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Dihya / Damya
Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria).jpg
Dihya memorial in Khenchela, Algeria
Reign Early seventh century
Predecessor Kusaila
Died 703 CE (in battle)
Bir al-Kahina, Aurès
Father Tabat

Dihya or Damya or in Arabic Al-Kahina (Arabic: الكاهنة, lit.'the deviner') was a Berber queen and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, 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.

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