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Encyclopedia > Rahma Mezher

Rahma Mezher
Background information
Born January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 20)
Origin Flag of Iraq Iraq
Genre(s) Iraqi, Arabic Music

Rahma Mezher (born January 19, 1987 in Iraq), is a singer who rose to popularity after participating in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol. Rahma got to the last episode but did not win. However, this did not affect her ambitions of becoming a successful artist, as she continued on with her singing and took part in a Dubai TV channel called, "Najm El Khaleej"; in which she came 2nd. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Arabic music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arab classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Superstar is a term used to refer to a celebrity who has great popular appeal and is widely-known, prominent or successful in some field. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Pop Idol was a British television series which debuted on ITV on October 5, 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, or pop idol, in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. ...


Biography

Rahma, who is the daughter of a well known Iraqi singer Riyadh Ahmad, was born in Iraq in 1987 on the 19th of January. She currently lives in Bahrain. She loves singing, swimming, shopping, and her favorite sport is walking. Rahma says that she’s a very optimistic person, and she believes in true friendships.


She loved singing since she was little, and she studied singing to improve her voice and talent. She also says that her father the singer Riyadh Ahmad encouraged her a lot to sing; after his death in 1997 her mother kept on encouraging her to continue with improving her singing talents. When she joined in super star, she said that she likes to listen to Kathem Al Saher, Warda Al Jazayeria, and Zekra. She also enjoys old songs, and the new Arabic songs. Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Kadhim Jabbar Ibrahim Al Samarrai, known as Kadhim Al Saher, ( Arabic: كاظم الساهر ) (born September 12, 1959), is an Arab singer-songwriter. ...


Professional career

After her participation in the super star show, Rahma got so many offers for singing, acting, and even for modelling; in which she agreed to do resulting in more success and gaining a large fanbase.


Her experience with Najm Al Khaleej was much different than Super Star. In one of the episodes the Kuwaiti singer Nabeel Shuail was the guest of the show, and when he heard her voice when she performed on the stage, he was very impressed and he said it reminds him of the Moroccan singer Samira Said’s voice. She did a great singing in that show and her beautiful voice rocked the place all over, she made it to the finals and won second place. Samira Said (Arabic: (native name: Samira Bensaïd) ; born Jan 10, 1959) is an Arabic singer. ...


In one of the interviews she had with a journalist, she qoutes

"I really want to win because it will be the first time an Iraqi has won anything like this and with Iraq being in such a bad position with all the violence, it will help raise their hopes.”

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