Her last song, "Lovers", recorded in 2006, was dedicated to the memory of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
At the time of her death, she had reportedly been married to Iraqi-born British kickboxing champion Riyadh Al-Azzawi for about 18 months.
[5][6] On September 2, 2008, prominent Egyptian businessman and lawmaker in the Shura Council, Hisham Talaat Moustafa was arrested in Cairo.
The son of Egyptian conglomerate tycoon Talaat Mostafa, Hisham Moustafa was charged with paying a hitman, Mohsen al-Sukkari, to have Tamim killed.
[7] On May 21, 2009, Moustafa and al-Sukkari were found guilty of Tamim's murder and sentenced to death by hanging in Cairo.
[15] On May 23, 2020 Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned thousands of prisoners including Al-Sukkari, according to the official gazette, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr holiday marking end of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.