Dihya or Kahina (Berber: Daya Ult Yenfaq Tajrawt Dihya or Damya Arabic: ديهيا) was a Berber queen religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to Arab Islamic expansion in Northwest Africa the region then known as Numidia. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern-day Algeria.
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