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Dihya, also known as al-Kāhina (the priestess soothsayer) was a Berber queen and  the religious and military leader of the resistance to the Umayyad … more »

Dihya, also known as al-Kāhina (the priestess soothsayer) was a Berber queen and  the religious and military leader of the resistance to the Umayyad invasion of Numidia. Little is known of her history, though there are many legends. Rumored to be a sorceresses by Arab historians of the time, she is said to have had an affinity with the birds of the desert, and to have lived a very long life before her final defeat and death sometime near the end of the 7th century. « Less