Amir El-Falaki
Encyclopedia
Amir El-Falaki is a Danish
vocalist. He is a member of the band Toy-Box
.
Amir is of Moroccan
descent and speaks Danish
, English
, Arabic
, and French
.
Amir wanted to be a doctor
, but became a dance
teacher instead. He met Anila Mirza
at a New Year's Eve
party and they decided to form Toy-Box. He is famous for the songs Best Friend and Tarzan & Jane. As of 2006, he is planning a solo music career, or a dance teacher career.
Amir was a dancer in Julie Lund's song Merhaba at the Danish national Eurovision semi final, Melodi Grand Prix 2007. Their song, however, did not qualify for the final round.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
vocalist. He is a member of the band Toy-Box
Toy-Box
Toy-Box was a Danish pop group, consisting of vocalists Anila Mirza and Amir El-Falaki. Mirza was born on October 8, 1974 in Hillerød, Denmark to a half-Pakistani, half-Iranian mother, and a Parsi father. El-Falaki was born August 12, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Moroccan parents...
.
Amir is of Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
descent and speaks Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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Amir wanted to be a doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, but became a dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
teacher instead. He met Anila Mirza
Anila Mirza
Aneela Mirza, or Anila Mirza is a Danish singer, born and raised in Denmark.Her mother is half Pakistani-half Iranian, and her father is a Parsi....
at a New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
party and they decided to form Toy-Box. He is famous for the songs Best Friend and Tarzan & Jane. As of 2006, he is planning a solo music career, or a dance teacher career.
Amir was a dancer in Julie Lund's song Merhaba at the Danish national Eurovision semi final, Melodi Grand Prix 2007. Their song, however, did not qualify for the final round.