[1] El Hamdaouia was born on 28 October 1930 and grew up in Derb Sultan in Casablanca where she started singing from a young age.
[2] She started her career in the 1950s, performing the genre "El Aita al Marsaouia".
During the French protectorate, singers of El Aita were popular for their lyrics, calling for the colonizers to leave the country.
[3] El Hamdaouia was also known for her unique appearances on stage, inseparable from her bendir, a large hand-held frame drum.
[4] El Hamdaouia is famous for several songs such as:[5] This Moroccan biographical article is a stub.