Early life
Yosefa's parents introduced her to the music of the Middle East and North Africa when she was growing up. Her Jewish father was from Yemen, while her Jewish mother was from Morocco. Dahari began singing during her Israel Defense Forces, Israeli military (IDF) service. Once, while stationed near the Lebanon border, she performed Arabic folk songs and received praise from the other side of the border. Such responses prompted her to pursue her Arabic musical roots, and after completing her military service, she became a professional singer.Music career
Her recordings include Middle Eastern instruments such as the kanun (instrument), kanun, oud, zourna, darbouka and tin drum, as well as European instruments. Her style has been characterized as following in the tradition of the late Yemeni-Israeli singer Ofra Haza. Most of her songs are in Hebrew language, Hebrew, while she also sang in Maghrebi Arabic and English.Discography
*''Yosefa'' (Trolika, 1993) *''The Desert Speaks'' (EMI Hemisphere, 1996) *''Lullaby'' Composed - Martin Kennedy (UK) Single (Unknown, about 1997)Notes
Arabic-language singers of Israel Israeli dance musicians Jewish Israeli musicians Jewish women singers Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews Israeli pop singers Living people Israeli Mizrahi Jews 20th-century Israeli women singers 21st-century Israeli women singers 1971 births {{Israel-singer-stub