Asher Mizrahi

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Portrait of Asher Mizrahi

Asher Mizrahi (Hebrew: אשר מזרחי‎; 1890 – 27 October 1967) was a Jerusalem-born Jewish Tunisian tenor singer and musician, who eventually settled in Israel,[1] where he was born under Ottoman rule.

He initially went to Malta, then to Tunisia in 1911 and settled there for over fifty years. In the late 1940s, he ended his active career. He left Tunis after the Six-Day War in 1967, and settled in Israel. He died three months after moving to Israel.[2][3]

Mizrahi is also known for singing the songs "Habibi Yah Habibi" and "".

Titles[]

  • Tesfar we tghib
  • Ya hasra kif kont sghira
  • Yechoui dammek
  • Ya nas hmelt
  • Men sabek Bourdgana
  • Habbitek we habbitni

References[]

  1. ^ Shiloah, A. (1997). The Performance of Jewish and Arab Music in Israel Today. Harwood Academic Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 9789057020643. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ Levi, E.; Scheding, F.; Beckerman, M.; Bohlman, P.V.; Campbell, S.; Davis, R.F.; Heile, B.; Hirshberg, J.; Hutchinson, S.; Paddison, M. (2010). Music and Displacement: Diasporas, Mobilities, and Dislocations in Europe and Beyond. Scarecrow Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780810874107. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ Alcalay, A. (1993). After Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture. University of Minnesota Press. p. 136. ISBN 9781452900018. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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