Ibtisam Lutfi

Who is Ibtisam Lutfi?

Ibtisam Lutfi is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers of that country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of Jiddah in the 1960s and over the next two decades she became famous in her native country as well as in Egypt. She retired from singing in the mid-1980s due to the opposition of her father. It is not known today whether she is alive or dead.