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

Fekkai came from a Jewish family born and raised in Biskra, Algiers, where she developed her musical career. 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.

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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