The Algerian singer talks about fighting for justice and honoring Arab poets through her music and performs three of her most powerful songs live. 'I Used To Be A Dreamer': To Change The World, Souad ...

In the early 1990s, Algeria had become a desperate country. Killings and disappearances, sparked by the military government's "dirty war" with Islamists, instilled fear everywhere, including its ...

Souad Massi was an icon of the “Arab alternative” music scene long before that much-in-vogue tag had been coined. The Algerian artist might have found sudden international success after moving to ...

The singer and guitarist says she's never taken the privilege of playing the music closest to her heart for granted. Souad Massi: Carrying The Sound Of Algeria On Her Back Algerian singer and ...

Mixing genres, eras, and transcending time: celebrated Algerian singer Souad Massi talks to Ahram Online prior to her concert held at The Marquee in Cairo Ma ereft tariq el shams, w el ward fi al ...

Stopping by Lebanon on her world tour, Algerian-born folk singer Souad Massi gave a laid-back and intimate performance at MusicHall Waterfront Tuesday evening. The open-air concert was completely sold ...

The Franco-Algerian singer’s 10th album spans genres and moods to potent effect, with glittering production from Justin Adams After exile from her Algerian homeland (her crime: being a political ...

Where once she condemned the oppression of women and minorities in her native Algeria, Souad Massi’s new album rebuts Western caricatures of the Arab world. It sets the great Arabic poets (the title’s ...

How does a singer respond to Isis? Souad Massi channelled Arab poets to rage against the horror The most successful female singer-songwriter in the Arabic-speaking world is talking about history, ...

In her new album, El-mutakallimun, Souad Massi follows in the footsteps of the legendary poets of the Arab-Muslim Andalusia. The artist, through 10 beautiful texts illuminated by original compositions ...

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Over the past 20 years, Souad Massi has sung provocative songs challenging authority and weaving stories in Arabic, French, and Kabyle, languages from her native Algeria. She's never been afraid to ...