Birthday
1939/07/22
Day of death
2012/05/17 (72 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Warda Ftouki, Warda El-Djazairia , وردة, وردة الجزائرية , ورده, ورده الجزائريه
Warda Ftouki, better known as Warda (Arabic: وردة), or Warda Al-Jazairia (Arabic: وردة الجزائرية, "Warda the Algerian"), was an Algerian singer. Born on July 22, 1939 in Paris to an Algerian father and a Lebanese mother, she died on May 17, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Warda was born in Paris to an Algerian father, Mohammed Ftouki, originally from Souk Ahras, and a Lebanese mother. She began singing during the 1950s in her father's establishment, Tam-Tam, in the Latin Quarter in Paris. At 11, she sang...Read more