Saida Fikri

Saida Fikri (Arabic: سعيدة فكري; born in Casablanca) is a Moroccan singer and composer. Her songs are blend between Moroccan folk and Western rock music.[1][2]

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.[3] The ban was only lifted in 2008.[3]

In 1997 she emigrated to the United States and settled there and acquired the American citizenship.[3]

Albums

See also

References

  1. "Une artiste à part". Le Temps. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. "Saida Fikri". 25 September 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "SAIDA FIKRI BIOGRAPHY". Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.