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Mira Awad

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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.

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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

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