Amal Murkus

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amal Murkus
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jul 11, 1968(1968-07-11)
Age	56
Birthplace	Kafr Yasif
Country	Israel
Horoscope	Cancer

Amal Murkus Biography

Amal Murkus is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on July 11, 1968 in Kafr Yasif, Israel. Amal Murkus (Arabic: أمل مرقس ‎, Hebrew: אמל מורקוס ‎, born 11 July 1968) is an Arab-Israeli singer. Her post-modern music style has a variety of Mediterranean influences. Her first album, Amal, was released in 1998, and her second, Shauq, in 2004. Her songs take inspiration by Palestinian folklore, traditional Arabic heritage, and pop music elements, and express the struggle against the marginalisation and exclusion that Arab Palestinian culture feels.

Murkus appears regularly on TV in various educational and cultural programs. She has also appeared in feature films and was nominated for the Israeli Oscar for her performance in Ali Nasar’s movie The Milky Way. In 2003, Murkus won ‘Best Actress’ at the Haifa Theatre Festival. Her extensive vocal range and abilities enable Murkus to sing in a wide variety of genres, from traditional Arab to modern popular western styles. As a result, she has created some remarkable collaborations with other artists and international musicians, including Joan Baez in an anti-war concert that took place in Tel Aviv in 1988; Mercedes Sosa; Oliver Shante, Germany; Stadio, Italy; the Greek singer Glykeria; Noa; Anwar Ebrahem from Tunisia, Enzo Avitabile of Italy; Nana Caymmi in Brazil; Robert Wyatt in the UK and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) in 2005, and many others.

Her second album Shauq (“Longing”) was recorded live in April 2004, at the Crown Hall in Jerusalem, with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Her third album is Na’na’ ya Na’na’ (“Peppermint, O Peppermint”).

In August 2008 Amal sang at the birthday of Maria Amman, a Palestinian girl from the Gaza Strip who lost her mother, two of her brothers, her aunt and her grandmother after her house was hit by an IDF projectile, which also left Maria severely injured and almost completely paralyzed. Murkus said that she was trying to “give Maria a mother’s attention, not just my songs, in a humble attempt to fill a tiny bit of the void left in her life. I came today to utter Maria’s voice. The voice of Palestinian children, who are victimized by the war. The State should allow Maria and her family to stay, for her to receive the best treatment possible; that would be the least the State can do to make up for what has happened to this child”.

In 2001, Murkus was chosen by Austrian TV as one of the most beautiful voices of the 20th century, after taking part in a music film produced by the Arte TV “Premadonas Fest”, by the director-musician Andrew Heller, with Jesse Norman and Harris Alexiou, D.D. Bridgewater and others. Her first album, self- entitled “Amal” was written and composed by a diverse group of artists and musicians. It was released internationally in 2000 by EMI Hemisphere.

Amal Murkus Net Worth

Amal Murkus is one of the richest Actor from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amal Murkus 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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

Murkus has also completed projects with the Palestinian poets Mahmoud Darwish in Nazareth in 2000 and Kafr Yasif in 1999, and Samih al-Qasim in 2006. Murkus has received many commendations for her unique art and music and for her work with local communities.

Murkus is a member of the counseling board of Free Muse, an organization working against the censorship of art and music. She took an active part in its congress in Denmark in 2003. Amal is currently studying art as a tool for social change at Musrara College in Jerusalem.

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Who is Amal Murkus Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Amal Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Amal Murkus celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.