Amal Murkus
 Amal Murkus (Arabic: أمل مرقس‎) is a Palestinian singer who lives and performs in Israel. Her post-modern music style has a variety of Mediterranean influences. Her first album Amal was released in 1998 and her second Shauq in 2004. Her songs take inspiration by Palestinian folklore traditional Arabic heritage and pop music elements and express the struggle against the marginalization and exclusion that Arab Palestinian culture feels.cit req