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-{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=2|Content=4|Language=4|References=3}}[[File:Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria).jpg|thumb|Dihya]]'''Dihya''' was a Berber queen who led her people in resisting the Islamic conquest of her home in North Africa. She is better known as Kahina or al-Kahina, a title given to her by the Arab Muslims, which means "the witch" or "the sorceress."
+{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=2|Content=3|Language=2|References=3}}[[File:Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria).jpg|thumb|Dihya]]'''Dihya''' was a Berber queen who led her people in resisting the Islamic conquest of her home in North Africa. She is better known as Kahina or al-Kahina, a title given to her by the Arab Muslims, which means "the witch" or "the sorceress."
 ==Roman North Africa and Early Life==
 Before the [[Islam|Islamic]] [[Jihad|conquest]], Northern Africa was a province of the Roman (Byzantine) Empire. At that time it comprised Tunisia, north Algeria and some parts of Morocco. Northern Roman Africa, reconquered in 533 AD by Emperor Justinian, was an Exarchate - a single province with virtual autonomy, governed by a supreme official called the Exarch.