Amira Selim (born in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian soprano and opera singer, based in France.
After studying piano, ballet and painting, she started voice training and Italian repertoire in Italy with soprano Gabriella Ravazzi in 1993 and graduated from the Cairo Conservatoire in 1999.
[2] Selim started her career as a member and soloist at the Cairo Opera company in 1997 with her first leading role in Rossini’s Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia in 1998, it was followed by a number of other productions.
[3] After moving to France, she continued to feature in Egyptian Opera's as well as French, Italian and German companies.
In her performance, she sang "A Reverence for Isis" in the Ancient Egyptian Language, which was taken from inscriptions on the walls on Deir el-Shelwit in Luxor.