Viral singer in hijab Ghaliaa Chaker paves the way for other girls to achieve music dreams
Ghaliaa Chaker is part of an all-girl biker group, sings mostly in Arabic, has 439,000 followers on Instagram – and she performs in a hijab
In a Dubai recording studio, hijab-clad Ghaliaa Chaker tunes her guitar and belts out original songs as she builds a career that is turning heads for more than just her music.
The 26-year-old Syrian, who was raised in the United Arab Emirates, has become a social media sensation, with 439,000 followers on Instagram and millions of views on her YouTube channel.
“I hope that I have paved the way for other” hijabi singers, Chaker says at the studio.
“It is a very beautiful thing to know that you have … given a push to a girl who has many dreams and is unable to achieve them because she has never seen another girl do the same thing.”
Chaker, a keen motorbike rider who is part of an all-hijabi biker squad in Dubai, began composing and writing lyrics at the age of 16.