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Egyptian hijabi singer Tasneem Elaidy features in Spanish football advertisement

Egyptian hijabi singer Tasneem Elaidy features in Spanish football advertisement
Tasneem Elaidy, a veiled Egyptian singer who went viral for her song covers on social media, sings in English and Spanish in the La Liga advert.
2 min read
03 June, 2022
Elaidy took part in a promotional videos for the Spanish La Liga's new ball for the 2022/2023 season [Getty]

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.

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