Ibtisam Lutfi ( ar, ابتسام لطفي, born 1950) is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban ( ar, خيرية قربان) in
Ta'if
Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...
in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers of that country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
in the 1960s, and over the next two decades became famous in her native country as well as in
Egypt
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. In a phone call with
Al Arabiya
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The channel is a flag ...
channel in November 2013, she confirmed that she would be returning to her singing career.
References
1950 births
Living people
20th-century Saudi Arabian women singers
Blind musicians
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