Laila Ghofran ليلى غفران | |
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Born | Jamila Omar Bouamout جميلة عمر بوعمرت 19 March 1961 |
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Years active | 1981–present |
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Genres | Arabic music, Pop, Taarab |
Labels | Alam El Phan Rotana Independent |
Jamila Omar Bouamout (Arabic: جميلة بو عمرت), better known as Laila Ghofran (Arabic: ليلى غفران; alt Laila Ghofrane, Layla Ghofran; born 19 March 1961) is a Moroccan-Egyptian singer and actress who started her career in the music industry in the 80s and broke through in the early 90s.[1] To the people in the Arab world, she's called as the "Sultana of Taarab" due to her strong and sensational voice and her popular covers of classic Arabic songs.