
Mira Awad
Actors · Creators · Musicians · Public leaders
Arab-Israeli singer and actress of paternal Palestinian descent
About Mira Awad
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.
Quick facts
- Known for
- There Must Be Another Way
- Born
- 1975-06-11
- Artist type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Associated area
- Israel
- Active period
- 1975-06-11
- MusicBrainz description
- Mira Anwar Awad
- ISNI
- 0000000078171978
- IPI
- 00480607749
