Amal Murkus (Arabic: أمل مرقس‎, Hebrew: × ×ž×œ
מורקוס‎, born 11 July 1968) is an Arab-Israeli singer. Her
post-modern music style has a variety of Mediterranean influences. Her
first album, Amal, was released in 1998, and her second, Shauq, in
2004. Her songs take inspiration by Palestinian folklore, traditional
Arabic heritage, and pop music elements, and express the struggle
against the marginalisation and exclusion that Arab Palestinian
culture feels.Murkus was born and raised in the Arab town of Kafr
Yasif in the Galilee area, and has devoted her career to promoting
Palestinian music and culture in Israel and abroad. She was the fifth
born out of six daughters. Murkus has been performing since she was
five years old. In 1979, she won first prize in the Arab children's
song festival, and went on to graduate from the Institute for Stage
Art in Tel Aviv in 1990.Murkus is a member of the counseling board of
Free Muse, an organization working against the censorship of art and
music. She took an active part in its congress in Denmark in 2003.
Amal is currently studying art as a tool for social change at Musrara
College in Jerusalem.
מורקוס‎, born 11 July 1968) is an Arab-Israeli singer. Her
post-modern music style has a variety of Mediterranean influences. Her
first album, Amal, was released in 1998, and her second, Shauq, in
2004. Her songs take inspiration by Palestinian folklore, traditional
Arabic heritage, and pop music elements, and express the struggle
against the marginalisation and exclusion that Arab Palestinian
culture feels.Murkus was born and raised in the Arab town of Kafr
Yasif in the Galilee area, and has devoted her career to promoting
Palestinian music and culture in Israel and abroad. She was the fifth
born out of six daughters. Murkus has been performing since she was
five years old. In 1979, she won first prize in the Arab children's
song festival, and went on to graduate from the Institute for Stage
Art in Tel Aviv in 1990.Murkus is a member of the counseling board of
Free Muse, an organization working against the censorship of art and
music. She took an active part in its congress in Denmark in 2003.
Amal is currently studying art as a tool for social change at Musrara
College in Jerusalem.
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