Farah Elle (born 1994) is an Irish born Libyan singer-songwriter.

Career

Farah Elle played her first headline gig at Sin É, Dublin in 2016. She played at the 2016

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music festival. She collaborated with

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on the single ''Oh Honey'' and with

Bantum Ruairí Lynch (born 5 October 1983), known by the stage name Bantum, is an Irish multi-instrumentalist, musician, DJ, producer and composer. Early life Lynch grew up in Cork. He has no formal music training, having studied Business Information ...

on ''Feel It Out''. She performed with at the 2019 Mother Tongues festival at Rua Red. In 2019, Farah Elle released a single, ''Play For Keeps'', with MuRli, and collaborated with Bantum, Ben Bix and God Knows on the single ''Strongest Thing''. She was one of the artists who performed as part of the Conservatory Sessions run by Pine The Pilcrow in 2019. For the 2020 Nollaig na mBan celebrations in

EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands, covers the history of the Irish diaspora and emigration to other countries. It was designed by the London-based design firm Event Communications, and was voted as "Europe's Leadi ...

, Elle performed alongside

Tara Flynn Tara Flynn is an Irish actress and writer. Career Flynn has written three satirical books: ''You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life'', ''Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style'' and ''Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of ...

and

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. Her debut album, ''FATIMA'', is due for release in 2020.

Personal life

Farah Elle's name is Farah El Neihum. She was born in

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

in 1994. Her family moved to

Julianstown Julianstown () is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is located near Drogheda on the R132 regional road. In 1641, the Battle of Julianstown was fought here during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Julianstown is situated on the River Nanny ( ...

, County Meath, Ireland in 1996. Her mother is a consultant ophthalmologist and politician, Dr

Fatima Hamroush Fatima Hamroush (Arabic: فاطمة الحمروش) (born 14 February 1959) is an ophthalmologist and Libyan politician. Personal life Born in Benghazi on 14 February 1959, Hamroush moved to Ireland in 1996 and later became an Irish citizen th ...

. Elle was raised Muslim attending the Mosque in Clonskeagh, and is fluent in Arabic. She taught herself to play the keyboard as a teenager. She attended

BIMM The British and Irish Modern Music Institute, now styled as the BIMM Institute, is a group of eight independent colleges which specialise in the provision of creative education in Brighton, Bristol, London, Dublin, Manchester, Berlin, Birmingha ...

, Dublin, graduating in 2016. She has volunteered at the direct provision centre in

Mosney Mosney () is a townland and village in the civil parish of Moorechurch in County Meath, Ireland, from Dublin. It was best known as the site of a Butlin's holiday camp during the second half of the 20th century and as the site for the nationa ...

, County Louth.

Discography

* ''Silk'' single (2015) * ''Oh Honey'' single (2017) collaboration with

* ''Feel It Out'' single (2017) collaboration with

* ''Play For Keeps'' single (2019) collaboration with MuRli * ''Strongest Thing'' single and video (2019) collaboration with Bantum, Ben Bix and God Knows * ''FATIMA'' (2020)

References

External links

Interview with Farah Elle on RTÉ lyric fm's ''Culture File''

Farah Elle on Spotify
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elle, Farah Irish women singer-songwriters Irish singer-songwriters English-language singers from Libya 1994 births Living people 21st-century Libyan women singers