Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Lalla Fadhma n'Soumer, Lalla Faḍma n Sumer in Kabyle (born Fadhma Nat Si Hmed in Abi Youcef, Algeria c.1830) was an important figure of the Algerian resistance movement during the first years of the French colonial conquest of Algeria. The impact of her involvement was such that she has been seen as the embodiment of the struggle. Lalla, the female equivalent of sidi, is an honorific reserved for women of high rank, or who are venerated as saints. Fadhma is the Berber pronunciation of the Arabic name Fatima.