Haim Uliel ( he, חיים אוליאל; born 22 December 1956) is an Israeli singer and musician. Uliel is part of a movement that blends traditional Moroccan music with contemporary rock. Uliel was born in

Sderot Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of . Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the c ...

and was the leader of the band

Sfatayim Sfatayim ( he, שפתיים, , "lips") was a rock band from Sderot, Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, tran ...

. Ulliel is regarded as the central figure in the fusion of Moroccan music with contemporary rock that emerged from Sderot in the nineties.War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land By Anton La Guardia, Macmillan, 2003, p. 249 In 2000, Uliel released his debut album Sanduk La'ajiv (Maghrebi Arabic for "magic box").

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulliel, Haim 1956 births Living people 21st-century Israeli male singers Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli pop singers People from Sderot