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Ishtar (singer)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli-born pop singer who performs in arabic”. Today it says “french-israeli vocalist best known for her work as the front vocalist of the french-based band alabina”.
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Ishtar ( ; born Esther (Eti) Zach ( אסתר (אתי) זך ) on 10 November 1968) is a French-Israeli vocalist who performs in Arabic, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Russian and English.1 She is best known for her work as the front vocalist of the French-based band Alabina , and her solo pop hits such as C'est la vie , Last Kiss , Horchat HaEkaliptus and Habibi (Sawah) .
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israeli-born pop singer who performs in arabic
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french-israeli vocalist best known for her work as the front vocalist of the french-based band alabina
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