Chaabi ( in
Arabic
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), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different
music genre
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from ''musical form'' and musical style, although in practice these terms are some ...
s in
North Africa
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and the
Middle East
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such as
Algerian chaabi
Chaabi is a traditional music of Algiers (Algeria), formalized by El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka.
Originally from the Casbah, the music known as chaabi belongs to a tradition of recent origin. It emerged during the 1930s, and has lost none of its powe ...
,
Moroccan chaabi and
Egyptian Shaabi.
Chaabi music just means 'music of the people' that's why it's often found in
wedding
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s and local celebrations, and these styles are often associated with festivals.
Popular artists
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Hakim
* Hassan El Asmar
* Bahaa Sultan
* Hicham.Bajit
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Jedwan
* Yassin Bounous
* Daoudi Abdellah
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Saïd Senhaji
Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, Morocco. His roots go back to Taounate
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ar, تاونات
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El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka ( ar, الحاج محمد العنقة}), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Ma ...
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El Hachemi Guerouabi
El-Hadj El Hachmi Guerouabi (Arabic: الهاشمي القروابي; January 6, 1938 in Boudouaou, Algeria – July 17, 2006 in Zeralda, Algeria) was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi and one of the Grand Masters of the Algiers-based ...
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Amar Ezzahi
Amar Ezzahi (1 January 1941 – 30 November 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers.
Early life
Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kabyl ...
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Dahmane El Harrachi
Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist.
He moved to France in ...
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Kamel Messaoudi
Kamel Messaoudi ( ar, كمال مسعودي), (30 January 1961; Bouzaréah, Algeria – 10 December 1998; Algiers) was an Algerian Chaabi music performer, highly regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Algeria history.
Biography
He was b ...
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Hamada Helal
Mohamed Abdel-Fatah Mohamed Abdulaziz Helal ( ar, محمد عبد الفتاح محمد عبد العزيز هلال; born March 20, 1980), better known as Hamada Helal ( ar, حمادة هلال), is an Egyptian singer, actor, and composer who w ...
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Bab L' Bluz
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External links
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North African music
Middle Eastern music
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