1. Mira Anwar Awad is an Arab-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Palestinian Arab and Bulgarian descent.
17 Facts About Mira Awad
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Mira Awad represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 along with Jewish-Israeli singer Noa, with the song "There Must Be Another Way".
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Mira Awad 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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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 to a Bulgarian-Christian mother Snezhanka, an expert on Slavic languages.
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Mira Awad studied at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat HaSharon, Israel.
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Mira Awad lived in Tel Aviv with her husband Kosta Mogilevych, an Israeli of Ukrainian descent who is "half-Jewish," but they moved to London in the summer of 2022.
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Mira Awad became a star on Israeli television after appearing in the sitcom Arab Labor.
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Mira Awad appeared in The Bubble, a film by director Eytan Fox.
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Mira Awad sang the theme songs for the films Forgiveness, and Lemon Tree.
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Mira Awad participated in the Israeli children's song festival "Festigal", performing the song Take the Journey.
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Mira Awad represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, along with Achinoam Nini.
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Mira Awad had previously tried to represent Israel in Eurovision 2005 with the song Zman, but landed 8th place in the national final.
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Mira Awad participated in the fifth season of Rokdim Im Kokhavim, the Israeli version of Dancing with the Stars.
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Mira Awad starred in the TV drama Noah's Ark, playing Ruthi.
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In 2013, Mira Awad performed with Israeli heavy metal band, Orphaned Land, on their fifth album, All Is One, replacing their long time female vocalist, Shlomit Levi.
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In February 2025, Noa and Mira Awad performed at the first night of the Italian Sanremo Music Festival with a cover of "Imagine", addressing the Gaza war.
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In December 2023, Mira Awad spoke to El Pais about the Gaza war.