Victoria Hanna (ויקטוריה חנה; a stage name consisting of her first and middle names) is a multi-disciplinary artist, voice and language explorer, composer and creator active in both the Israeli and international spheres.. Biography Victoria Hanna was brought up in an ultra-Orthodox Mizrahi Jewish family in Jerusalem by an Egyptian rabbi father and a Persian mother. She stuttered as a child. She was born in and lives in Jerusalem, and has three children. She studied acting in Nissan Nativ's acting studio. Music career Hanna composes all of her songs. She released her first video single, a song called "Aleph Bet", the name of the Hebrew alphabet, in February 2015. It went viral on YouTube, with over million hits. Hanna's second video single, which she came out with later in 2015, is "22 Letters." It has been described as Kabbalistic rap, and is based on Sefer Yetzira (the Book of Formation, or Book of Creation). Forbes listed her as one of Israel's 50 most influential women in 2015. She promoted her debut album in 2017. Hanna sang in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2017 Maccabiah Games. See also Music of Israel References Relevant literature Busau, Filip. 2016. Victoria Hannas Kunst: Zwischen Gebet, Popkultur und Interpretation. Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Judaistik. External links Official website Victoria Hanna on Facebook ויקטוריה חנה Victoria Hanna on YouTube Living people 21st-century Israeli women singers Israeli women singer-songwriters Israeli people of Iranian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Egyptian-Jewish descent Jewish singers Year of birth missing (living people) Israeli Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi singers