Alma Zohar {עלמה זהר‎} (b. 1977) is an Israeli musician and singer Zohar was born on the 6th June 1977. She began pursuing music as a career somewhat later than most of her peers; it was only at the age of twenty-five, after divorcing her husband, that she decided to pursue her childhood dreams and become a singer. She initially worked with a reggae band which recorded in English, but abandoned the project She experienced success soon afterwards with the release of two songs, "With Your Back" ("Im Hagav") and "Ego Trip". Both songs, which Zohar wrote herself, became hits in Israel in the Spring and Summer of 2008. Her debut album, Speak (Dabri), released in July 2008, combined various musical genres, including world music, jazz, reggae, folk, and rock, was both critically acclaimed and very successful, going gold in Israel. The album, which was produced by Assaf Ayalon, spawned a number of hits, most notably "Indian Love Song" ("Shir Ahava Indiani") and "Know" ("Da"). Zohar won several awards including Song of the Year for "Indian Love Song", and was honoured by Reshet Gimel and Galgalatz as the new artist of the year and the Singer of the Year in the Galgalatz Annual Parade. Zohar's second album, "Thirty-Three" is scheduled to be released this summer and the single, "I Was Excited for You" was released in March 2010. The album will draw upon her recent experiences in Uganda and Oman and was recorded at Afrokaliptus Studio Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.