Warda Al-Jazairia

Warda Ftouki, better known as Warda (Arabic: وردة), or Warda Al-Jazairia (Arabic: وردة الجزائرية, "Warda the Algerian"), was an Algerian singer. Born on July 22, 1939 in Paris to an Algerian father and a Lebanese mother, she died on May 17, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

Warda was born in Paris to an Algerian father, Mohammed Ftouki, originally from Souk Ahras, and a Lebanese mother. She began singing during the 1950s in her father's establishment, Tam-T...