(Al-Monitor) Shlomi Eldar - Nasreen Qadri, 30, an Arab Israeli from Haifa, sang Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Israel Festival in Jerusalem. Qadri said her appearance is designed to convey a message of unity and aspirations for coexistence, "which are so essential to this region at this time." "Coexistence is the most important thing this place needs. We were destined to be together, and none of us has anywhere else to go." Qadri first gained broader Israeli public acclaim in 2012, when she won a TV talent show. Since then she has recorded two albums combining Arabic and Hebrew music. "True, I'm a little different. I don't have a regular Israeli accent but a unique one that is my own. So what?...I live like every other Israeli." On May 1 she participated in the memorial event for fallen Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem.
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