Sharif (singer)
Sharif | |
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מייק שריף | |
| Born | Mike Sharif April 6, 1979 |
| Occupation | singer |
Mike Sharif (Arabic: مايك شريف, Hebrew: מייק שריף; born 6 April 1979[1]) is an Israeli Druze singer of Arab and Mizrahi music.[2]
Singing in both Hebrew and Arabic,[3] Sharif started performing as a child in the 1980s, and released his first album in 1992.[4]
After being forced to cancel a performance in Palestinian-controlled Ramallah in 2012,[5] Sharif sang at a Palestinian wedding in Yatta outside Hebron in 2021.[3] That year, Sharif announced he would "soon" perform in the Gaza Strip for the first time.[4]
References
- ^ "שריף". Spotify. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "'I Want to Be the First Israeli to Perform in Gaza for a Palestinian Audience'". Haaretz. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-08-21.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Can music bridge Palestinian-Israeli divide? A Druze pop star believes so". The Times of Israel. AFP. 12 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Israeli Druze singer Mike Sharif says he'll perform in Gaza soon". The Jerusalem Post. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Palestinians block Israeli Druze singer's gig". YNet. AP. 4 January 2012.