Kahina facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Daya Ult Yenfaq Tajrawt |
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Dihya memorial in Khenchela, Algeria
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| Reign | Early VIIth Century |
| Burial | Khenchela, (present day Algeria) |
Dihya (Algerian Arabic: ديهيا, Berber: Daya Ult Yenfaq Tajrawt, Dihya, or Damya), was a Berber queen and religious and military leader. She led the native people to resist Arab expansion in Northwest Africa. This happened in the region then known as Numidia, which is eastern Algeria today. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in what is now Algeria.
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El Djem Amphitheater aerial view. The amphitheater was converted into a fortress, and in AD 699 served as a refuge for El Kahina during her fight against the Arab invaders. After the battle, the town was abandoned, and the site was reoccupied only during the French colonial period.
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