#queen dihya

[the-elf-witch-from-space]

You want a badass feminist anti-colonial icon?

Allow me to introduce Queen Dihya "Al-Kahina (Arabic: الكاهنة)"

Queen Dihya of the Berbers, or Amazigh ("Free People" ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ) led an indigenous rebellion against the oppressive colonial forces. She is the real life Khaleesi. A witch warrior-queen who fought for the freedom of her people.

[valkyries-things]

DIHYA // QUEEN OF THE AURES

“She was a Berber queen of the Aures and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia notably defeating the Umayyad forces in the Battle of Meskiana after which she became the uncontested ruler of the whole Maghreb.”