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Chaimae Abdelaziz
Chaima Doublal, known professionally as Chaimae Abdelaziz ( ar, شيماء عبدالعزيز) is a Moroccan Singer who rose to popularity as a contestant in the fourth season of The Voice Ahla Sawt, broadcast on MBC 1 (Middle East and North Africa), MBC. She sang various songs of both Moroccan and Middle-Eastern repertoires and reached the quart-finals. Early life Chaimae was born on January 26, 1996, in Marrakesh, the youngest of four siblings. She was passionate about music and acting from a very young age. Her talent was discovered by her mother at the age of 6. She grew up influenced by Moroccan music. At age 9, Chaimae sang in front of an audience for the first time. in 2013, she won the first place in the 3rd edition of Young Talent Festival in Music and Singing In Marrakesh. Participation in The Voice Ahla Sawt Chaimae competed in the fourth season of The Voice Ahla Sawt, Her audition performance of "Jital libabak" led all four coaches to turn their chairs. Chaimae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city is situated west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Marrakesh is southwest of Tangier, southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, south of Casablanca, and northeast of Agadir. The region has been inhabited by Berber farmers since Neolithic times. The city was founded in 1070 by Emir Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire. The Almoravids established the first major structures in the city and shaped its layout for centuries to come. The red walls of the city, built by Ali ibn Yusuf in 1122–1123, and various buildings constructed in red sandstone afterwards, have given the city the nickname of the "Red City" ( ''Almadinat alhamra) or "Ochre City" (). Marrakesh grew rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC 1 (Middle East And North Africa)
MBC 1 is a free-to-air pan-Arab general television channel. Satellite transmission started from London in September 1991, making MBC 1 the first independent Arabic satellite TV station, with an estimated audience of more than 130 million Arab people around the world. MBC has recently moved its headquarters to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MBC 1 previously used to air cartoons, western movies and programs before launching MBC 2, MBC 3, and MBC 4. One of its most popular, widely known and controversial shows, and the one generating the highest advertising rates, is '' Kalam Nawaem'', a show led by several women that addresses many types of (women's) issues and taboos, including terrorism, domestic violence, polygamy, divorce and women's suffrage. MBC 1 HD launched on 1 July 2011. From 24 March to 22 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, MBC 1 used an on-screen DOG depicting its logo encased inside a house. Programming Television shows and programming *''Arab Idol'' *''Good Morning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warda Al-Jazairia
Warda Al-Jazairia ( ar, وردة الجزائرية; born Warda Mohammed Ftouki (); 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer. She was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music. Her name was sometimes shortened to just Warda ( meaning "flower") or as "The Algerian flower" in the Arab world. Early life Warda Ftouki was born in Paris on July 22, 1939. Her father, Mohammed Ftouki, was an Algerian from Souk Ahras, and her mother was Lebanese.« La diva de la chanson arabe, Warda El Djazaïria, n'est plus… » rchive, Alger Chaine 3, 18 mai 2012 She was the youngest of five children. Warda began singing in the 1950s. She made her debut at the Tam-Tam, a cabaret owned by her father Located on rue Saint-Séverin, in the Latin Quarter, it is home to many famous stars of Arabic song, such as Safia Chamia and Farid El Atrache. The TAM-TAM: Warda's first stage Mohammed Ftouki opened the Tam-Tam in 1951 anagram of "Tunisia - Algeria - Morocco", at a time when sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najat Aatabou
Najat Aâtabou ( ar, نجاة اعتابو; born 1960) is an Berber Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer. Her song "Hadi Kedba Bayna" was sampled by the Chemical Brothers in their 2004 song "Galvanize". Early life Najat Aâtabou was born in Khémisset on 9 May 1960 into a lower-class family, with five brothers and four sisters. She dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but her life would take a different direction. Singing was her favourite thing to do and she would walk to school every morning singing songs. When she reached the age of thirteen, she would sneak out of her bedroom window and sing at local weddings and school parties for money. At one of these parties, a friend recorded her voice with a tape recorder. The tape was sold illegally throughout Morocco and the song ("J'en ai marre") ("I've had enough of it") became especially popular. Her family soon found out about her singing and did not accept her choice of vocation. Her brothers threatened to kill her if she cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayada El Hennawy
Mayada El Hennawy ( ar, ميادة الحناوي; born October 8, 1959) is a Syrian singer. She lived a part of her life in Egypt where she collaborated with many famous Egyptian musical composers like Mohamed El Mougy and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, who created popular musicals of her songs. Career Born Mayada Bent Bakri El Hennawy in a music-loving family, she was discovered by Egyptian composer musician, and singer-songwriter Mohamed Abdel Wahab when at the age of 18, she was performing in Bloudan, Syria. Abdel Wahab named her "The Songstress of the Generation" (in Arabic مطربة الجيل transliterated as Moutribat el Jeel). and invited her to Egypt to write songs for her. Mayada's sister Faten was also a very promising singer as well. El Hennawy cooperated with some of the biggest known Egyptian lyricists and music composers, including Abdel Wahab and Mohammed El Mougy. But her biggest launch as a pan-Arab singer came with her collaboration with songwriter Baligh Hamdi in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samira Said
