Ghalia Benali

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Ghalia Benali Biography

Ghalia Benali is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on December 21, 1968 in Brussels, Tunisia. As of June 1, 2023, Ghalia has a net worth approximately $5 Million. Four years later, the musician collaborated with stylist, Vanessa Neirynck, in the international competition of styling “Brothers cup” in China and came in second. Later on, she left for Rajasthan, India, to learn dancing. In 1999, Benali was invited by Kunsten-festival-des arts to perform in a concert in Bazaar in Brussels on a project with a new band that later on will be known as Timna/Wild harissa.

Ghalia Benali was born in Brussels, Belgium on December 21, 1968 to Ali Benali, a Physician and cytologist, and Najia Somai, a Beautician. She has three younger brothers Zied, Taher and Bechir. At the age of four, Benali’s father ended his medical studies and decided to return to the family’s homeland, where she later grew up in Zarzis, a coastal town in southeastern Tunisia. As a young girl, she started exploring her melodic fascination with recitations of the Quran, Indian and Egyptian cinema, in addition to Middle Eastern and Arab musicians as Oum Kalthoum, Sabah Fakhri and Adib AlDayikh.

Ghalia Benali has always been spellbound by the Indian culture and its visionary art. The music, costumes, colorful fabrics and choreography have mesmerized her to the extent that she would listen to radio stations broadcasting Indian music during school classes. Years later, the songstress felt the need to infuse her Arabic roots with the Indian ethnicity in the one way she can truly express her soul, music. In 1991, Benali attended the Indian school in Brussels where she met sitar player, Bert Cornelis. After a long jamming session, the song “Bharat” came to life, which evolved over the years to set the tone of “Al Palna” album. The name of the album signified the amalgamation of the Arabic and Indian cultures. The word Al means the in Arabic, while Palna means cradle in Hindi. The album was released in 2008, followed by a tour in India in 2009. The intimate audience of avid music and poetry-recitation lovers continuously appeared entranced with the uniting classical Arabic and Indian tunes. Spiritual poetry about Love, also known as Ghazal, was a commonly performed genre. Later on, Al Plana was reborn in Egypt as ‘The Indian Hadra’ with violin player, Ayman Asfour, and Arabic percussionist, Ayman Mabrouk. The Indian sitar and tablas, while chanting Sufi Arabic words took the audience on a divine journey. It was a project meant for liberal souls and minds. The music is closer to an Athan, which is a call to pray for God.

On December 21, 1993, Benali celebrated her 25th birthday, first rise on stage and the 10th anniversary of a venue called Amadeus. She performed with an oriental band she met on stage, together with J.P. Gebbler, a Belgian jazz player, classical western musicians and a flamenco band. In June 1994, CASA CAIUS invited her to tour in Portugal, where she performed a line-up of 6 concerts in some of the most iconic historical places in North Portugal for Roland company.

Ghalia Benali Net Worth

Ghalia is one of the richest Singer from Tunisia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ghalia Benali 's net worth $5 Million.

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Ghalia Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tunisia. Ghalia Benali celebrates birthday on December 21 of every year.