Al-Kahina was adopted as a symbol by North African women, and was used as a symbol against foreign occupation, and later as a symbol against male hegemony. Indeed, already during the period of French colonisation of Algeria, Kahina was …

Mar 16, 2018 · Kahina (7th century CE) was a Berber (Imazighen) warrior-queen and seer who led her people against the Arab Invasion of North Africa in the 7th century CE. She is also known as al-Kahina, Dihya al-Kahina...

Aug 25, 2024 · By the late seventh century, the only thing standing between the Arab forces and the Atlantic Ocean was a Jewish warrior-queen known as the Kahina. This begs the question, how did Jews, and to a greater extent a Jewish woman, …

Dec 3, 2019 · Seventh-century North Africa would see the rise of a warrior queen named al-Kahina. Who was she and how was she able to wage a war against the Umayyad Caliphate?

Nov 28, 2022 · Also known as, Kāhinah, al-Kahina, Dahlia, Daya, Dihya al-Kahina or Dahia-al-Kahina, this intriguing woman held influence within the Berber Confederacy in the Mauretania region of North Africa. In particular, her base of power was with the Jawāra tribe in the Aurès Mountain region.

Aug 14, 2021 · Dihya, whose Arabic Al-Kahina name can be translated as 'the diviner," was believed to be capable of foreseeing the future. She was born in the 7th century in modern Algeria and ruled a free Berber state known as Numidia.

Oct 14, 2018 · A ruthless steadfast warrior, as well as a merciful leader who liberated thousands of slaves – this was Dihya al Kahina, a Jewish Berber Northern African woman. The Jewish Khaleesi, if you will, but unfortunately, not nearly as famous as …

Mar 22, 2021 · Dihya, also known as Al-Kahina, was a Berber queen and religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim invasion of the Maghreb, also known as Numidia at the time. She was born in the early seventh century and died nearly end of the seventh century in present-day Algeria.

Oct 31, 2018 · Berber independent states in the pre-Islamic period–al-Kahina would have been active militarily on the mid-portion of the map in the 7th century. It was largely the record of the revered Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, born in what is today …

Al Kahina was a remarkable leader who defied societal norms and conquered the hearts of her people. Born in the seventh century in the southern region of modern-day Morocco, Al Kahina went on to become one of the most successful and influential figures in Berber history.