50 years ago today, Ofra Haza, Israel s representative in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, was born. She lived an often tragic life, dying childless from what is believed to have been AIDS on ...
Ofra Haza was the Middle Eastern version of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey. Once you heard the opening notes of any song containing the sweet honey of Ofra Haza’s mezzo-soprano voice, it ...
Pete Paphides tells the story of Ofra Haza, dubbed the Israeli Madonna, who rose from her poor roots in the Yemenite community to global recognition. Show more The writer and music critic Pete ...