Latifa to Perform at 58th Carthage Int'l Festival on July 25
Tunisian superstar, Latifa will perform live at the 58th edition of the Carthage International Festival (FIC), in Carthage, Tunisia, on July 25.
She is set to present several of her popular and latest songs.
The festival, which runs from July 18 to August 17, is one of the most prestigious music festivals in the Arab world. It is also considered an essential station in the lives of many singers Most of the festival's activities are held inside the antique theater of Carthage.
The theater was restored in the early twentieth century and has a capacity of 7,500 spectators capacity.
Since its founding, the FIC hosted many famous singers such as Jean Michel Jarre, Dalida, James Brown, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Saber Rebaï, Kadim Al Sahir, Najwa Karam, Sherine, and Majida El Roumi.
Latifa Bint Alaya El Arfaoui, best known as Latifa, was born on February 14, 1961, in Manouba, Tunisia.
The acclaimed singer is considered one of the Arab World's most talented singers. She got her chance after composer Mohamed Abdel Wahab heard her on the radio.
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