A Wisdom Archive on Music of Morocco - Chaabi

Main article: Chaabi Chaabi (popular) is a music consisting of numerous varieties which are descended from the multifarious forms of Moroccan folk music. Chaabi was originally performed in markets, but is now found at any celebration or meeting. Chaabi songs typically end with a leseb, or swift rhythmic section accompanied by syncopated clapping. A sophisticated form of chaabi evolved in the 1970s competing with popular Egyptian and Lebanese music. These chaabi groups consisted of a lute and a hadjuj ...

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Main article: Music of Algeria Out of all the North African countries, Algerian popular music may be best-known abroad. Raï, a style of urban popular music developed in early 20th century Oran, has been famous in Europe, especially France (which has a large Algerian population) since the late 1980s. The music of the Kabylian Berbers and sha-bii are both also renowned throughout the country, and in France. Descended from music imported from Andalusia in the 15th century, Algerian nuubaat is a kind of classical music that remains popular in much of the country. Over the years, it has ev ...

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Main article: Politics of Algeria The head of state is the President of the republic, who is elected to a 5-year term, renewable once. Algeria has universal suffrage. The President is the head of the Council of Ministers and of the High Security Council. He appoints the Prime Minister who is also the head of government. The Prime Minister appoints the Council of Ministers. The Algerian parliament is bicameral, consisting of a lower chamber, the National People's Assembly (APN), with 380 members and an upper chamber, the Council of Nation, with 144 member ...

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Main article: Music of Morocco Morocco has a long tradition of musical development in several fields, including Andalusian classical music and Sephardic music. Andalusian music is derived from the music of Muslim Moors who controlled Andalusia, now a part of Spain. Sephardic music is distinct to the Sephardic Jews, who live across North Africa and have brought their music to Israel, where many now live. More recently, Morocco has produced some well-known raï singers, continuing a tradition more closely associated with n ...

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Main article: Music of Egypt Egypt's best-known popular tradition is probably classical Arab music, especially stars like Umm Kulthum. Later styles include sawahii, al-jil and shaabi. ...

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Main article: Culture of Algeria Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib and Kateb Yacine, while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Important novelists of the 1980s included Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views. As early as Roman times, Apuleius, born in Mdaourouch, was n ...

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