Amal Murkus () is an Israeli-Palestinian singer. She was born and raised in the Arab town of Kafr Yasif in the Galilee, and has devoted her career to promoting Palestinian music and culture in Israel and abroad. Amal?s music is considered pioneering, creating a post-modern music style in which different Mediterranean influences meet. Her first album "Amal" was released in 1998, and her second, "Shauq" in 2004. Her songs, which take inspiration from Palestinian folklore and traditional Arabic heritage, mingled with pop music elements, express her struggle against the marginalization and exclusion that Arab Palestinian culture faces. Amal is a member of the counseling board of Free Muse, an organization against censorship of art and music. She took an active part in its congress in Denmark in 2003. Amal is currently studying art as a tool for social change in Musrara College in Jerusalem. Amal has been performing since the age of five. In 1979 she won first pr