In 2013, a 22-year-old Palestinian named Mohammed Assaf won the second edition of the Middle Eastern singing competition Arab Idol, a spinoff of the same popular British Pop Idol franchise that also ...

Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf reacts after being announced winner of the Season 2 finale of ''Arab Idol'' in Zouk Mosbeh area, north of Beirut June 22, 2013 (Photo: Reuters) The Gazan winner of ...

NEW YORK - Raised in a refugee camp in the ramshackle Gaza Strip, singer Mohammed Assaf emerged as a symbol of Palestinian resilience as he persevered to win the “Arab Idol” television contest. In a ...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of excited Gaza residents have mobbed the area's southern border crossing with Egypt to welcome home the winner of the Arab Idol talent contest. Around 4,000 people ...

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