Naïma Ababsa
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Ababsa was the daughter of the composer Abdelhamid Ababsa. Her sister, Fella El Djazairia, is also a singer.[2] She performed a great range of musical material and genres, such as Chaoui, Algérois,[3] Hawzi,[4] and other styles from North Africa. She paid tribute to Lounès Matoub in 2000 onstage in Paris.[5] She also paid homage to the singer Seloua at the Théâtre national algérien Mahieddine-Bachtarzi in Algiers in 2008.[6] In 2018, she was invited to the Festival international de musique de Timgad.[7] That same year, she participated in the 8th annual Festival Orientalys in Montreal.[8]
Naïma Ababsa died in Algiers on 18 April 2021, at the age of 58.[9]
