Mohamed Boumerdassi ( ar, ), (March 18, 1936, in

Ouled Boumerdès Ouled Boumerdès is a village in the Boumerdès Province in Kabylie, Algeria. Location The village is surrounded by Meraldene River and Boumerdès River and the towns of Thénia and Tidjelabine in the ''Khachna'' mountain range. Religion *Zawiy ...

– December 7, 2010, in

Thénia Thénia (), sometimes written as ''Thenia'', with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the daïra of the same name, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in northern Algeria. Historically, the name is a contraction of ''Theniet Beni Aicha'' ...

) was considered a Grand Master of

Bedouin music Bedouin music () is the music of nomadic Bedouin Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, Mesopotamia and the Levant. It is closely linked to its text and poems. Songs are based on poetry and are sung either unaccompanied, or to the s ...

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

Algerian music Algerian music is virtually synonymous with Raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved great popularity in France, Spain and other parts of Europe. For several centuries, Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Al-Andalu ...

Life

He was born on March 18, 1936, under the name ''Mohamed ben Mustapha al-Boumerdassi'' in the

village within the actual

Boumerdès Province Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (former ...

. He received his basic education at the ''

Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi ( ar, زاوية سيدي البومرداسي) or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern heigh ...

'' in his native village of ''Ouled Boumerdès'', where he learned the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...

. He was a keen admirer of ''Sheikh Ben Ahmed al-Boumerdassi'', then known for his

qasida The qaṣīda (also spelled ''qaṣīdah''; is originally an Arabic word , plural ''qaṣā’id'', ; that was passed to some other languages such as fa, قصیده or , ''chakameh'', and tr, kaside) is an ancient Arabic word and form of writin ...

madih nabawi Madih nabawi ( ar, مديح نبوي, pl. Madā'ih nabawiyah), one of the principal religious genres of Arabic music, is a song form dedicated to expressing praises, love and devotion for the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his family. The genre dates ...

and poetry praising

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

. 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 evening, December 7, 2010, at the age of 74 years at his home located on the Yahia Boushaki Boulevard in Thénia and was buried the next day in the ''Bourouiche cemetery'' north of the same city. A large audience represented by the friends of the deceased, his family and representatives of the ''Ministry of Culture'' and the authorities of the ''Boumerdès Province'', accompanied Sheikh al-Boumerdassi to his last home.

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* ''Hammam Alouane''

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* * * * * 1936 births People from Thénia People from Thénia District People from Boumerdès Province Kabyle people Boumerdassi family 2010 deaths 20th-century Algerian male singers Bedouin music Algerian flautists Berber musicians 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century flautists {{Singer-stub

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