(Catholic Online) According to the Daily Mail Mima stunned the world when she appeared on ‘The Voice Kids’ in Beirut and gave a beautiful rendition of ‘Let It Go’ from Disney’s “Frozen” following an Iraqi love song called “Yesterday in a Dream.”
Mima has been called ‘The Babylon Princess’ was able to perform in Beirut after fleeing Iraq with her family from ISIS just eight months earlier.
In a video, a Mima shared that she was forced to leave Iraq and travel to Lebanon with her family 8 months ago to save her life. “After we got to Lebanon, my Dad told me that Daesh (ISIS) wanted to kidnap and kill me. From then I felt very scared at night and couldn’t sleep alone or be by myself,” Mima said.
Mima Blew Everyone Away as She Sang Disney’s ‘Let It Go’ (Voice Kids)
Mima’s father Anwar added, “Everybody knows the difficulties of Iraq from ISIS and how they slaughter the people and how they take their houses. They threatened us…We left everything behind–even my job with the government.”
Despite the reason for arrival in Lebanon, Mima stood tall and proud on the stage as she sang her heart out for the judges and audience.
The first song Mima sang ‘Yesterday in a Dream’ had been created by one of the judges who immediately recognized what she was doing and was pleased with her rendition of his love song. The other judges turned to face the still singing Mima and they applauded her once they final note fell.
Pursuant to the rules of ‘The Voice Kids’ each judge attempted to convince Mima to join their team. One judge offered her ‘Frozen’ costumes while another said that she could appear in his films.
One of the judges Kazem Saher, who is known as the ‘Caesar of Arabic Singing’ convinced her to join his team when he offered Mima an opportunity to sing whatever she wanted to.
Since Mima’s performance, its been viewed more than 12 Billion times.
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