Salima Pasha
Salima Mourad or Salima Murad (Arabic: سليمة مراد; 2 February 1900[1] – 28 January 1974) was a well-known Iraqi Jewish singer and was well known and highly respected in the Arab world.[2][3] She was given the nickname "Pasha" by the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Said.
Salima was dubbed by Umm Kulthum as the most famous woman singer, since the early 1930s. She was also the wife of a very successful Iraqi singer and actor, Nazem Al-Ghazali. Even after the bulk of Iraqi Jews left Iraq, Salima continued to live there until her death in 1974.
Despite the popularity of her music in the Arab world[citation needed], her music only ever had a small following in Israel.
References
- ^ "Salima Murad – Iraqi Jewish singer (1900–1974) سليمة مراد : Rozenberg Quarterly". Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ Adib, Ali (11 July 2017). "Baghdad Lives On In Tel Aviv". رصيف 22. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "כי קולך ערב: היסטוריה יהודית-ערבית מפוארת של שירה נשית | קפה גיברלטר". Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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