Chaabi ( in
Arabic
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), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different
music genre
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s in
North Africa
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such as
Algerian chaabi,
Moroccan chaabi
Chaabi (lit. "popular") refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music.
The genre started out as street music performed in squares and ''Souq, souks'', and can be heard in cafés, at restaurants and at ...
and
Egyptian Shaabi.
Chaabi music is frequently found in
wedding
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s and this style is often associated with the festivals. The use of popular language and the creation of new rhythms have made this style an essential complement to the dance.
Popular artists
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Hakim
* Hassan El Asmar
* Bahaa Sultan
* Hicham.Bajit
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Jedwan
Mokhtar Jedwan, also written ''Jedwane'', or ''Jedouan'' (in Arabic: المختار جدوان, Rabat, 1967) is a Moroccan singer, who stopped his singing career in 2008 and became an Islamic preacher and a Quran reader.
Early life
Mokhtar Je ...
* Yassin Bounous
* Daoudi Abdellah
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Saïd Senhaji
Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, 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 Atlan ...
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El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and ...
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El Hachemi Guerouabi
El Hachmi Guerouabi (Arabic: الهاشمي القروابي; January 6, 1938 – July 17, 2006) was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi.
He was born in El Mouradia and grew up in Bélouizdad. Guerouabi died on July 17, 2006, in Zeralda ...
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Amar Ezzahi
Amar Ezzahi (1 January 1941 – 30 November 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers.
Early life
Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kabyl ...
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Dahmane El Harrachi
Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him one of the best exported and translated Chaabi artist.
He moved to France ...
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Kamel Messaoudi
Kamel Messaoudi (), (30 January 1961; Bouzaréah, Algeria – 10 December 1998; Algiers) was an Algerian Chaabi music performer, highly regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Algerian history.
Biography
He was born in a family of Kabyl ...
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Hamada Helal
Mohamed Abdel-Fatah Mohamed Abdulaziz Helal (; born March 20, 1980), better known as Hamada Helal (), is an Egyptian singer, actor, and composer who was born in Faqous, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. He now resides in Cairo. Hamada started his inter ...
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Bab L' Bluz
Bab L' Bluz (Arabic: باب لبلوز) is a Moroccan-French Rock music, rock band that was formed in Marrakesh in 2018. The band consists of lead vocalist/ electric awisha (a smaller version of a gimbri) Yousra Mansour, electric gimbri player an ...
References
External links
Hicham.Bajit
MaghrebSpacenachattubedailyzik
Music of North Africa
Middle Eastern music
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fr:Chaâbi algérois