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Mayssa Karaa
Singer

Mayssa Karaa

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Singing the Arabic White Rabbit on the American Hustle soundtrack.

White Rabbit · Hayati

Born
1989
Birthplace
Beirut

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Mayssa Karaa

Mayssa Karaa is a Lebanese-American singer whose recordings connect Arabic music with rock, pop and film soundtracks.

Early life

Training

Studied voice, piano and theory in Beirut before enrolling at Berklee in 2008.

Career

  1. 2006

    Move to Boston

    Relocated with her family during conflict in Lebanon.

  2. 2013

    Film soundtrack

    Sang White Rabbit for American Hustle.

  3. 2019

    Solo album

    Released Simple Cure.

Selected work

White Rabbit

An Arabic-language interpretation for the film soundtrack.

Hayati

A collaboration with A. R. Rahman for Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.

Beyond work

Earlier studies

Initially studied civil engineering before concentrating on singing.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Dawn Elder. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.