Nemahsis

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Nemahsis
Birth nameNemah Hasan
Born Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2021-present
Website nemahsis.com

Nemahsis is the stage name of Nemah Hasan, a Palestinian Canadian pop singer from Toronto, Ontario. [1]

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Career

Originally from the Toronto suburb of Milton, [2] Hasan began her career on TikTok, posting beauty and fashion videos aimed at Muslim women alongside occasional videos of her singing Adele covers. [1] After being exploited by a company that hired her for an advertising campaign and then failed to pay her, in June 2021 she released her first original single and video "What If I Took It Off for You?", about social attitudes toward Muslim women who wear the hijab. [3] She followed up with the singles "Paper Thin" in October 2021 and "Dollar Signs" in January 2022, [4] before releasing the EP eleven achers in March 2022. [5]

She followed up with the new non-EP singles "Criminal" in October 2022, [6] and "I Wanna Be Your Right Hand" in February 2023. [7]

Activism

In October 2023, amidst the Israeli siege on Gaza, the singer shared on social media that she had been dropped by her label after refusing to "cool-down" her activism through posts online displaying support of Palestine. [8] Her subsequent posts include a rendition of Team, by New Zealand artist, Lorde [9] with images from Gaza before and after bombardments. [10]

Accolades

The Canadian music magazine Exclaim! named eleven achers one of the 15 best Canadian EPs of 2022. [2]

Hasan and her songwriting colleagues Brendan Grieve and Stevie Solomon were nominated for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2022 for "Paper Thin". [11] In 2023, the Prism Prize named Nemahsis the winner of the Hi-Fidelity Award for artists using music video in innovative ways. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sophie Williams, "Nemahsis: the TikTok phenomenon looking to inspire and educate". NME , January 19, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Exclaim!'s 15 Best EPs of 2022". Exclaim! , December 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ Steffanee Wang, "Nemahsis Never Thought She'd Be A Pop Star". Nylon , February 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ Megan LaPierre, "Toronto's Nemahsis Pays Her Dues with 'dollar signs'". Exclaim! , January 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ Jo Forrest, "Nemahsis unveils her debut EP ‘eleven achers’". TotalNtertainment, March 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ Megan LaPierre, "Toronto's Nemahsis Confronts Covert Crimes on New Single 'criminal'". Exclaim! , October 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ Calum Slingerland, "Nemahsis Is at Your Service on New Song 'i wanna be your right hand'". Exclaim! , February 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ Grenier, Sydney (2023-11-16). "Music as a Tool of Liberation: On the Music of Palestinian-Canadian Musician, Nemahsis". The Fulcrum. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  9. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  10. ↑ Taman, Ghalia (2023-11-06). "Lorde Celebrates Heartfelt Rendition Of 'Team' By Palestinian Artist Nemahasis". Scoop Empire. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  11. ↑ Megan LaPierre, "Here Are the 2022 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists". Exclaim! , June 1, 2022.
  12. ↑ Holly Gordon, "Snotty Nose Rez Kids win 2023 Prism Prize". CBC Music, July 7, 2023.
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