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Mira Awad

Mira Awad

Currently Active 1975 — Present
Singer-songwriteractresstelevision hostpolitical activist

Personal Info

Born
Jun 11, 1975
Age
50
Birth Place
Rameh, Israel

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Background information
Born Mira Anwar Awad
June 11, 1975 (age 50)
Rameh, Israel
Origin Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres
Poparabic musicworld music

Mira Anwar Awad (Arabic: ميرا أنور عوض, romanized: Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ; Hebrew: מירה אנוואר עווד; born June 11, 1975) is a Palestinian-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Arab Palestinian and Bulgarian descent.

She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 along with Jewish-Israeli singer Noa, with the song "There Must Be Another Way". She was the first singer of either Christian or Arab origin, to represent Israel at Eurovision, as well as singing the first Israeli Eurovision song with partial Arabic lyrics.

Mira Anwar Awad was born in Rameh, Israel, to an Arab-Christian father Anwar Awad from the Galilee region in Israel, who is a physician, and a Bulgarian-Christian mother Snezhanka, an expert on Slavic languages. They met while her father studied medicine in Bulgaria.

Life & Career Details

Background information
Born Mira Anwar Awad
June 11, 1975 (age 50)
Rameh, Israel
Origin Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres
Poparabic musicworld music

Mira Anwar Awad (Arabic: ميرا أنور عوض, romanized: Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ; Hebrew: מירה אנוואר עווד; born June 11, 1975) is a Palestinian-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Arab Palestinian and Bulgarian descent.

She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 along with Jewish-Israeli singer Noa, with the song "There Must Be Another Way". She was the first singer of either Christian or Arab origin, to represent Israel at Eurovision, as well as singing the first Israeli Eurovision song with partial Arabic lyrics.

Mira Anwar Awad was born in Rameh, Israel, to an Arab-Christian father Anwar Awad from the Galilee region in Israel, who is a physician, and a Bulgarian-Christian mother Snezhanka, an expert on Slavic languages. They met while her father studied medicine in Bulgaria.

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