Samira Bensaïd, also known as Samira Saïd, is a Moroccan pop singer. She began singing at the age of nine, and was discovered on the music program, Mawaheb, broadcast on Royal Moroccan TV. She has recorded many Moroccan songs over a career spanning more than four decades. She is best known to Eurovision fans as her homeland's only representative at the 1980 Contest in The Hague, where she finished in second last place. To date she has won more than 40 awards and sold over 50 million albums.