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ALABINA

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Alabina is a Arabic-based group that performs a mix of world music | world music: Middle Eastern music | Middle Eastern, Arabic music | Arabic, Gypsy music#France | French, Music of Israel | Hebrew, and Gypsy music#Spain | Spanish Gypsy music.

Although the name of the group is often written "AlabÃna," the accent on the "i" is an unnecessary addition. The mistake may be attributed to the group's use of the font Papyrus on its album covers. In this font, dotted i's look as though they carry accents.

Name
According to Alabina.org, the name Alabina has two meanings: "come to me" and "God is between us." The name comes from the title of Alabina's first song. It is also the name of the group's first album.

Group
Alabina is made of lead singer Ishtar (singer) |Ishtar, who does the female vocals, and the band Los NiÃ±os de Sara, who provide male vocals and music.

Ishtar
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Ishtar was born and raised in Israel. Her parents are Moroccan and Egyptian. She speaks and sings in Arabic language|Arabic, Hebrew language|Hebrew, French language|French, Spanish language|Spanish, and English language|English; she also says she "half-speaks" "Moroccan." Ishtar began performing in clubs at age 15 and continued even in the Israeli army, where she served as an helicopter tec... read all