Hiba Mansouri is a Lebanese singer who started her career by reviving some of the old classical arabic songs. She worked with music arranger Zeid Hamdan who has worked previously with Yasmine Hamdan in the band SoapKills
Her new video “Souleyma” is a mesmerizing story of betrayal across two worlds, a rehash of an old song by Zakiyah Hamdan directed by Farah Alameh, with an electro music arrangement by Zeid Hamdan.
Hiba Mansouri has a traditional side to her singing and it gets mixed with the electro fusion of Zeid Hamdan, the result is a new style in singing.
Her debut album due for release end of 2011, will featur four old revived classics and three new songs.
Hiba believes that reviving the old classical songs is an important message of bringing old classical words to life for the new generations. She has sung the song Fog El Nakhel, a song which was previously revived by singer Dania El Khatib. She also sang the song Ahwak for Egyptian legendary singer Abdul Halim Hafez.
Hiba grew up listening to classical singers such as: Um Kulthum, Fairouz and Sabah Fakhri.
In September of 2011, Hiba took part in a festival in Morocco. She also had a concert in Canada and others in Lebanon.