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Contents 1 Dana International 2 Discography 3 arabic 4 What does this mean? 5 Male? 6 first Israeli artist to be interviewed on MTV? 7 Lola is NOT the 3rd single!

[edit] Dana International

what is Dana International? A golf tournament? A corporation? A hotel? Kingturtle 19:36 24 May 2003 (UTC)

Last I checked, Dana International was an israelian transexual singer. What she has to do with Romania is obscure to me. --FvdP 19:38 24 May 2003 (UTC)

I'm confused too - the only links to this article are from the Eurovision Song Contest general article, and the 1998 ESC article. I don't see any Romanian connection. Arwel 20:33 24 May 2003 (UTC)

I copied this info into Prime ministers of Romania. Kingturtle 20:45 24 May 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Discography

Does anyone have detailed information about specific singles... I'd love to see a Discography that lists albums, then singles, and then "remix" albums etc. Some people seem pretty knowledgeable about what singles she has released, and all we'd really need are the singles names and the release year. This would also provide a way for us to branch out by making pages dedicated to specific singles (if they are noteworthy enough). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Word to Mother (talk • contribs) 04:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] arabic

Dana International is jewish, but Arabic is an official language in Israel. Dana herself understands Arabic and has fanbases in Arabic speaking countries as well, i.e. Egypt. Source: Interview by Geir Skogseth

[edit] What does this mean?

I copyedited this article, but I have no idea what do do with this sentence: "He studied elementary school and then Lior and Schmulick Sa'adia who would become his dancers." What does that mean? Did he study with Lior and Schmulick? Did he study them? Someone help please.

[edit] Male?

Haham Hanuka claims that this singer is male and reverted twice the category female singer. I ask him to supply some references that she is a male, even though she underwent surgery to change her gender from male to female. gidonb 20:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I also would like to point out that throughout the entire article Dana International is refered to as she, making his claim that she is male very inconsistent with the contents of the article. Unfortunately Haham Hanuka is known for edit wars around LGBT articles. gidonb 20:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know a person could not change is sex, "sex-change surgeries" just make a person to look like the opposite sex, not ralley changing is sex. Am I wrong?

To Gidonb - I smell a personal attack. In which LGBT article I've had an edit war? --Haham hanuka 21:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I challenge you to submit proof that she is a male and if you have no such proof, please do not continue to revert the category, even if you have well-defined views in this matter. From the article it is clear that the singer Dana International is always refered to as a she. I have seen you back and forth reverting an LGBT template. gidonb 21:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I have asked for advice on the LGBT portal. gidonb 21:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

It's my understanding that among the transgender/transsexual community, you refer to a person as the gender her or she chooses to express, regardless of anatomy or genetics. The whole issue of what defines being male or female is beyond the scope of this article. There is no one way that people choose to define gender. Some look to genetics, others to genitalia, while others accept that the birth certificate is the final arbiter in this matter. Ultimately, I think it falls to a matter of personal respect and adhering to convention. The AP sytlebook states that writers should use male or female pronouns for transgender/transsexual based on the gender that he or she is expressing. This is regardless of the person's actual/legal gender. Hope this helps!Ronnotronald 20:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

It sure does, Ronnotronald. Thank you for the feedback! Haham was in the meantime banned from using Wikipedia, but continues to dump hate speech towards LGBT while evading his ban. gidonb 01:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Guys, let's move on. Does israeli law allow sex change? Put differently, does the State of Israel legally consider this artist as a woman?Mitch1981 (talk) 19:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] first Israeli artist to be interviewed on MTV?

I sure don't know who exactly was the first Israeli artist interviewed on MTV, but I remember interviews on MTV with Ofra Haza years before Miss Dana was known. If Uri Geller is considered an artist: count him in as well. (Heteren 10:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC))

Thank you. Uri Geller definitely is a performer. He is a visual artist as well. gidonb 00:31, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lola is NOT the 3rd single!

It has been officially confirmed that Lola is not the 3rd single off the new album (in fact, it's not even ON the album). The 3rd single is At muchana, which is a response to Israeli media flaming Dana. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.230.190.4 (talk) 09:32, August 22, 2007 (UTC)