“Cheikha Rimitti’s Legacy Lives On: Tribute Concert Draws Large Audience in Oran”

2023-05-20 22:23:18

17 years following his death, the popularity of Cheikha Rimitti has remained intact in Oran as evidenced last Wednesday by the large number of people who came to the Maghreb cinema to attend a tribute concert that the French Institute of Oran, in collaboration with the ONCI, returned to him.

It must be said that the risk of an oven hovered seriously, the announcement of this event having been made only 48 hours in advance, which raised fears that this large hall on rue Larbi Ben M’hidi (which might contain more than 1,600 seats) or completely deserted on D-Day. In the end, word of mouth paid off, and the orchestra part of the Maghreb cinema was considerably “filled”. A tour de force, therefore, which can be attributed to the unparalleled enthusiasm experienced by Cheikha Rimitti and which, for so many years, has not lost a wrinkle.

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