Ishtar was born and brought up in the Middle East the land the Greek would name Mesopotamia. The land between the two rivers modern day Iraq and is of Chaldean Catholic background.

Ishtar has been a dancer all her life as this is a self taught dance and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East performing at Oriental dance festival in Cairo. She locally appeared in the program such as free spirit, performed at the labia in Cape Town as a solo dancer and has had published articles in the local press.

This excerpt is from The Wanderer by Gibran khalil Gibran best describes the role of the dancer.

Once there came to the court of the prince of Birkasha a dancer and her musicians. She was admitted to the court. She danced to the music of the flute, the lute, and the Zither.

She danced the dance of the flames and the fire, and the dance of the swords and spears. She danced the dance of stars and the dance of space and then she danced the dance of flowers in the wind.

When she had finished, she approached the prince and bowed her body before him. The prince bade her to come nearer and said unto her, Beautiful woman, daughter of grace and delight, whence comes your art and how is it that you command all the elements in your rhymes?

The dancer came near and bowed her body again and said, “Gracious majesty, I know not the answer to your questions. Only this I know: The philosophers soul dwells within his head, the poets soul dwells within his heart, the singers soul dwells about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.’