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Mohamed El Jem
Mohamed El Jem (, born September 3, 1948 âgé 75 in Salé Salé (, ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Along with some smaller nearby towns, Rabat and Salé form together a single m ...) is a Moroccan theater, TV and film actor and comedian. Early life and career Mohamed El Jem was born on September 3, 1948, in the old town of the coastal city of Salé, in Northwestern Morocco. He spent his childhood singing Houcine Slaoui songs and imitating his teachers at school, until he became notable among his friends as the local comedian. Discovering his talent for comedy, he joined local theater troops and started performing in different plays starting from 1970. The first professional play where he acted was managed by Nabyl Lahlou, who introduced him to theater. In 1975, El Jem joined the national theater, where he became nationally known as a comedian, thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salé
Salé (, ) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Along with some smaller nearby towns, Rabat and Salé form together a single metropolitan area. Founded in the 11th century, it later became a haven for pirates in the 17th century as an independent republic before being incorporated into Alawi Morocco. It recorded a population of 1.089.554 in the 2024 Moroccan census. The city still preserves its historic medina (old town), with many major monuments dating from the Marinid period (13th–15th centuries). Salé is connected to Rabat by a tramway and also contains the Rabat–Salé Airport, the main international airport serving both cities. History Early history The Phoenicians established a settlement called Sala, later the site of a Roman colony, Sala Colonia, across the river on the south side of the Bou Regreg estuary. The local Banu Ifran apparently c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocco border, the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to Morocco–Western Sahara border, the south. Morocco also claims the Spain, Spanish Enclave and exclave, exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Plazas de soberanía, Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It has a population of approximately 37 million. Islam is both the official and predominant religion, while Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Additionally, French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are widely spoken. The culture of Morocco is a mix of Arab culture, Arab, Berbers, Berber, Culture of Africa, African and Culture of Europe, European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houcine Slaoui
Houcine Slaoui (''pronounced Husyn Slawi'', ; real name Houcine Ben Bouchaïb; 1918–1951)birth 1 janvier 1918 was a Moroccan singer and composer who had a considerable influence on early-modern Moroccan Chaabi music. Biography Early life As a child, Houcine Ben Bouchaïb would skip school to practice music with an improvised instrument in the quiet of the cemetery. He became a popular entertainer known as a ''hlaiqi'' (from ''halaqa'', a form of popular theater and entertainment, such as the kinds performed at ''Jemaa el-Fnaa''), a troubadour, at the age of 12. His music addressed the ills of the new urban society in Morocco brought about under the French Protectorate: the tears in the social fabric, the rural exodus, and the proletarianization of the population. He traveled around back and forth across Morocco, ailing the wounds with his music. Early career He got his break at 17 when offered a contract while performing with a ''halaqa'' in the Morocco pavilion at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabyl Lahlou
Nabyl Lahlou (born 1945 in Fes, Morocco) is a Moroccan theater director, author and actor, known for being an innovative theater and film director, and is considered one of the most influential Moroccan theater directors of the 1980s. Background He studied theater in Paris at Académie du Théâtre de la Rue Blanche and L'Ecole Charles Dullin, and later taught at Kordj-el-Kifane (Algeria). He wrote plays in both French and Arabic; among his French plays are ''Ophélie n'est pas morte'' (Ophelia is Not Dead) (1969) and ''Schrischamtury'' (1975), and among his Arabic ''Les Milliandaires'' (The Millionaires) (1968), ''Les tortues'' (The Turtles) (1970), and ''Asseyez-vous sur les cadavres'' (Sit on Corpses) (1974). His first medium length film was ''Les mortes'' (The Dead) (1975), while his first feature-length film was ''Al Kanfoudi'' (1978). Theater Lahlou directed his first play ''al-Sa"aa'' in Morocco in 1965, then left to study in France, returning in 1970. Many of his wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
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21st-century Moroccan Male Actors
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Moroccan Male Television Actors
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