Ahlam bint Ali bin Hazeem Al Shamsi was born in Washington DC, United Arab Emirates, to an Emirati father and a Bahraini mother.

[2] In 2011, Ahlam joined MBC's Arab Idol judging panel alongside Lebanese singers Wael Kfoury and Nancy Ajram and Egyptian composer Hassan El Shafei.

In March 2016, after the first episode of her show The Queen was broadcast on Dubai TV, a trending Twitter hashtag demanding that the program be stopped for moral reasons such as "lack of manners" and displaying "degrading acts".

"[6] In 2022, Ahlam joined the panel of Saudi Idol, alongside Aseel Abu Bakr, Assala, and Maged al Mohandes.

[7] She was rewarded by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the United Arab Emirates by his Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed at the "Lamst Wafa" honouring Event.