caption birth_place citizenship image_size ethnicity birth_date residence article_title name occupation
rim banna ريم بنّا nazareth israel israeli 180px palestinian 8 december 1966 nazareth israel rim banna
 rim banna singer-songwriter
rim banna

rim banna -lrb- , -rrb- , is a palestinian singer , composer , arranger and activist , who is 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 currently lives 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 .
