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Ofra Haza ( November 19, 1957 - February 23, 2000) was a popular Yemenite Israeli singer.She made her international debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. Ofra Haza had a world-wide hit in 1988 with "Im Nina'lu" from the album Fifty Gates of Wisdom.
Her international hits also included "Temple of Love (Touched by the Hand of Ofra Haza)" with the Leeds-based post-punk band, The Sisters of Mercy in 1992 and "My Love is for Real" with Paula Abdul in 1995. She also sang in the animated film The Prince of Egypt ( 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting).
Her Israeli hits include "Shir ha-Frekha" ("Song of a Tramp", theme from the movie Shlager, in which she also acted) and "le-Orekh ha-Yam" ("Along the Shore").
Haza, who came from the poor HatikvahHatikvah (also Hatikva The Hope is the national anthem of Israel. History The Hatikvah text was written by the Galician poet Naphtali Herz Imber in Jassy ( Romania) in 1871 as a nine- stanza poem named Tikavatenu ("Our Hope"). In 1897, at the First Zionis neighborhood of Tel-Aviv, at one time almost a slum, was a success story and the subject of pride on behalf of many Israelis of Yemenite origin. She died from AIDSAIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome sometimes written Aids is a human disease characterized by progressive destruction of the body's immune system. It is widely accepted that AIDS results from infection with HIV.
Haza, Ofra
Haza, Ofra
Haza, Ofra
Haza, Ofra
