Mira Awad has become familiar to the Israeli audience when she collaborated with Achinoam Nini (Noa) in the last Eurovision contest. In the 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, Mira is the first Arab chosen to represent Israel. Mira and Achinoam performed a catchy song , "There Must Be Another Way" written in Hebrew, Arabic and English, which led Israel to the finals. At the time, people on both sides were enraged demanding that the Mira and Achinoam withdraw, saying they were given a false impression of coexistence in Israel. As long time peace activists, both Achinoam and Mira expressed their surprise.
From what I've read about Mira Awad, this beautiful woman never rests. Mira is not only a singer, she's a song writer and an accomplished actress. She has played in "Arab Labor" a successful TV show about the life an Israeli Arab family, and its relations with Jewish Israelis (a very good show if you ask me!) and even made a guest appearance in the Israeli TV shopw Hasufim (the best Israeli soap opera to date). Mira also plays in the Israel theater (she's got great reviews for her recent performances), and in cinema: she participated In Eithan Fox's film The Bubble about the life of the gay community in Tel Aviv (Fox is also the creator of Yossi and Jagger and Walk on Water) .
Following the Eurovision contest, Noa and Awad released a collaborative album on May . On June, Mira has released her debut solo album, Bahlawan (circus girl). In the album, Awad combines western influences with classic Arabic music. Even though I don't speak Arabic, Mira's music touches me. I'm curious to see how the Israeli audience responds to these beautiful foreign sounds.
Enjoy this clip, Mira Awad sings as part of the Idan Raichel's Project
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