Mimoun El Oujdi

Mimoun El Oujdi ( ar, ميمون الوجدي) was a Moroccan singer '' raï'' genre of music. Like other Maghrebi ''raï'' singers, he is habitually given the title "Cheb" (), meaning "young", and is usually known as Cheb Mimoun El Oujdi (). He was born Mimoun Bakoush () in Oujda in 1950, fifteen kilometres from the Algerian border. Mimoun El Oujdi released 18 albums between 1982 and 2012, including ''Barmān'' (1985), ''Alamāne'' (1995) and ''Soulouh'' (2008). He died in November 2018.

Releases

Album releases by Mimoun El Oujdi include the following, with year, approximate transliteration and original title:
* 2010: ''Raqat al-basma'' ()
* 2008: ''Soulouh'' ()
* 2004: ''Ghorba bla wniss'' ()
* 2000: ''Marjāna'' ()
* 1997: ''Tnahad qalbi ki tfakart'' ()
* 1996: ''Aadite ezinne'' ()
* 1995: ''Alamāne'' ()
* 1992: ''Az-zin wma darte fia'' ()
* 1990: ''Alkay fat-talafun'' ()
* 1988: ''Salwa al-maktāb'' ()
* 1987: ''Ana bagheit habibi'' ()
* 1986: ''Ya moul taksi'' ()
* 1985: ''Barmān'' ()
* 1984: ''Ash-shidda ma tdoum'' ()
* 1984: ''Ana ma nawlish'' ()
* 1984: ''Raha djaia mehnati'' ()
* 1982: ''En-nar kedāt'' ()

References

1950 births
2018 deaths
Raï musicians
People from Oujda
21st-century Moroccan male singers
20th-century Moroccan male singers

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