Dalal Abu Amneh

Abu Amneh was born on 1983 in the city of Nazareth in the Northern District of Israel. She started singing at the age of four, where she participated in the Spring Princess competition and won the title for the song "Maryam Maryamti" in 1987. At the age of sixteen, she was known for her elaborate performance of authentic songs and old roles, in addition to her performance of songs of Palestinian and Levantine heritage. The great musicians of the Arab world, such as Salah Al-Sharnoubi and Assala, witnessed her and praised her voice, which in their opinion combines authenticity and modernity.[1]

She is known for presenting committed human art and works to develop Palestinian art so that it preserves its originality on the one hand and simulates the young generation and the Western listener on the other hand, as a means of consolidating the Palestinian identity and supporting the causes of the Palestinian people.[2] Abu Amneh participated in important international and Arab festivals, such as the Jerash Festival and the Arab Music Festival at the Egyptian Opera House. She represented Palestine in several Arab operettas, such as the Land of the Prophets operetta 2012 and the Freedom Call operetta 2014. She also participates permanently in cultural and artistic evenings locally, Arably and internationally. In addition to her participation in her own band, Abu Amneh is the lead singer in the international orchestra MESTO, through which she presents songs of Arab and Palestinian heritage, accompanied by Western musicians, with orchestral arrangements all over the world.[1]

Abu Amneh released several songs that gained wide popularity, such as "I am my heart and my soul is your sacrifice" in 2001, the words of Adnan Abbasi, composed by the artist Alaa Azzam, distributed by Habib Shehadeh, and recorded at Karem Matar Khalini Fei Balak Studios in 2003, and released two albums: "Karim Ya Ramadan" "2007", And the album "On My Country" 2013, an album that talks about Palestine in its various aspects and in a variety of lyrical styles. One of its songs was "Ain Al-Majra", which was on the list of the most successful songs on the radio, and the song "Bakrah Jadeed", which was among the five selected songs at the Euromed International Festival 2006.[1]

In 2022, she declined an invitation to perform at the Dubai Expo due to the UAE's normalization of relations with Israel.[3]

Abu Amneh was arrested on 16 October 2023 by the Israel Police at her home in Nazareth after posting on social media the statement, "There is no victor but God" together with an emoji of a Palestinian flag. The police claimed that the post was hate speech that incited violence. The incident following the Hamas attack against Israel on 7 October 2023, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.[4][5][6] She was released on 18 October 2023 and placed under house arrest for five days.[7]

Abu Amna, was honored in dozens of festivals in Palestine and the Arab world for her role in supporting humanitarian causes.[8][9] Contribute to preserving the artistic heritage in the Arab world, at the Festival of the Arab States Broadcasting Union in Tunisia, 2015. A model Palestinian woman at the Palestinian Festival in Houston, 2015. Best Artistic Personality in Palestine by the Lady of the Land Foundation, 2016. The best female figures in Palestine by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, 2017.