Nasreen Qadri

Qadri in 2015

Nasreen Qadri (Arabic: نسرين قادري‎, Hebrew: נסרין קדרי‎; born 1986), or simply Nasreen, is an Israeli singer of traditional Middle Eastern/Mizrahi music.[1] Qadri, a former Muslim who converted to Judaism[2], mostly sings in Hebrew,[1] but also has Arabic language interpretations, especially Umm Kulthum's songs.[3]

Early life

Qadri was born and raised in Haifa,Israel, to an Arab-Muslim family. Her father was a taxi driver and her mother was a nurse. She was raised in Lod.[4][1]

Career

After performing for years in social events and small clubs and venues, her "big break" came in 2011 when she was a winner on the television star search program Eyal Golan Is Calling You[1][5][6][7]

Her debut album appeared in 2014.[8]

Personal life

For a decade Qadri was in a relationship with the Jewish Israeli musician Aviezer Ben Moha. They both planned to get married and Qadri even started a formal conversion process to Judaism, a process which she later quit.[9][10][11]In July 2017 the couple became engaged,[10] and in September 2017 the two separated.[12]

In 2018 it was reported that Qadri had completed her conversion to Judaism but that the process she underwent will not be recognized by the Chief Rabbinate or the Interior Ministry because it was carried out by a rabbi independent of the authorities.[13]

Discography

Albums

  • 2014: Nasreen Qadri (in Hebrew נסרין קדרי)
  • 2016: בנאדיק

Songs

  • 2012: "נסרין אל תלך קליף"
  • 2017: "באתי להחזיר לך"
Featured in
  • "Sawah" (Offer Nissim Remix)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Thorpe, Samuel (7 April 2015). "Mizrahi Music's New Arab Israeli Muslim Queen". Tablet. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Popular Arab singer becomes Jewish". Arutz-7. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Fiske, Gavriel (2014-01-26). "For the Israelis who love Umm Kulthum, music drowns out enmity". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ↑ ""אמרתי לו: 'אם אתה אוהב אותי אז תקבל אותי כמו שאני, בתור ערבייה מוסלמית'"". Yediot.co.il. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Arab singer captures Israeli hearts". Al Arabiya. AP. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Niv, Tal (22 March 2012). "Her Way". Haaretz. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Bussi, Francesca (7 April 2012). "Nasreen, l'araba che seduce in tv il "nemico" israeliano". Vanity Fair it. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Shalev, Ben (14 October 2014). "Israeli Arab winner of televised singing contest is more than a symbol". Haaretz. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "נסרין קדרי בראיון: "מה, אני לא מפחדת מטרור?"". Mako.co.il. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  10. 1 2 "קולולו: הזמרת נסרין קדרי התארסה לבן זוגה היהודי". NRG.co.il. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Popular Arab singer becomes Jewish". Arutz-7. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "נסרין קדרי ובן הזוג ביטלו חתונה". Mako.co.il. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Israeli-Arab singer’s conversion to Judaism rejected by Rabbinate, on Times of Israel website, September 4 2018
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