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Rim Banna

1966 - 2018

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Rim Banna (Arabic: 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. She met her husband, Ukrainian guitarist Leonid Alexeyenko, while studying music together at the Higher Music Conservatory in Moscow and they married in 1991, and got divorced in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Rim Banna is the 2,027th most popular singer (down from 1,887th in 2024), the 333rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 330th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Israeli Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Rim Banna ranks 2,027 out of 4,381. Before her are Myriam Fares, Doc Pomus, Valeriya, Damien Rice, Patty Smyth, and Bruce Hornsby. After her are Sheb Wooley, Howard Jones, Liv Kristine, Rita Ora, Sergej Ćetković, and Leroy Carr.

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Among people born in 1966, Rim Banna ranks 389. Before her are Kyōko Koizumi, Kerstin Gier, Les Ferdinand, Jee Seok-jin, Katsuo Kanda, and María Jesús Montero. After her are Abbas Nilforoushan, Finn Christian Jagge, Akiyoshi Yoshida, Chai Ling, Gem Archer, and Alain Mabanckou. Among people deceased in 2018, Rim Banna ranks 502. Before her are Geoff Murphy, Alberto Dines, Marielle Franco, Jānis Bojārs, Igor Korobov, and Danny Kirwan. After her are Soslan Andiyev, Matti Kassila, Adebayo Adedeji, Peter Hill-Wood, Pierre Pincemaille, and Arnold Kopelson.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Rim Banna ranks 333 out of 466. Before her are Noga Alon (1956), Yuval Raphael (2000), Sarit Hadad (1978), Itzhak Vissoker (1944), Merav Michaeli (1966), and Mira Awad (1975). After her are Ayelet Shaked (1976), Inbar Lavi (1986), Rami Saari (1963), Eyal Golan (1971), Micky Arison (1949), and Samuel Maoz (1962).

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Among SINGERS In Israel

Among singers born in Israel, Rim Banna ranks 20. Before her are Ishtar (1968), Netta Barzilai (1993), Asaf Avidan (1980), Yuval Raphael (2000), Sarit Hadad (1978), and Mira Awad (1975). After her are Eyal Golan (1971), Harel Skaat (1981), Kamilya Jubran (1962), David D'Or (1965), Shiri Maimon (1981), and Aviv Geffen (1973).

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