Ishtar Alabina 是犹太裔混血女歌手（母亲是埃及-犹太混血，父亲是摩洛哥-犹太混血），其祖母称她为Ester，听起来很像美索不达米亚文化的女神Ishtar，于是就以此为艺名。 　　早先在法国加入Los Niños de Sara乐队，以Alabina为新乐队名，2000年开始发行个人唱片（但仍未脱离乐队）。 　　  　　【Ishtar Alabina】个人唱片： 　　  　　(Only solo CDs are listed) 　　The Voice of Alabina 　　Truly Emet 　　Je Sais d'où Je Viens 　　The Alabina Years 　　Best Of Ishtar Alabina 　　7 　　  　　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.