Hisham Abdulrahman

Hisham Abdulrahman Al Howaish (Arabic: هشام عبد الرحمن الهويش‎) is a Saudi singer and actor. He won the title of the second edition of the Arab version of Star Academy in 2005.

Hisham Abdulrahman was born on 7 March 1980 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has eight sisters and seven brothers.

One day, Saudi religious scholars or sheiks condemned the Star Academy competition as a crime against Islam and urged the Saudi Arabian pop singer who triumphed to repent. More than sixty sheiks rounded on the flesh-faced Hisham Abdulrahman, whose victory in the Star Academy reality show triggered the closest thing to pop hysteria seen in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom. The sixty sheikhs and Religious figures said that Young Arab men and women are being put together in an abominable state of mingling of sexes exposing themselves not only to singing and dancing but also to corruption. Hisham arrived in Riyadh to participate in a number of social events he was surrounded by fans, both male and female, when he was just browsing the mall. The members of the commission waded into the crowd and broke it up. They then asked Hisham to leave the mall for creating the chaos and triggering immoral acts. Hisham was not affected by their threats but rather he entered into a slanging match with the members of the commission and also called them names. He even threatened to take action against them if they did not leave. The crowd then joined in and began pulling the new star toward them as a veritable tug-of-war took place, leaving Hisham's clothes in tatters. A member of the commission dragged Hisham out and pushed him into their waiting van. He was then taken to the commission's center in Olaya where he was questioned and held under custody. The commission then received a direct order from an official in the Riyadh governor's office to immediately send the singer back to Jeddah. Hisham was then escorted by the commission's head to the airport and was sent back to Jeddah.

In 2006, Hisham starred in Rotana's comedy-drama film Keif al-Hal?, Saudi Arabia's first big-budget film, produced by Ayman Halawani. Hisham is also the presenter of the Middle East Broadcasting Center's show "Cash Taxi".