Meriem Fekkaï

Meriem Fekkai (Arabic: مريم فكاي) (1889 - July 18, 1961) sometimes spelled Fekai, was an Algerian singer.

Fekkai came from a Jewish family[1] born and raised in Biskra,[2] Algiers, where she developed her musical career.[3] She began her singing career rather late, but had great success at the time.[citation needed] She played the Hawzii of Arab-Andalusian music and set to music many poems of the Algerian directory.

References

  1. ^ Maxim Silverman, Palimpsestic Memory : The Holocaust and Colonialism in French and Francophone Fiction and Film, New York: Berghahn Books, 2013, VIII-206 p. ISBN 978-0-85-745883-4, p. 83.
  2. ^ Tony Langlois, "Jewish Musicians in the Musique Orientale of Oran, Algeria", in Davis Ruth Frances (ed.), Musical Exodus : Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas, Lanham (Maryland): Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, ISBN 978-0-81-088175-4, p.161.
  3. ^ "Grande dame de la chanson Algérienne". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved December 14, 2012.


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