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Batma
Batma is an Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dounia Batma Dounia Batma ( ar, دنيا بطمة) (born 23 April 1991) is a Moroccan singer and actress who rose to popularity around the world as the runner-up of the first season of ''Arab Idol'' (the Arabic version of Pop Idol) on MBC. She lost the tit ... (born 1991), Moroccan singer * Larbi Batma (1948–1997), Moroccan musician, poet, singer, author, and actor * Imane Batma (born 1999), Moroccan singer {{surname Arabic-language surnames Surnames of Moroccan origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dounia Batma
Dounia Batma ( ar, دنيا بطمة) (born 23 April 1991) is a Moroccan singer and actress who rose to popularity around the world as the runner-up of the first season of ''Arab Idol'' (the Arabic version of Pop Idol) on MBC. She lost the title against Egyptian contestant Carmen Suleiman. She married Mohamed Al Turk, the father of Bahraini singer Hala Al Turk. Batma was born and raised in Hay Mohammadi, in the Ain Sebaa-Hay Mohammedi district of Casablanca, Morocco. Her father, Hamid Batma, played for different bands including Mesnawa and Nass El Ghiwane, and her uncle, Laarbi Batma, is the leader of Moroccan fusion group Nass El Ghiwane, considered by Martin Scorsese as "Africa's Rolling Stones". She studied tourism after high-school, without stopping to dream about a musical career. In 2010, at the age of 18, inspired by her already-famous older cousin Khansa Batma (Mohamed Batma's daughter), she took part in a Moroccan musical competition, called Studio 2M, broadcast on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larbi Batma
Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) ( ar, العربي باطما; born in Chaouia; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer, actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane. Early life Batma grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca. Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child. Nass El Ghiwane Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group. Cinema Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie ''Le jour du forain'', directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui. He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's ''Trances'', a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane. See also * Nass El Ghiwane * Hay Mohammadi References * "Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in ''Jeune Afrique'', 1997 Mar-May * Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, ''Aspects du rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imane Batma
Imane ( ar, إيمان) is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Imane Khalifeh (1955–1995), Male Lebanese educator and peace activist * Imane Merga (born 1988), Ethiopian long-distance runner *Imane Anys Imane Anys (; Arabic: إِيمَان أَنِيس, born 14 May 1996), better known as Pokimane ( or ), is a Moroccan-Canadian Twitch streamer and YouTuber. She is best known for her live streams on Twitch, broadcasting video game content, most ... (born 1996), better known as Pokimane, Moroccan-Canadian Twitch streamer, YouTube personality {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic-language Surnames
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