Samira Abdelrazak Bensaïd ( ar, سميرة عبد الرزاق بنسعيد, Samīra ʿAbd ar-Razzāq ibn Saʿīd; born 10 January 1958), professionally known as Samira Said ( ar, سميرة سعيد, Samīra Saʿīd), is a Moroccan singer, who resides in Egypt for more than forty-years and is known for her Egyptian Arabic genre. Career Samira Said was born in 1958 in Rabat, in Morocco, to a father from Rabat and a mother from Fez. She began singing at the age of nine, and was discovered on the music program, ''Mawaheb'', broadcast on Moroccan TV. She then moved to Egypt where her fame around the Arab world began. She has dual nationality in Morocco and Egypt, her resident home, as she moved to Cairo in 1977. All her albums are in Egyptian Arabic, but she has also recorded some songs in Moroccan Arabic, such as "Kifash Tlakina" ("How we Met"), "Fayetli sheftek shi marra" ("I've seen you once"), "Sarkouh" ("They Stole Him"), and "Al Behhara" ("Mariners"). Her singles included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Samih
Naima Samih ( ar, نعيمة سميح, born 1953 in Derb Sultan, Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan artist. Born in a Saharawi family of thirteen children in Casablanca, Naima Samih started singing at the age of nine. She stopped school at an early age and worked with a seamstress to help her family, but gave up to take a chance for music. In the early seventies she got a breakthrough, taking part in the musical show "Mawahib" (a show that revealed Moroccan talents such as Samira Said, and Rajae Belmlih). She became a star in the 1970s with the release of her song "Jrit Ou Jarit" also known as "Yaka Jarhi". It became a hit throughout the Arab world, from North Africa all the way to the Persian Gulf region. Unlike her fellow singers from Mawahib, she stayed in Morocco to pursue her career and not to go to Egypt, that was welcoming voices from across the Arab world to work with its leading composers and writers. ''"I think''," she said, "''that one can achieve success and revea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Hamaki
Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed El Hamaki ( ar, محمد إبراهيم محمد الحماقي ; born 4 November 1975) is an Egyptian singer. In 2010, he won the "Best Arabia Act" award from MTV Europe Music Awards 2010, MTV Europe Music Awards and the Music Award in 2006, for ''"Ahla Haga Fiki"''. He was a coach at the The Voice Ahla Sawt (season 5), fifth season of ''The Voice Ahla Sawt'' in 2019. Early life and career Mohamed Hamaki was born on 4 November 1975. On July 3, 2011, Hamaki was rushed to hospital after suffering multiple heart attacks whilst recording one of his latest albums. In September 2021, Hamaki collaborated with the American company Epic Games for a concert in the creative mode of the popular videogame Fortnite. In this concert several of his songs could be heard, also his song ''Leilet El Omr'' was premiered in the same concert, along with this an emote with part of this song was made available for purchase in the game's Item Shop. Personal life On December 7, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city is situated west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Marrakesh is southwest of Tangier, southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, south of Casablanca, and northeast of Agadir. The region has been inhabited by Berber farmers since Neolithic times. The city was founded in 1070 by Emir Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the imperial capital of the Almoravid Empire. The Almoravids established the first major structures in the city and shaped its layout for centuries to come. The red walls of the city, built by Ali ibn Yusuf in 1122–1123, and various buildings constructed in red sandstone afterwards, have given the city the nickname of the "Red City" ( ''Almadinat alhamra) or "Ochre City" (). Marrakesh grew rapidly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Ahla Sawt
''The Voice: Ahla Sawt'' is the Arabic version of Dutch show ''The Voice of Holland'' created by John de Mol and produced by Talpa Media Group. The first season of MENA's version of ''The Voice'' debuted on 14 September 2012 and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut, Lebanon via MBC 1, a pan-Arabian television station. Through an agreement, the show was also simulcast via LBCI's channels. The first two season's main host was Egyptian actor Mohammad Kareem and Arwa Gouda. Nadine Wilson Njeim hosted from backstage. The format of ''The Voice: Ahla Sawt'' has three stages, which are the blind auditions, the battle rounds, and the live performances. In the blind auditions, each contestant will be allowed to sing for 90 seconds with each of the coaches having their backs to the singer. When a coach wants a singer on their team, the coach presses a red button that results in the chair being turned around to reveal who the singer is to that coach and the singer joining their team. If two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Pop Music
Arabic pop music or Arab pop music is a subgenre of pop music and Arabic music. Arabic pop is mainly produced and originated in Cairo, Egypt; as Egyptian music genre is by far the most widespread within the region. Also Beirut, Lebanon, and Gulf states come as secondary centers. It is an outgrowth of the Arabic film industry (mainly Egyptian movies), also predominantly located in Cairo. Since 2000, various locations in the Gulf countries have been producing Khaleeji pop music. The primary style is a genre that synthetically combines pop melodies with elements of different Arabic regional styles, called ''ughniyah'' ( ar, أغنية) or in English "song". It uses a wide variety of instruments, including electric guitars or electronic keyboards, as well as traditional Middle Eastern instruments like the oud, darbukka or qanun and many more. Another characteristic aspect of Arabic pop is the overall tone and mood of the songs. The majority of the songs are in a minor key, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raï
Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed to ''sheikh'' (Arabic: شيخ) (''shaykh'', i.e. old), the name given to Chaabi (music), Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers had become common. The lyrics of Raï have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations.Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Raï, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 3- 39. Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, History Origins Raï is a type of Algerian popular music that arose in the 1920s in the port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
