Amal Murkus

Murkus was born and raised in the Arab town of Kafr Yasif in the Galilee, and has devoted her career to promoting Palestinian music and culture in Israel and abroad. Murkus has been performing since she was five years old. In 1979, she won first prize in the national Arab children's song festival, and went on to graduate from the Institute for Stage Art in Tel Aviv in 1990.Wikipedia