Egyptian hijabi singer Tasneem Elaidy features in Spanish football advertisement
An singer has gone viral for featuring in a promotional video for the Spanish football league La Liga.
Tasneem Elaidy can be seen singing in a promotional video for latest ball model for the 2022/2023 football season, which has already garnered millions of views on Instagram and TikTok.
The song, called "Meen Yatahada" - which translates to "Who Challenges" in Arabic - also features the French hip-hop group Arsenik and Sudanese rapper Dafencii. The TikTok star sings her verses in English and Spanish.
"It was such an honor being a part of new football launch," she wrote in the caption of the post in which she shared the video.
The singer posted a follow-up clip on Instagram exhibiting behind-the-scenes footage, in which she is seen recording and discussing the song with its producers.
Elaidy went viral on the video-sharing app last year for covering the song "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Australian rapper Masked Wolf. The song was originally released in 2019, but experienced a surge in popularity in charts across the globe following a re-release.
Elaidy, who is based in Egypt's capital and studies music performance and sound engineering at , according to local media, has regularly been posting song covers on her social media accounts since 2018.
Her videos, which have amassed millions of views, feature covers of well-known songs by artists such as Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, and The Weeknd.
She has also released an extended play, titled "Blue Shirt", containing three original songs.