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Rita (Rita Yahan-Farouz Album)
''Rita'' is the 1986 debut album of Israeli people, Israeli singer Rita Yahan-Farouz. It went quadruple platinum and established her as a popular singer in Israel. Following its release it became the best selling debut album of an Israeli musician. Rita wrote the lyrics for three songs. The album is largely a "collection of slow numbers", many of them piano-based songs written by her then husband Rami Kleinstein, co-produced with Reuven Shapira and Naor Dayan.Stan Jeffries - Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 - Page 166 0313315477 2003 166 Track listing References 1986 debut albums Rita (Israeli singer) albums {{1980s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli People
Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Jews and Arabs, who respectively account for 75 percent and 20 percent of the national figure; followed by other ethnic and religious minorities, who account for 5 percent. Early Israeli culture was largely defined by communities of the Jewish diaspora who had made ''aliyah'' to British Palestine from Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Later Jewish immigration from Ethiopia, the states of the former Soviet Union, and the Americas introduced new cultural elements to Israeli society and have had a profound impact on modern Israeli culture. Since Israel's independence in 1948, Israelis and people of Israeli descent have a considerable diaspora, which largely overlaps with the Jewish diaspora but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Yahan-Farouz
Rita Yahan-Farouz ( he, ריטה יהאן-פרוז;), also known mononymously as Rita (formerly Rita Kleinstein ), is an Israeli pop singer and actress. In 2011, she became popular in Iran after the release of various pop records which she sings in her native Persian language. In 2012, produced by Amer Payami, her album ''All My Joys'', also sung in Persian, was popular in Israel and Iran, going gold in Israel after three weeks. She has since been referred to as a cultural ambassador between Israeli and Iranian citizens, and states she hopes to "puncture the wall of tension" between their countries. Early life Rita Yahan-Farouz was born in Tehran, Iran, to a Persian-Jewish family. At the age of eight, her family immigrated to Israel with her, and resided in the city of Ramat HaSharon, Israel, in 1970. Her niece is Israeli actress and singer Liraz Charhi. She began singing professionally as a military band member while serving in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1980s, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Debut Albums
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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