Etab

Etab
عتاب
Background information
Birth name
  • Arabic: طروف عبد الخير آدم محمد الطلال‎
  • tarūf ʻabdul-ḵair ʼadam muḥammad aṭ-ṭallāl
Born (1947-12-30)December 30, 1947
Saudi Arabia
Died August 19, 2007(2007-08-19) (aged 59)
Cairo, Egypt
Occupation(s) Singer, actress
Years active c. 1960s–1990s
Associated acts Talal Maddah

Etab (Arabic: عتاب‎, translit. ʻitāb; December 30, 1947 – August 19, 2007) was a pioneering Afro-Arab Saudi Arabian singer active from the 1960s to the 1990s.[1] She was born Tarouf Abdel-Kheir Adam (Arabic: طروف عبد الخير آدم‎) in Saudi Arabia, but moved to Egypt soon after her marriage in 1978; in 1983 she became an Egyptian citizen.[1]

She started singing in the 1960s, and performed at weddings with Sarah Osman and the ʻoud player Hayat Saleh.[2] She became ill with cancer in 1997, and died in Cairo on 19 August 2007.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "First Female Saudi Singer Etab Dies at 66". Arab News. 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  2. ↑ [s.n.] (30 December 2017). Google Doodle celebrates Saudi singer Etab. Al Arabiya. Accessed January 2018.


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