Meriem Fekkaï Explained

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. She played the Hawzii of Arab-Andalusian music and set to music many poems of the Algerian directory.

Notes and 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., 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,, p.161.
3. Web site: Grande dame de la chanson Algérienne. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208034737/http://www.lemidi-dz.com/index.php?operation=voir_article&date_article=2009-05-16&id_article=ca_passe_comme_ca@art6@2009-05-16. 2017-02-08. December 14, 2012.