Souad Massi
World Music Singer
Multilingual Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist who released the solo albums Raoui and Mesk Elil.
Her music career began as a member of the band Atakor.
She received death threats for her politically-charged lyrics and had to flee Algeria in the 1990s.
She was born into a family of seven children.
She and Cheb Hasni are both popular singers from Algeria.