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Alabina is made of lead singer Ishtar, who does the female vocals, and the band Los Niños de Sara, who provide male vocals and music. Ishtar was born and raised in Israel. Her parents are Moroccan and Egyptian. She speaks and sings in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, and English; she also says she "half-speaks" "Moroccan." Ishtar began performing in clubs at age 15 and continued even in the Israeli army, where she served as one of the first female fighter pilots. As the lead singer of Alabina, Ishtar frequently sings in Arabic, complementing the Spanish of Los Niños de Sara. She often sings Arabic-style, with a wavering voice and trilling. She also sings Hebrew songs, sometimes songs from her childhood, only alone, however, not with Alabina. Occasionally she joins Los Niños in Spanish. On her own, she frequently sings French. Nine out of twelve songs in her album The Voice of Alabina are in French and she has two songs in English: "C'Est La Vie My Baby" (Truly (Emet)) and "Last Kiss" (The Voice of Alabina). Alabina's music mixes many styles, cultures, and languages: Middle Eastern, Spanish music, French, raï, flamenco, gypsy, Arabic, and at times, Western. The group often takes older songs, for example, "Habibi Ya Nour El Ain," a popular Arabic song, and gives them new life, adding a mix of styles and languages and Alabina's own flavor. The new version, "Habibi de Mis Amores," in both Arabic and Spanish, is one example. Another example is "Lolole (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood)," which Alabina turned into an upbeat Arabic-Spanish song, which though it can be recognized from the melody, is far from its original: a Western pop song in English.
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