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I have some kind of need for self-definition and the expression of anxieties and fears. I don't write for what people call "to forget your problems". I dissect myself, and in this sense, it's not pure entertainment, but something else. Instead of escaping from daily hardships, my way is the opposite: I want to create from within the hardship this beauty in art and music, in songs that rhyme and in the human voice.
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and performed around the country. While Israel had been victorious in the Six-Day War, the song encapsulated the nation's grief over its casualties and became a hit. Following this success, Shapira's other songs came to national attention.
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234:Brightening
218:Karov Layam
174:Rivka Zohar
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