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Rim Banna
Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist

Rim Banna

Intro
Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist
Awards Received
Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought
Music

Rim Banna (Arabic: ريم بنا‎; 8 December 1966 – 24 March 2018) was a Palestinian singer, composer, arranger and activist, 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 2001, and got divorced in 2010.