Haim UlielVariant spellings include "Chaim", "Ulliel", "Oliel" and others. (; born 22 December 1956) is an Israeli singer and musician. Uliel is part of a movement that blends traditional Moroccan music with contemporary rock.Rockets may fall, but Sderot continues to rock, By Abigail Klein-Leichman, January 15, 2009 Israel21c
Uliel was born in Sderot and was the leader of the band Sfatayim.5 Questions with Haim Uliel Byline: JENNY HAZAN, Jerusalem Post, p. 10, February 20, 2003
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").
In 2024 Uliel was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony.
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