page_title: Samira Said
section_title: Musical style
hierarchical_section_title: Samira Said / Musical style
caption_attribution_description: English: Samira Said performing on Arabic TV show Star Academy in Beirut (Lebanon), July 8, 2011.
context_page_description: Samira Said is a Moroccan pop singer, who also holds Egyptian citizenship.
context_section_description: Samira mainly sings in Egyptian Arabic, cooperating with many Cairo musicians and composers. Hopkins said that "One of the main reasons Said’s music is so popular in Egypt and the Middle East is because of the tonal beauty of her voice against the background instrumentation. The centrality of her voice represents her personal influence in her work.
caption: Samira Said performing on the Star Academy Arab World TV Show; Beirut, Lebanon; 8 July 2011
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