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Place of Birth: Athens, Attica, Greece
Date of Birth: 26 December, 1986
Ethnicity: * father – Sudanese Arab * mother – Greek/Anatolian Greek
Marina Satti (Μαρίνα Σάττι) is a Greek singer, songwriter, composer, actress, and music producer. Her music includes Greek, Arab, and Balkan influences, along with urban, rhythm, and production elements. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with her song “Zari.”
She is the daughter of Ali Osman Satti, a doctor, and Chariclia Filoxenidi, a chemical engineer. The two met at the faculty of medicine in Athens. Her father is a Sudanese Arab. Her mother is from Heraklion, Crete, Greece, where Marina was raised. Her mother has Anatolian ancestry. Marina spent summers in Sudan.
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