Haim Uliel ( he, חיים אוליאל; born 22 December 1956) is an Israeli singer and musician. Uliel is part of a movement that blends traditional Moroccan music with contemporary rock. Uliel was born in

Sderot Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of . Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the c ...

and was the leader of the band Sfatayim. Ulliel is regarded as the central figure in the fusion of Moroccan music with contemporary rock that emerged from Sderot in the nineties.War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land By Anton La Guardia, Macmillan, 2003, p. 249 In 2000, Uliel released his debut album Sanduk La'ajiv (Maghrebi Arabic for "magic box").

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulliel, Haim 1956 births Living people 21st-century Israeli male singers Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli pop singers People from Sderot