Saida Fikri ( ar, سعيدة فكري; born 28 November 1971 in
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
) is a Moroccan singer and composer. Her songs are blend between Moroccan folk and Western rock music.
She started singing with her brother
Khalid Fikri and achieved notability in Morocco in the early 1990s with engaged songs. She is most remembered for songs such as ''Salouni al Adab'' (Ask me about pain). In 1998, she was banned in Morocco from public performance for the political tone of her songs.
[ The ban was only lifted in 2008.][
In 1997 she emigrated to the United States and settled there and acquired the American citizenship.]
Albums
* 1993 : Nadmana
* 1995 : Salouni alâdab
* 1998 : Al Hamech
* 2001 : Kloub Arrahma
* 2004 : Assir Al Madfoune
* 2005 : Hanna
* 2006 : Essilm
See also
* Hamid Bouchnak
Hamid Bouchnak ( ar, حميد بوشناق; born 13 May 1969) is a Moroccan raï singer.
See also
*Saida Fikri
Saida Fikri ( ar, سعيدة فكري; born 28 November 1971 in Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ...
References
External links
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People from Casablanca
Living people
21st-century Moroccan women singers
Moroccan expatriates in the United States
Moroccan women activists
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Moroccan women singers