Rita

Rita was born in Tehran, Iran, to a family of Persian Jews in 1962. In 1970, they immigrated to Israel, settling down in the city of Ramat HaSharon. In 1982, she attended the “Beit Zvi” school of acting. Her first exposure to the general public in Israel was at the 1986 Pre-Eurovision Song Contest, which decided who would represent Israel in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Since then she became one of Israel’s leading singers. “Rain Soaked Chador” is her first novel.

Photo by: Or Danon