زهرة الفاسية

Zohra Al Fassiya was a Moroccan singer and poet. Considered as the queen of the chgouri, malhoun and gharnati genres, and one of the pioneers of modern Moroccan music, she was the first female recording artist in Morocco. Her songs were known throughout Morocco and Algeria, where she collaborated with lyricists and musicians from Oran and Tlemcen. Although her songs were mostly secular in nature, many of the melodies have later been modified to befit religious Jewish liturgical songs as well.