Fatima Amaria


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, Algiers.

Plot

Young Amaria is a member of a religious community in a village in Southern Algeria. The women there live alone most of the time. since the men work far away in the oil fields. Amaria dreams of becoming a famous singer. She sings in several music groups whose styles range from Religious music to rai and reggae by Bob Marley. When she travels to the city to do a recording, she exchanges her fullbody-Hijab for a Scarf.