Houria aichi biography of michael jackson

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    • Houria Aïchi

    Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music

    Houria Aïchi

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    Houria Aïchi at the 20th Maghreb des livres (Paris, February 8, 2014).

    BornBatna, Algeria
    Occupationsinger
    Years active1985–present

    Musical artist

    Houria Aïchi (born in Batna) is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music.[1] Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood,[2] accompanied by bendir.[3]

    Biography

    Born in Aurès, Houria Aïchi went to study psychology in Paris in the 1970s. While teaching sociology, she started to perform in 1985, singing traditional songs of her childhood (lullabies, love songs), accompanied by traditional instruments (gasbâ, bendir), Her first two released albums did not open doors.

    Houria Aïchi also participated in the music for the film The Sheltering Sky by Bernardo Bertolucci (1990). Her third album, Khalwa (meaning A Mystical Retreat) was a collaboration with Henri Agnel [fr] which