| Intro | Algerian musician | |
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Singer Songwriter Musician |
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| From | Algeria | |
| Type | Music | |
| Gender | female | |
| Birth | 1889, Algiers, Algeria | |
| Death |
18 July 1961, Algiers, Algeria (aged 72 years) |
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Meriem Fekkai (Arabic: مريم فكاي), sometimes spelled Fekai or Fekkai, was an Algerian singer. Born in 1889 and died in July 18, 1961, Meriem Fekkai is native of Biskra from a Jewish family, although she was raised in Algiers where she began and ended her musical career.
She began her singing career rather late, but her talent was such as it had a great success at the time, she played the Hawzi of Arab-Andalusian music and put to music many poems of the Algerian directory.