Maya Casabianca

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Maya Casabianca
Born
Margalit Azran

1941
Israeli
OccupationSinger

Maya Casabianca (1941 – 31 December 2018) was a

Israeli singer.[1]

Biography

Born Margot Azran in

Olympia Bruno Coquatrix with Yves Montand and chose her stage name in reference to her hometown of Casablanca.[2]

She gained popularity both in

Egyptian singer Farid al-Atrash.[3] She moved to Haifa, Israel in the 1970s to continue her career. She would move back and forth from France to Israel, participating in Pascal Sevran's show numerous times. She had sung in several Arab countries such as Lebanon and Syria, hiding her Jewish identity and her links with Israel at the request of her producers. The singer recounted how she had fled Syria after a concert in Damascus because she was being pursued by the Syrian secret services who had discovered her identity, reported Haaretz. After living in Paris for a while, she returned to live in Israel to join her daughter and grandchildren.[3]

References

  1. ^ "La vedette franco-israélienne Maya Casabianca est morte". LeFigaro.fr (in French). 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Moroccan-Born Israeli Singer Maya Casabianca Dies At 78". www.moroccoworldnews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Maya Casabianca, vedette franco-israélienne des années 1960, est morte". Europe 1. 2 January 2019.