Houria aichi biography of barack
A brilliant student, encouraged by her parents, Houria Aïchi attended secondary school in Constantine, attended university in Algiers and completed her....
Ambassador of Chaouia Culture
Was it easy for you to learn the traditional songs?
Houria Aïchi: I was born in a traditional family in which folksongs played an important role – one heard them almost every day.
We women lived in a large courtyard, and the courtyard was a creative environment.
The Algerian singer Houria Aichi is a guest at the Theater an der Ruhr.
That's where I got to know and love singing. The culture in which I grew up was characterised by family solidarity, a strict code of honour and a tradition of singing which only exists there.
Were the women on their own in the courtyard?
Houria Aïchi: Yes.
The men left the house in the morning and didn't come back before the evening, so that the place was left to us for the day, and many things went on there. We often laughed together, and the children were educated there, but there was, as I said, a very intensive cultural and artistic life.
The women sang, they made music and did weaving. In spring and summer there was a weaving frame at the back of the courtyard, and all the wo
