Cheikha Rabia

rock, electronic
Cheikha Rabia is an Algerian singer born in Relizane (near Oran) in Algeria.
Born in Relizane in 1944, a city near Oran in Algeria, Rabia is the daughter of a barber (a veteran of World War I) and a seamstress from Kabylie. She began singing at 11 years old after discovering the traditional female Algerian singers called "Meddehates", who traditionally sing songs of lust, primarily performed in rural celebrations before an exclusively female audience. The songs were... meer