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RedOne
Nadir Khayat (born April 10, 1972), known by the stage name RedOne, was born in Tétouan, Morocco[1] and is a 2 time Grammy Award-winning and 4 time Grammy Nominee Moroccan Swedish producer/songwriter.[2][3] He has been described as the key to Lady Gaga’s musical sound.[4] … Read entire article »
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Mohamed Zafzaf
Mohamed Zafzaf (1942-2001) was a Moroccan novelist and poet from Kenitra writing in classical Arabic. In 2002, one of the most prestigious Arab literature awards created the “Mohamed Zafzaf Prize for Arabic Literature” in his honour. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 A selection of his works 1.2 Short stories 1.3 Novels 1.4 Translation – play … Read entire article »
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Djemaa el Fna
Djemaa el Fna (Arabic: جامع الفناء jâmiʻ al-fanâʼ) is a square and market place in Marrakesh’s medina quarter (old city). The origin of its name remains unknown: it means Assembly of the dead in Arabic, but as the word djemaa also means mosque in Arabic, it could also mean Place of the Vanished Mosque, in reference to a destroyed Almoravid mosque, or it could mean The Mosque of Eternity or The Mosque of Annihilation or … Read entire article »
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Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri (Arabic: محمد عابد الجابري; December 27, 1936 – May 3, 2010)[1] was a contemporary Moroccan critic and professor of philosophy and Islamic thought in Mohammed V University in Rabat. He is also an expert in Arabic and Arabic literature. He is considered to have been one of the major intellectual figures in the contemporary Arab world.[2] He is also known for his academic project “The critique of the Arab Mind”. He published … Read entire article »
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Sanaa Hamri
Sanaa Hamri Born 1975 Tangier, Morocco Occupation Director Sanaa Hamri (Arabic: سناء حمري) is a Moroccan American music video and film director. She is one of the few prominent female film and music video directors of color. Early life and breakthrough Hamri was born in Tangier, Morocco to the late Moroccan painter and author Mohammed Hamri. In 1992, at the age of 17, she won a scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she studied theatre. She studied … Read entire article »
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Listen to Abdelwahab Doukkali
Listen to Abdelwahab Doukkali Some of Abdelwahab Doukkali song Quelques chansons de Abdelwahab Doukkali for Abdelwahab Doukkali bibliography check it here doukkali bio بعض من اغاني عبد الوهاب الدكالي to add a song please send the embend from youtube daily motion as a comment … Read entire article »
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Doukkali Abdelwahab
Abdelwahab Doukkali Although it is not like many of his colleagues, Abdelwahab Doukkali nevertheless attracts the sympathy of the Director of RTM, Mahdi Elmandjra who encouraged him and predicted a flamboyant career if he tries really motivates and to get there. Buoyed by such confidence, it is a Abdelwahab Doukkali motivated more than ever that landed in Casablanca, the city where music is at the time. However, his personality being too exuberant and daring to the verge … Read entire article »
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Listen to Nass elghiwane
Listen to Nass elghiwane Ecouter a Nass Elghiwane إستمع لناس الغيوان … Read entire article »
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Gnawa music
Gnawa music is a mixture of sub-Saharan African, Berber, and Arabic religious songs and rhythms. It combines music and acrobatic dancing. The music is both a prayer and a celebration of life. Though many of the influences that formed this music can be traced to sub-Saharan Africa, and specifically, the Western Sahel, its practice is concentrated in north Africa, mainly Morocco. (See Gnawa for more details) Music In a Gnawa song, one phrase or a few lines … Read entire article »
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Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش marrākuš, marrākiš), known as the “Red City”, is an important and former imperial city in Morocco. The city of Marrakech is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Like many North African cities, the city of Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz) for a total population of 1,070,838.[1] … Read entire article »
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