Alice Fitoussi

Alice Fitoussi was born in Bordj Bou Arreridj and raised in the ancient cultural crucible of Constantine, the daughter of master musician Rahmim Fitoussi. Gifted with a voice of crystalline purity, she mastered the complex modal Andalusian scales of Malouf under Cheikh Raymond and Hadj Fergani's predecessors.

Fitoussi held a unique place in Algerian musical history: as a Jewish woman, she was universally celebrated for her magnificent performances of Islamic devotional songs ('Madih') in honor of the Prophet Muhammad's birth (Mawlid). Her records were treasured in Algerian Muslim and Jewish homes alike as a symbol of shared Maghrebi fraternity.