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Fatima Amaria

  • Fatima Amaria
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1994
Format : Short
Running time : 22 (in minutes)

  Fatima Amaria lives in a ghost village, in the Sahara Desert, where women are always completely veiled in the streets. But Fatima managed to go beyond the isolation lines thanks to her divine voice. From traditional women chants, Fatima started to play with a group of musicians in her village and then in the newt town. Now, she sings and records traditional music but also more modern pieces. Her village seems smaller every day and maybe soon she will be able to go to Algiers or Oran…

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