Remi Bendali also known as Re-Mi Bendali or Remy Bandali is a famous singer from Lebanon who started singing at the age of three and a half.
Re-Mi Bendali was born on the 4th of July 1979, in Tripoli, Lebanon. Her father is famous singer and composer Rene Bendali and her mother is Hoda Sidawi.
Remi Bendali was born in a musical family, the famous Bandali family of singer.
Re-Mi first song was called Imani Ahla Iman, the song was dedicated to a time when Lebanon was torn in war. She then went on to record other songs for children and released several song albums, but her fame across much of the Arab world is primarily attributed to a song that she sang in 1985 - Atouna Ettofouli.
In fact, Re-Mi''s first performance of this trilingual song was at the official residence of the Lebanese president at the time.
In the year 1985, Re-Mi starred in her own feature film, Amanie Ta7ta Kaws Koza7, in which she sang the widely popular Ya Amar and Teer Ou 3alli Ya 7amam songs, as well as a few others.
Re-Mi''s singing career didn''t stop there, but continued well into her teens. During this period, she regularly toured many Arab countries, performing shows for children and various charities. Among the countries she held concerts in besides Lebanon were Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Qatar, France, USA and Canada.
In the year 1989, Re-Mi fled warring Lebanon with her parents and younger brother, and they settled in Montreal, Canada for seven years. During her time abroad, Re-Mi mainly focused on her school-work, occasionally recording new songs and travelling back to Lebanon and other Arab countries to perform them at shows and festivals.
Upon her return to Lebanon in 1996, Re-Mi went on to study musicology at university, pursued a career in teaching music at various schools in Lebanon, and in 2007 she took up a teaching position at a school in Ghana for a year.
In December of the year 2008, Remi Bandali got married and is now living in Sweden.
