Zehava Ben's touching melisma quickly captured hearts back in the ‘90s—a time when Mizrahi was breaking social borders and launching into the mainstream. Paying tribute to her Moroccan roots by singing both in Hebrew and Arabic, Ben also fuses Arab, Turkish and Israeli influences, expressing this new crossover soundscape with a burning vocal sadness. She's backed her Eastern vocal twists with Western creative flourishes as diverse as worldbeat and rock, as well as reinterpreted the work of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum.