Alabina

Ishtar Alabina 是猶太裔混血女歌手（母親是埃及-猶太混血，父親是摩洛哥-猶太混血），其祖母稱她為Ester，聽起來很像美索不達(dá)米亞文化的女神Ishtar，于是就以此為藝名。
早先在法國加入Los Niños de Sara樂隊(duì)，以Alabina為新樂隊(duì)名，2000年開始發(fā)行個人唱片（但仍未脫離樂隊(duì)）。
 
【Ishtar Alabina】個人唱片：
 
(Only solo CDs are listed)
The Voice of Alabina
Truly Emet
Je Sais d'où Je Viens
The Alabina Years
Best Of Ishtar Alabina
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Alabina (1996)
The Album II (1998)
Sahara (1999)
L'essentiel (2000)
The Ultimate Club Remixes (2002)
World peace and intercultural relationships provide the theme for the songs of the Paris-based group Alabina, led by vocalist Ishtar. Combining the musical traditions of the Middle East with the virtuosic rhythms of Flamenco, Alabinas albums have been a cultural exchange involving Ishtar and her band, Los Niños de Sara, a group of four gypsy musicians from the south of France who previously accompanied Manitas de Plata and Paco de Lucia.
 
The daughter of an Egyptian mother and a Maroccan father of Spanish extraction, Ishtar was raised in Israel. Inheriting her love of music from her grandmother, a popular Egyptian singer, she began her musical career as a teen. By age 17, she was already singing in Israeli nightclubs and acting in theatrical productions. The following year, she enlisted in the Israeli army and became one of the countrys first female jet fighter airplane mechanics.
 
Leaving Israel at age 24, Ishtar performed for a brief period in Austrian nightclubs before settling in Paris. In 1996, Jewish-French record producer Charles Ivgi asked her to perform a updated version of a Mideastern song, Yallbina. Her recording of the song, which was renamed Alabina, became an international dance hit.