Souad Massi

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Since 2005 Massi has worked as a UN ambassador for women in Africa. She sponsored a microcredit project that helped women establish small businesses and later supported the Fund for Women in the Mediterranean, which works against violence towards women and children and promotes women's independence. Source
2015 Her album "El Mutakallimûn" set classical and contemporary Arabic poetry to music, including works addressing tyranny, freedom and resistance. Massi explicitly described giving hope to people fighting for freedom as part of her responsibility as an artist. Source
2019 Massi publicly supported the Hirak protest movement against Abdelaziz Bouteflika's government and organised a solidarity concert in Paris on 3 April to support the Algerian protesters. Source

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