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Majida El Roumi

マージダ・エル・ルーミー　/　まーじだ・える・るーみー

Vocalist from Lebanon

December 13, 1956 (age 69)　・　Kfarshima, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon

Mount Lebanon Governorate
vocalist
singer
actor

My Take

Majida El Roumi strikes me as far more than a regional star. A Lebanese soprano trained at the Lebanese University, she sings, composes and acts, and even served as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, which tells you she used her voice for something beyond charts. The honors she has gathered, from France's Order of Arts and Letters to Lebanon's Cedar and honorary doctorates, signal an artist treated as a cultural institution. What moves me is the context: she sang through a region scarred by conflict and chose to be a voice for unity. I would rather remember her as a singer of peace than simply a diva.

Overview

Majida El Roumi (Arabic: ماجدة الرومي برادعي; born 13 December 1956) is a Lebanese soprano singer, songwriter, actress, and former United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Majida El Roumi
Name (Japanese): マージダ・エル・ルーミー
Reading: まーじだ・える・るーみー
Born: December 13, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Kfarshima, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: vocalist / singer / actor / composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Lebanese University

Awards & achievements

Officer of Arts and Letters
Commander of the National Order of the Cedar
Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut
The honorary doctor of Lebanese University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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