"When you are showing your identity, you shine all the time," says Elyanna.

The 22-year-old Palestinian-Chilean singer already has millions of views on YouTube and a collaboration with Coldplay under her belt.

This year she's also doing her first European tour and tells BBC Newsbeat she is keen to spread the message of her home "through music and art".

Elyanna was born in Nazareth, an Arab city in northern Israel.

Israeli Arabs descend from Palestinians who became citizens of Israel when the state was established in 1948,