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Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (c. 1830-1863) (Kabyle: Lalla Fadman Sumer; Arabic: ????Her ashes were transferred in 29 October 1994 from the cemetery of Sidi Abdellah, near the zawiya Boumaali in Tourtatine, to Martyrs Square at the El Alla Cemetery in Algiers for notable national figures.[1]

Lalla Fatma's life has been documented in the movie Fadhma N'Soumer [fr], directed by Belkacem Hadjadj and released in 2014.Name

Lalla, the female equivalent of the Berber word mass, is an honorific reserved for women of high social rank or for holy women.[2] "N'Soumer" means "of Soumer", where Soumer was the village nearest the zawiya of her lineage, the Sidahmed. She also sometimes bore the name "Lalla N'Ouerdja".The lead role of Fatma N'Soumer was played by French actress Laetitia Eido.[16][17] In Algeria, a few statues of Laila Fatma are in display, and a few schools and streets bear her name, notably a mixed-gender high school in Tablat, the city she died in.was an Algerian anti- colonial leader[1] during 1849-1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria.She led several battles against the French forces, until her capture in July 1857.She was imprisoned until her death six years later.She is an Algerian national hero.?????????

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (c. 1830-1863) (Kabyle: Lalla Fadman Sumer; Arabic: لالة فاطمة سومر was an Algerian anti- colonial leader[1] during 1849-1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria. She led several battles against the French forces, until her capture in July 1857. She was imprisoned until her death six years later. She is an Algerian national hero.

Name

Lalla, the female equivalent of the Berber word mass, is an honorific reserved for women of high social rank or for holy women.[2] "N'Soumer" means "of Soumer", where Soumer was the village nearest the zawiya of her lineage, the Sidahmed. She also sometimes bore the name "Lalla N'Ouerdja". Her birth name seems to have been "Fadhma Si Ahmed Ou Méziane", but she went by Fatma N'Soumer and eventually Lalla Fatma N'Soumer with time.[3]

Biography

Fadhma Si Ahmed Ou Méziane was born in 1830 to her parents Sid Ahmed Mohamed and Terkia n'ath Ykhoulaf[4] in what is now the commune of Abi Youcef, near Aïn El Hammam. As her last name suggests, she descended from the lineage of a respected marabout, Ahmed Ou Méziane, which gave her more influence than most women of Algerian society of the era. Her family would extend to 8 children: 5 brothers and 2 sisters. [4] Fadhma's father was the head of a madrasa (Islamic school) linked to the zawiya of the Rahmaniyya order of Sufi Islam, originally founded by Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine in the late 1790s. As a result, Fadhma had access to more of an education than many children of the era. Around the age of 16-18 and with the approval of her older brother as head of the family after her father's death, Fadhma was put in an arranged marriage with a family cousin, Si Yahia n'ath Ikhoulaf. However, the couple quickly separated; she returned to her religious st

Legacy

Sherif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma n'Soumer (Philippoteaux, 1866) Various legends spread about N'Soumer. Her disciples said she was gifted powers by God, including the abilities to see the future and cure illness.[13]

The French explorer and writer Émile Carrey [fr] met with N'Soumer after her capture in 1857, and is one of the most Important literary sources on N'Soumer. He wrote that she was beautiful, but overweight, and her size was the butt of jokes by the soldiers. He remarked that her capture was still remarkably effective; he wrote that "once she was in our hands, all resistance ceased, and our success was assured."[14] The French also called her "La Jeanne d'Arc du Djurdjura" as a reference to Joan of Arc's role title.[15] female religious and military leader; according to tradition General Yusuf gave her the

Lalla Fatma's grave remained a place of pilgrimage for the inhabitants of the region for some time. Her ashes were transferred in 29 October 1994 from the cemetery of Sidi Abdellah, near the zawiya Boumåali in Tourtatine, to Martyrs Square at the El Alla Cemetery in Algiers for notable national figures.[1]

Lalla Fatma's life has been documented in the movie Fadhma N'Soumer [fr], directed by Belkacem Hadjadj and released in 2014. The lead role of Fatma N'Soumer was played by French actress Laetitia Eido.[16][17] In Algeria, a few statues of Laila Fatma are in display, and a few schools and streets bear her name, notably a mixed-gender high school in Tablat, the city she died in.