Etab is one of the pioneer female artists of Syria. In spite of pressure from her family and society, she never gave up her dream of becoming an artist. Her first solo watercolor exhibit was in 1985, she subsequently participated in several national and international exhibitions

Born in the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor in 1954, Etab Hreib graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 1978. She paints in watercolors. She received a number of awards and certificates of appreciation, including the gold medal of the Mahrous Festival in Tunisia in 1993 and Gold from The Chinese Ministry of Culture in 1993. She held dozens of exhibitions inside and outside Syria. Her work appears in many museums and private collections. Etab now lives in Chicago.