Lalla Fatma N'Soumer

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (born Fatima Sayed Ahmed Oomazian) and also known as Lalla Fatma (c.1830 – c.1863) was an important person in Algeria who fought in a resistance movement when France was invading Algeria.

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer
Faḍma n Sumer  (Kabyle)
Born	c. 1830 Werja, Abi Youcef
Died	c. 1863 (aged 32–33) Tablat
Known for	Maraboutic resistance fighter against the French conquest of Algeria

Chérif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma n'Soumer

Statue of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer in Algeria

Legacy

The movie Fatma N'Soumer (2014) is about her.

There are many statues, schools and streets in Algeria named after her and many women like her.

Other websites

• (in French) "An online biography on Algiers parliament site". Archived from the original on 2004-08-21.
• (in French) An article confronting information on Lalla Fadhma coming from oral and written sources
• Carrey, Emile (1858). Recits de Kabylie: campagne de 1857. Lévy. p. 280.