NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Cheikha Rimitti on 21 June 2024. Cheikha Rimitti has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 3 March 2018. Cheikha Rimitti's music has been featured on 8 episodes.

Cheikha Rimitti (شيخة ريميتي‎) (born سعدية الغيزانية Saadia El Ghizania, (8 May 1923, Tessala, Algeria – d. 15 May 2006, Paris, France) was a popular Algerian raï female singer. At 15 she joined a troupe of traditional Algerian musicians and learnt to sing and dance. In 1943 she moved to the rural town of Relizane and began writing her own songs. Her songs described the tough life…