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Rim Banna was born on 8 December, 1966 in Nazareth, Israel, is a Palestinian singer (1966–2018). Discover Rim Banna's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Occupation Singer, composer
Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 8 December, 1966
Birthday 8 December
Birthplace Nazareth, Israel
Date of death 2018
Died Place Nazareth, Israel
Nationality Israel

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1966

Rim Banna (ريم بنا; 8 December 1966 – 24 March 2018) was a Palestinian singer and composer who was most known for her modern interpretations of traditional Palestinian songs and poetry.

Banna was born in Nazareth, where she graduated from Nazareth Baptist School.

She lived in Nazareth with her three children.

1990

Banna first achieved popularity in the early 1990s, after recording her own versions of traditional Palestinian children's songs that were on the verge of being forgotten.

Many such songs and rhymes sung by Palestinian families again today are said to be thanks to Banna's work in preserving them via her recordings.

Banna composed her own songs and adds melody to Palestinian poetry.

Her message was often focused on the suffering of Palestinians, particularly those of the West Bank.

Her music is described as "haunting, emotional, at times bordering on kitsch."

She describes her music as a means of cultural self-assertion: "A part of our work consists of collecting traditional Palestinian texts without melodies. So that the texts do not get lost, we try to compose melodies for them that are modern, yet inspired by traditional Palestinian music."

In this way, Banna did more than mimic the traditional techniques and representations of the pieces she interprets.

She blends them with modern singing styles because, "Oriental singing techniques are mostly ornamental… But my voice is more two-dimensional, thicker. I try to write songs that fit my voice. I want to create something new in every respect. And that includes bringing people elsewhere closer to the music and soul of the Palestinians."

She performed live in the West Bank and reached audiences in Gaza through live webcasts.

2001

She met her husband, Ukrainian guitarist Leonid Alexeyenko, while studying music together at the Higher Music Conservatory in Moscow and they married in 2001, and got divorced in 2010.

2003

Banna's popularity in Europe began after Norwegian music producer Erik Hillestad invited her to participate on the CD Lullabies from the Axis of Evil (2003) and Norwegian singer Kari Bremnes, who also took part on this production in a duet with Rim Banna, invited her to Oslo.

Banna accepted the invitation, and the two artists did a show together.

The album, dubbed "a musical antiwar message to U.S. President Bush from female singers in Palestine, Iraq, Iran, and Norway," brings these women together with others from North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Afghanistan, to sing traditional lullabies from their lands in duet form with English-language performers whose translation allows the songs to reach a Western audience.

The Mirrors of My Soul, which was dedicated to all the Palestinian and Arab political detainees in the Israeli prisons, is a stylistic departure from her previous body of work.

Produced in cooperation with a Norwegian quintet, it features "Western pop styling" fused with Middle Eastern modal and vocal structures, and Arabic lyrics.

Though the style differs from previous recordings, the subject matter has basically remained constant.

The album includes "songs of despair and hope" about the lives of "a struggling people, and even a song about late Palestinian leader and PA president Arafat in a way that is both thoughtful and subtle".

2009

She performed her first concert in Syria on 8 January 2009 and also performed in Tunisia on 25 July 2011.

2012

Her first concert in Beirut took place on 22 March 2012.

2018

Banna died in her hometown of Nazareth on 24 March 2018 following a nine-year struggle with breast cancer at age 51.