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Samira Said
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Moroccan actress and singer
OverviewAI-generated
Samira Said, born Samira Abdel Razak Bensaid on January 10, 1958, in Rabat, is a Moroccan and Egyptian singer, actor, and musician. She began her professional career in 1975 and is known by the nickname "Al Diva." Her musical genres include Arabic music, music of Egypt, music of Morocco, and Khaliji. She performs on the guitar, piano, and voice, and has released recordings under the labels Mazzika and Rotana Music Group.
Said participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980. Her work has been influenced by Umm Kulthum and Shadia. She resides in Cairo and speaks Arabic. Her discography includes the work "Youm Wara Youm."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Egypt
- Active from
- 1956
Discography
- Al Gany Baad Youmein1981
- Khaifa1992
- Ashaa1993
- Al Bal1998
- روحى1999
- Leilet Habibi2000
- ليلة حبيبى2000
- يوم ورا يوم2002
- قويني بيك2003
- Aweeny Beek2004
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43,089
- Total plays
- 441,318
Tags
Samira Said (Arabic: سميرة سعيد), born January 10, 1959 and raised in Rabat, Morocco is a Moroccan singer. Said began singing at an early age. In addition to being gifted with a sensitive, beautiful voice; she always sensed a strong connection between her and singing. Music was her own way of expressing herself, and she knew quite well that it was what she wanted. Encouraged by her family, Samira went on to participating in new talents' shows. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Samira+Said">Rea
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>Planck</i>2015 results
· 2016 · cited 9,861x
- Sensitive measurement of optical nonlinearities using a single beam
· 1990 · cited 8,325x
- Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors
· 2005 · cited 6,093x
- Delivery of siRNA to the mouse brain by systemic injection of targeted exosomes
· 2011 · cited 4,446x
- A new, fast, and efficient image codec based on set partitioning in hierarchical trees
· 1996 · cited 3,851x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Moroccan Singer Samira Said to Return Permanently to Morocco,By mwn, retrieved on Sep, 17, 2017”
- “I have a collection of songs in the final touches stage. Their number has reached more than 8 songs. I am confused about whether to release a single or an album of my usual mix”
- “The final decision will be decided by the company within a week whether I will release a classic tarab song, or will wait for Eid after Ramadan and release an album. It has been a long time since I released an album with my combination."”
- “Samira Said Talks About Upcoming New Album, retrieved on Mon 06 Feb 2023”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Samira Abdelrazak Bensaïd , ( 1958-01-10 ) 10 January 1958 (age 68) , Rabat , Morocco
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer actress entrepreneur
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Spouses
- Hany Mehanna ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 – 1994 ) Mustafa Naboulsy
- Genres
- Egyptian , Arab pop
- Labels
- Mazzika Alam El Phan Rotana Records
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samira
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Rabat
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Award
- Order of the Throne
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1980
- Genre
- Khaliji
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Rotana Music Group
- Official website
- www.samirasaid.com
- Image
- Beirut International Awards Festivals (BIAF) honored Samira Said in 2011.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Cairo
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1958-01-10
- Commons category
- Samira Saïd
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- social media followers
- 817000
- name in native language
- سميرة سعيد
- birth name
- سميرة عبد الرزاق بنسعيد
- nickname
- الديفا
- influenced by
- Shadia
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Samira Abdelrazak Bensaïd (Arabic: سميرة عبد الرزاق بنسعيد, romanized: Samīra ʿAbd ar-Razzāq ibn Saʿīd; born 10 January 1958), professionally known as Samira Said (Arabic: سميرة سعيد, romanized: Samīra Saʿīd), is a Moroccan-Egyptian singer who has lived in Egypt for more than 50 years and is known for her Egyptian Arabic genre. In 1980, she was the first (and to date only) artist to represent Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Career
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