She rose to fame after prominent director Youssef Wehbi attended a concert of hers in Rubu'-Al-Sham and was impressed by her voice. He asked her to return with him to Egypt, where she would work with the stars of her time including Farid El Atrash, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and Mohamed Fawzi. She also because acquainted with King Faruk and Al-Nahhas Pasha, the former for whom she sang at a party in the Syrian embassy in Cairo.