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Idir
Born October 25, 1949 Died May 2, 2020 (Age 70)At Yenni, Algeria8 Credits
Idir (in Amazigh: ⵉⴷⵉⵔ, in Arabic: إدير), whose real name is Hamid Cheriet, was born in 1949 in Aït Lahcène, 35 km from Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria. He is an Algerian singer, songwriter, and musician who performs in the Kabyle language. Idir was born in 1949 in the village of Aït Lahcène, in the Djurdjura Mountains of Kabylia. The son of a shepherd, he grew up in an environment where Berber poetry and culture held a central…
