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Noura

Born
Apr 26, 1938 · Aged 76
Died
Jun 1, 2014
Place of birth
Sidi Amar, Algeria
Gender
Female
Movie credits
1
TV credits
0
Also known as (2)
  • نورة
  • Fatima Zohra Badji

Biography

Noura (in Arabic: نورة) is an Algerian singer of Arabic, Amazigh and French languages, born Fatima Zohra Badji on April 26, 1938 in Sidi Amar in Algeria, and died on June 1, 2014 in Paris. She is the wife of Kamel Hamadi, singer-songwriter, with whom she forms a legendary couple in the Arab world. In the 1950s she started on Algiers radio where she hosted a children's show. According to researcher Naïma Huber-Yahi, “she gained attention by performing in plays and operettas. She quickly established herself as one of the greatest Algerian singers of the time”, with titles such as Ya Ma Goulili…