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Pop Music of the '80s
weeted Started conversation Sep 12, 2002
I'm trying to remember a song by a female Arabic/Egyptian singer. I think it was from the 80s but it could have been early 90s. Anybody got any ideas. 
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Some bright spark is bound to know here. 
Mina
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Cloviscat Posted Sep 13, 2002
There are a few possibles - can you give us any idea at all what it was like? Is she singing 'traditional' or something else.
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GreyDesk Posted Sep 13, 2002
I think you're looking for Ofra Haza.
She was middle eastern and did a number of pop records with that sort of wailing sound over the top. Very good, very effective 
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Sep 13, 2002
Ofra Haza, I guess ([Broken link removed by Moderator]). She, for example, sang in The Sisters of Mercy's "Temple of Love (1992)".
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Phil Posted Sep 13, 2002
She's also been sampled on a version of Paid In Full (Eric B and Rakim) and Pump Up The Volume (M/A/R/R/S)
Tube, the do you mean http://home.global.co.za/~jvd/ofra.htm 
the DNA forum parser uses a space to break the end of URLs so putting them in brackets without a space before the ) will make the URL go wrong 
Ofra Haza
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Sep 13, 2002
"Im Nin'Alu" was her UK hit, in 1988.
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Sep 13, 2002
Yep, that's what I meant and that's what I forgot 
Pop Music of the '80s
weeted Posted Sep 14, 2002
To all who answered correctly. You are all brill! Thanks.
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