Salima Ziani

Salima Ziani (سليمة الزياني) also known as Silya is a Moroccan singer specialized in Rifi folk culture.[1][2][3] She was born and grew up in the Afzar neighborhood of Al Hoceima.[4] She later moved to Imzouren; she has roots in a tribe there.[5] She is the youngest of six siblings: four sisters and two brothers.[4]

Silya
سليمة الزياني
Salima Ziani
Born1994 (age 2627)

Studies

She enrolled at Mohammed First University in Oujda, majoring in Amazigh studies.[5]

Music

Ziani specializes in izran, a traditional form of poetry performed by women, popular throughout the Rif.[6]

Political activism

Ziani is quoted in an article by Ali Jaouate in al-Aoual saying: "I try, despite the difficulties in this patriarchal society, to constantly establish myself as well as my presence in the Hirak, so that the Rifi woman is present."[1]

At 23 years old, she was arrested after the February 20 Al Hoceima protests, part of the Hirak of the Rif.[1] On the July 23, 2017—the 18th anniversary of King Muhammad VI's ascension to the throne—the Moroccan monarch announced the royal pardon of Salima Ziani.[7] She was released on July 29, 2017.[8]

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