Salima Ziani

{{Short description|Riffian singer-songwriter}}

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| honorific_prefix =

| name = Salima Ziani

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| image = Silya Ziani.pngSans titre.png

| caption = Ziani in 2017

| native_name = ⵙⴰⵍⵉⵎⴰ

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| birth_name = Salima Ziani

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1994}}

| birth_place = Afzar, Al-Hoceima, Morocco

| disappeared_place = Al-Hoceima, Morocco

| nationality = Moroccan

| other_names = Silya Ziani

| alma_mater = Mohammed First University

| occupation = {{Plainlist|

• Activist
• Singer
• Actress

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| known_for = Hirak Rif Movement

| relatives = Massinissa of the Rif (cousin)

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| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| instrument = {{flatlist|

• Vocals
• sampler
• guitar

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| genre = {{flatlist|

• Riffian Music
• Pop Music
• Amazigh Music
• Alternative Music

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Salima Ziani (Tifinagh: ⵙⴰⵍⵉⵎⴰ, {{Langx|ar|سليمة الزياني}}; born in 1994) also known as Silya is a Moroccan singer-songwriter, human rights activist, feminist, and ex-political prisoner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.febrayer.com/465794.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702025356/https://www.febrayer.com/465794.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 2, 2017|title=من تكون سيليا التي اعتقلها الأمن بعد تظاهرة الحسيمة – فبراير.كوم {{!}} موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة|date=July 2, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/morocco-rif-activists-fighting-nation-170827124952352.html|title=Morocco's Rif activists 'fighting for our nation'|last=Alami|first=Aida|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=October 8, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/world/africa/morocco-berber-rif-nasser-zefzafi.html|title=Morocco's Stability Is Roiled by Monthslong Protests Over Fishmonger's Death|last=Alami|first=Aida|date=August 26, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} She was born and grew up in the Afzar neighborhood of Al Hoceima.{{Cite web|url=http://alaoual.com/profile/65011.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322095118/http://alaoual.com/profile/65011.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2019|title=بورتريه.. سيليا الزياني.. الوجه المؤنث في قيادة "حراك الريف" – الأول|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019}} She later moved to Imzouren, in the Rif Region, where she's originally from.{{Cite web|url=https://alaoual.com/profile/65011.html|title=بورتريه.. سيليا الزياني.. الوجه المؤنث في قيادة "حراك الريف"|date=May 20, 2017|website=الأول|language=ar|access-date=October 10, 2019}} She is the youngest of six siblings: four sisters and two brothers.