Ibtisam Lutfi (, born 1950) is a blind Saudi singer. She was born Khayriyyah Qurban () in

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in Saudi Arabia, and is one of the first female singers of the country. She began her career singing at wedding feasts in the city of

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in the 1960s, and over the next two decades became famous in her native country as well as in

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. In a phone call with

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channel in November 2013, she confirmed that she would be returning to her singing career.

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1950 births Living people 20th-century Saudi Arabian women singers Blind musicians {{Saudi-bio-stub