At age 15, she joined a troupe of traditional Algerian musicians and learnt to sing and dance. In 1943 she moved to the rural town of Relizane and began writing her own songs. Her songs described the tough life endured by the Algerian poor, focusing on everyday struggle of living, pleasures of sex, love, alcohol and friendship and the realities of war.
Traditionally, songs of lust had been sung privately by Algerian women at rural wedding celebrations but were considered crude and unfit to be heard in polite society. Rimitti was one of the first to sing them in public and did so in the earthy language of the street, using a rich blend of slang and local language. She eventually composed more than 200 songs but remained illiterate all her life.
…with the release of Charrak Gattà a daring hit record, which encouraged young women to lose their virginity and which scandalised Muslim orthodoxy.
I know that it is not Haifa like the city and its writen as هيفاء which in Hebrew is probably pronounce as היפה - which means the beautiful (lady)- female conjugation, which makes it even more funnier in a good way, truely a diva.
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Second one is not surprising, Mesaytara has probably ended a lot of relationships
wow it really exposed a lot of insecure arab men
To be fair if the roles were reversed and the husband put a song about being controlling, it won't be considered fine either.
Cheikha Remitti:
I know that it is not Haifa like the city and its writen as هيفاء which in Hebrew is probably pronounce as היפה - which means the beautiful (lady)- female conjugation, which makes it even more funnier in a good way, truely a diva.
אולע בלי הגה במקום הנכון אבל עדיין מצחיק טיפה
Habibi come get ya wives