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Zohra Hamid
Zohra (Arabic: زهرة, Persian: زهره) may refer to: People Given name *Zohra Al Fassiya (1905-1994), Moroccan singer and poet *Zohra Begum Kazi (1912–2007), Bangladeshi physician and activist *Zohra Bensalem (born 1990), Algerian volleyball player *Zohra Daoud (born 1954), American TV celebrity and model *Zohra Drif (born 1934), Algerian politician and lawyer *Zohra Lampert (born 1937), American actress *Zehra Nigah (born 1937), Urdu poet from Pakistan *Zohra Sarwari, Muslim American author, business coach, entrepreneur *Zohra Sehgal (born 1912), Indian stage and film actress *Zohra Aghamirova (born 2001), Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast Middle name *Fatima Zohra Cherif (born 1986), Algerian volleyball player *Fatima Zohra Karadja (born 1949), Algerian Vice-President for the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council for Northern Africa *Fatima-Zohra Oukazi (born 1984), Algerian volleyball player Surname *Lalla Fatima Zohra (1929–2014), eldest daughter of King Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohra Al Fassiya
Zohra Al Fassiya ( ar, زهرة الفاسية, he, זוהרה אלפסיה) was a Moroccan singer and poet. Considered as the queen of the melhoun and gharnati genres, and one of the pioneers of modern Arabic music, she was the first female recording artist in Morocco, and her songs were widely celebrated throughout Morocco and Algeria, where she collaborated with lyricists and musicians from Oran and Tlemcen. Although her songs were mostly secular in nature (being the popular music of the time in Morocco), many of the melodies have later been modified to be fit religious Jewish liturgical songs (called piyyutim) as well. Born in Sefrou, near Fez, at the feet of the mountains of Atlas in a modest Moroccan Jewish family, she started to sing at a very early age when she performed religious songs at her synagogue. During her youth, she started to sing in coffee houses and cabarets near towns and in Casablanca. Her songs were mostly secular gharnati songs (Andalusian Arabic song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |