The square named for Cheikha Remitti is defined by a central circular garden bed surrounded by simple metal benches. It honors a woman who left home at age seven and spent decades singing raï music in the cabarets of Oran. Remitti defied censors and social conventions for over seventy years, writing songs about love, alcohol, and the gritty realities of life. She recorded her final album in Paris at eighty-three, and this small patch of ground keeps her defiant voice in the city.
Place Cheikha Remitti
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