Hamza Khafif (), also known by the pseudonym TaSh36, is a Moroccan actor, poet, musician, and graphic artist from

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Name

TaSh36 is the pseudonym Khafif uses for his work as a graphic artist. "TaSh" refers to

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, the language of the Shilha Amazigh people.

Career

Music

In the past, he performed as a percussionist with Kabareh Cheikhats, a musical troop that performs traditional Moroccan and Arabic folk songs in drag.

Film

He performed the role of Omar, one of the main characters, in

Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi is a Moroccan film director and screenwriter. She was a recipient of the 2017 Gan Foundation prize and a grant from the Doha Film Institute in 2017. Her feature film, ''Sofia'' won the best screenplay award at Cannes, ...

's 2018 film

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, an award winning film at the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

Graphic art

On October 26, 2019, Khafif's work was exhibited alongside a screening of Manel Mahdouani's work on Amazigh tattooing in an exhibition called Imazighan () at Bachibouzouk. TaSh36's work explored motifs from Amazigh art and culture and their relationship with Moroccan history, in an attempt to renew them.

References

21st-century Moroccan actors People from Casablanca 21st-century Moroccan artists 21st-century Moroccan musicians 1992 births Living people {{Morocco-bio-stub