Lebanese singer breaks breast cancer taboo with Twitter post

Elissa revealed she had been battling breast cancer but has beaten the disease.

Lebanese diva Elissa is one of the best known and highest-selling female artists in the Arab world (STR/AP)

By Zeina Karam, Associated Press

A Lebanese singer has broken a taboo in her part of the world by revealing her struggle against cancer on social media.

Elissa released a video clip on Twitter, which begins with a woman inside an MRI machine and someone saying “It’s an early stage of breast cancer” and goes on to show the 45-year-old in various situations at a hospital, with doctors and surrounded by friends.