Leïla Sfez (Arabic: ليلى سفاز), (born 1874–1944) was a Jewish Tunisian singer and composer who became a celebrated café-concert performer in Tunis in the 1920s.
[1][2] Born into a Jewish Tunisian family in 1874, Leïla Sfez became a celebrated performer, singing songs in the classical Andalusian style in a concert hall in the Bab Souika district of Tunis.
Their catalogue features Sfez performing ma'luf and Middle Eastern songs.
[3] In 1929, Pathé-Marconi recorded her songs, including "Hbibi ghab", "Jani el marsoul" et "Emta narja fik".
[4] Other popular Jewish singers of the period included Banat Chamama and Cheikh El Afrit [fr].