Warda al jazairia biography of michael

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Biography: Warda Al-Jazairia

She was born near Paris in Puteaux in July 1940.

The youngest of five children. Her father, Mohammed Ftouki was one of the first Algerian immigrants to France, ran a hostel for migrant workers at Boulogne-Billancourt then became the owner of an Arabic music cabaret in the Quartier Latin called the Tam-Tam (named after the three initials of the three Maghreb countries, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco).

Warda al jazairia biography of michael jackson

She used to sneak out of her room every night and hide in one of the corners for two or three hours to listen to the band while they were playing or rehearsing in her father's night club below and then she would sing for her self the next morning.

In those days Warda was unable to write any Arabic, she always had to ask her older brother to write out all her Arabic songs in the Latin alphabet. From time to time Warda's father was tolerant enough to allow his daughter's brie