified by an oriental sound intertwining guitar licks, bass beats, minor-key melodies, and polyrhythmic vocal harmonies. The lyrical content of the album features generally mixed views on love and boastful lyrics concerning excitement, teasing and adversity. During recording the album, a song entitled "Ya Si El Sayed" was stolen from the studio after Ajram finished recording it. No information is given about what happened exactly, whether it was due to the neglect of the recording studio or the record label. Fortunately, Ajram had the copyrights of the song so nobody could use it illegally. However the song was re-produced by Tarek Madkour and was released in the follow-up album Ya Tabtab...Wa Dallaa (2006). Singles "Ah W Noss" was released as the album's lead single on April 11, 2004. The song was sent to