Hasna El Becharia

Hasna El Becharia (in Arabic حسناء البشارية), born June 28, 1950 in Béchar (Algeria) and died in the same city on May 1, 2024, is an Algerian singer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in diwane music and guembri player. She has established herself as a monument of this music.

Born Hasniat Hosni, she is the daughter of one of the masters of the diwan from Erfoud (southeast of Morocco) and an Algerian mother from Béchar. In 1972, she formed a ...