Boumerdassi Family
Boumerdassi may refer to: * Cheikh Boumerdassi, leader of the Mokrani Revolt uprising of 1871 * Mohamed Boumerdassi (1936–2010), Algerian artist and Bedouin singer See also * Boumerdès (other) * Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi () or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern heights of the current town of ...

Cheikh Boumerdassi
Cheikh Mohamed El-Boumerdassi () was one of the principal leaders of the popular Mokrani Revolt uprising of 1871 against the French occupation of Algeria. Early life ''Mohamed ben Hamou ben Abdelkrim El-Boumerdassi'' was a descendant of the marabout ''Sidi Ali Boumerdassi'' who founded the ''Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi''. He was born around 1818, and was the oldest of five brothers, whose father ''Hamou ben Abdelkrim'' () was a renowned and respected ''Sufi marabout'' in Kabylia, and his mother was ''Zehira bent Mohamed ben Amar'' (). As described by the French as adults like his younger brothers, he presented a sober build and a height exceeding 1.6 m, with graying black hair and eyebrows, a receding wrinkled forehead and chestnut eyes with a long slender nose and a big mouth, a round chin on an oval face, a swarthy complexion and he was a little bald. Mokrani Revolt During the spring of 1871, the Algerians rose up against the French invaders who had decided to build settlem ...
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Mohamed Boumerdassi
Mohamed Boumerdassi (), (March 18, 1936, in Ouled Boumerdès – December 7, 2010, in Thénia) was considered a Grand Master of Bedouin music, Malhun and Algerian music. Life He was born on March 18, 1936, under the name ''Mohamed ben Mustapha al-Boumerdassi'' in the Ouled Boumerdès village within the actual Boumerdès Province. He received his basic education at the ''Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi'' in his native village of ''Ouled Boumerdès'', where he learned the Quran. He was a keen admirer of ''Sheikh Ben Ahmed al-Boumerdassi'', then known for his qasida of madih nabawi and poetry praising Muhammad. He was also a follower of ''Sheikh al-Miliani'', who appointed him ''Commander of Bedouin Song'' (machiakha) after discovering his voice which he greatly admired. He was notably renowned for his song ''Hammam Alouane'' and a tribute was paid to him in 2004 by the Algerian Minister of Culture for the "National festival of Bedouin song and popular poetry". He died on Tuesday eve ...
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Boumerdès (other)
Boumerdès is a town in Algeria. Boumerdès may also refer to: * Boumerdès District, Algeria * Boumerdès Province, Algeria * RC Boumerdes, an Algerian football club See also * Boumerdassi (other) * Ouled Boumerdès, a village in Algeria * List of people from Boumerdès Province * 2003 Boumerdès earthquake The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21 at in northern Algeria. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boum ...