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
Afzar, Hoceima, Morocco

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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References
  1. "من تكون سيليا التي اعتقلها الأمن بعد تظاهرة الحسيمة - فبراير.كوم | موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة". 2017-07-02. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. Alami, Aida. "Morocco's Rif activists 'fighting for our nation'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. Alami, Aida (2017-08-26). "Morocco's Stability Is Roiled by Monthslong Protests Over Fishmonger's Death". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  4. "بورتريه.. سيليا الزياني.. الوجه المؤنث في قيادة "حراك الريف" - الأول". 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  5. "بورتريه.. سيليا الزياني.. الوجه المؤنث في قيادة "حراك الريف"". الأول (in Arabic). 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. "سيليا.. صوت شجي من "حراك الريف" وراء القضبان في المغرب". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  7. "Morocco's king pardons some protesters, lambasts officials". Reuters. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. Masaiti, Amira El (2017-07-30). "Silya Ziani, the Female Face of the Hirak, Receives Royal Pardon". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
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