Ibtisam Lutfi

Ibtisam Lutfi
Birth name Khayriyyah Qurban
Born 1950
Origin Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Genres Arab classical music
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Oud
Years active 1960s – mid-1980s

Ibtisam Lutfi (Arabic: ابتسام لطفي‎, born 1950)[1] is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban (Arabic: خيرية قربان‎) in Ta'if in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers[2] of that country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of Jeddah in the 1960s, and over the next two decades became famous in her native country as well as in Egypt. She retired from singing in the mid-1980s due to her mother's death. In a phone call with Al Arabiya channel in November 2013, she confirmed that she would be returning to her singing career.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "التجويد والكتاتيب ذكريات أشهى من الحياة للصادي". جريدة الرياض (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Mubarak, Ebtihal (8 October 2007). "Book Celebrates Achievements of Saudi Women". Arab News. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "السعودية ابتسام لطفي تعود للغناء عبر سهرة فنية غداً". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 17 November 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2017.



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