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Mirelle Mokhtar: From Afro Mountain Girl to Viral Stardom

March 11, 2020
Still from Mirelle Mokhtar’s (afromountaingirl) viral video of her cover of ‘La Bidayi Wala Nihayi’

“Let me tell you, I was super hesitant to post my first video. Every single time I posted a video, my heart would beat out my chest,” exclaims 27-year-old Mirelle Mokhtar, a young Egyptian singer who quickly shot to fame after one of her Instagram videos of her singing went viral. “My whole life I’ve been singing,” explains Mokhtar as to how she got into singing in the first place, “I remember so well, the first time that I ever sang a full song was in the second grade. It was “Yesterday” by The Beatles.” Although singing has always been an inherent part of her life, it wasn’t until her college years that Mokhtar really decided to delve deeper into this passion of hers. A social media induced push to fame Sitting atop a mountain, a lush green landscape acts as her backdrop as this afro-haired girl’s voice delicately echoes through nature – she is singing Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji’s beautifully aching La Bidayi, Wala Nihayi (No Beginning, No Ending). This is the very video that went viral and was a pivotal moment in Mokhtar’s life and music career, as…


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