Fatima Amaria also known as Fatima el Amaria is a documentary of a young Muslim girl in Algeria, who loved to sing.

Production

Fatima Amaria was directed by Nadia Cherabi and Male Lagguone in 1993, produced by CAAIC,Algers.

Plot

Young Amaria is a member of a religious community in a village in Southern

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. The women there live alone most of the time. since the men work far away in the

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. Amaria dreams of becoming a famous singer. She sings in several music groups whose styles range from

Religious music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for Religion, religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as a ri ...

(religious songs) to rai and

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. When she travels to the city to do a recording, she exchanges her fullbody-

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for a

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References

External links

* Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. * French Speaking-Women Film Directors. Algerian documentary films 1993 films 1993 documentary films {{1990s-documentary-film-stub