What is "dihya"

Dihya or Kahina ( Berber: Daya Ult Yenfaq Tajrawt, ⴷⵉⵀⵢⴰ Dihya, or ⴷⴰⵎⵢⴰ Damya), was a Berber warrior queen, religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to Arab Islamic expansion in Northwest Africa, the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria.

Dihya (real name Zohra Aïssaoui) is an Algerian singer of Chaoui music. Dihya was born in 1950 the village of Taghit near Tighanimine to Amar Aïssaoui Taghit and Ourida Meghamri of T'kout. She moved to France in 1958 at the age of eight.