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Mira Awad

Mira Awad

Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ (Arabic: ميرا عوض, Hebrew: מירה עווד; born June 11, 1975) is an Arab-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political activist of Palestinian Arab and Bulgarian descent.

She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 along with Jewish-Israeli singer Achinoam Nini, 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.