Samira Said was born in Rabat , Morocco . She sang her first original song " i love noodles " at the age of nine , and was discovered on the music program , '' Mawaheb '' , broadcast on Royal Moroccan TV , she then moved to Egypt where her fame around the Arab world began . She has dual nationality of Morocco and Egypt ; her resident home as she moved to Cairo in 1977 . She has all her albums in the Egyptian dialect of Arabic but she also recorded some songs in the Moroccan dialect of Arabic , such as : " Kifash Tlakina " ( " How we Met " ) , " Fayetli sheftek shi marra " ( " I 've seen you once " ) , " Sarkouh " ( " They Stole Him " ) , and " Al Behhara " ( " Mariners " ) . Her singles included " Maghlouba " ( " Beaten " ) and " Wa'ady " ( " My Love " ) . In 1980 she represented her native Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest singing a hit song within Egypt at that time called '' Bitaqat Hub '' , placing 18th out of the 19 contestants
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Samira Said