Sidi Kaddour El Alami () also transliterated as Qaddur al-Alami (born 1742 in

Meknes Meknes (, ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravid dynasty, Almoravids as a military settlement, Mekne ...

, died 1850) was a Moroccan poet best known for his songs. His full name was Abd al-Qadir ibn Mohammed ibn Ahmad ibn Abi-l-Qasim al-Idrisi al-Alami al-Hamdani and he was known under the name Sayyidi Qaddur al-Alami at-Talibi al-Abd as-Salami. He was a songwriter in the genre of the

malhun Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: ''al-malḥūn''), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco.Mounira SolimanPopular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook p.58 (Routledge 2013) ...

and founded the

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Alamin in Meknes, an influential one for the malhun. He grew up in

.M.T. Buret, "Sidi Qaddur El Alami", in: Hesperis, 1938 1e tri., pp. 85-90

References

*J. Jouin, "Un poème de Si Kaddour el 'Alami", in ''Hesp.'' 46 (1959), p. 87-103. *Eugène Aubin, ''Morocco of To-day'', 1906 p. 274 *Abdelmajid Fennich, ''Dari ya dari'' (My House, O My House) Play about the life of Sidi El Alami, 2003 *Audio "Tawassolat

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