You may not know the name Nasrin Kadri, but if you follow pop music at all, you will. In an opinion piece by Matti Friedman for The New York Times, he wrote, “Who is the ultimate Israeli of 2020, the personification of the country’s soul? The correct answer is Nasrin Kadri, an apparition in a glittering crystal minidress rising from beneath the stage to as burst of strobes and smoke and 9,000 teenagers shrieking “Nasreeeeen!” at a concert in Tel Aviv. She is an Arab girl from Nazareth, a Muslim who converted to Judaism, claimed and adored by both cultures as a once-in-a-generation talent, a singer of Mizrahi pop, and the acknowledged queen of the Israeli pop scene. Photo: Dan Balilty, New York Times.