For 53 years, some of Europe’s kitchiest and tackiest performers have vied to win the Eurovision song contest…But this year, among the saccharine pop and glitter costumes is one very controversial entry, and that entry comes from Israel. One half of the duo representing Israel at Eurovision happens to be an Arab citizen of that country. Her name is Mira Awad. And Tuesday night in Moscow, she’ll join Israeli-Jewish singer Noa to perform their song, “There Must Be Another Way.”

… We believe that our region and our two nations have been going in one road that we think is leading us to destruction rather than life and prosperity, and we would like to think that we still have the chance to choose differently. There’s another line in the song that I love very much and I think also encapsulates the message that we’re trying to convey. And the line says: When I cry, I cry for both of us. My pain has no name.

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