Abdelaziz al-'Arbaoui (), commonly known as Stati (), is a Moroccan singer born in
Laaounate
Laaounate is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Bennour Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 18,258 people living in 3188 households.
Notable people
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Sidi Bennour Province
Sidi Bennour Province () is a province of Morocco in the Casablanca-Settat
Casablanca-Settat ( ar, الدار البيضاء - سطات, ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ - siṭṭāt; ber, ⴰⵏⴼⴰ - ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ, anfa - sṭṭat) is one of the ...
in 1961. His name "Stati" comes from the fact that he has a sixth finger on his left hand.
Mawazine stampede
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stampede
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broke out after his performance at the 2009
Mawazine
Mawazine ( ar, موازين, mawāzīn, meaning "rhythms of the world") is a Moroccan International music festival held annually in Rabat, Morocco, featuring many international and local music artists. The festival is presided over by Mounir Maj ...
music festival in Rabat.
Music
Abdelaziz Stati's discography consists of multiple Moroccan musical genres like:
Aita
Aita (also spelled ''Eita'' in Etruscan inscriptions) is the name of the Etruscan equivalent to the Greek Hades, the god of the underworld.
Images
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Chaabi
Chaabi ( in Arabic), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different music genres in North Africa and the Middle East such as Algerian chaabi, Moroccan chaabi and Egyptian Shaabi.
Chaabi music just means 'music ...
, Jra and Kaada. His instrument of choice is the
violin
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.
Personal life
Stati was the subject of scandal in 2018 when a young woman, Ilham, claimed she was his daughter. Stati initially denied any involvement or interest in her life but later, after finding out she was in fact his daughter, met with her.
See also
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Mohamed Rouicha
Mohamed Rouicha ( ar, محمد رويشة; 1950 – 17 January 2012) was a Moroccan folk
Folk or Folks may refer to:
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* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
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Said Senhaji
Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, Morocco. His roots go back to Taounate
:''This article refers to the city of Taounate; for the province see Taounate Province.''
ar, تاونات
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References
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1961 births
20th-century Moroccan male singers
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Living people
21st-century Moroccan male singers