Artist Info: Samira Toufic

Samira Ghastin Karimona ( سميرة غسطين كريمونة; born 25 December 1935), better known by her stage name Samira Tewfik (Arabic: سميرة توفيق, surname also spelled Tawfik, Tawfiq, Toufiq or Taoufiq) is a Lebanese singer who gained fame in the Arab world for her specializing in singing in the Bedouin dialect of Jordan.

She struggled for success in Lebanon, due to the highly popular competing acts of Fairuz, Sabah and Wadi al-Safi, but she excelled after basing herself in Jordan in the 1960s and 1970s. [read more...]