Mohammed Amine El Bellaoui (), known as Rebel Spirit, is a Moroccan

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

author, illustrator,

street artist A street artist is a person who makes art in public places. Street artists include portrait artists, caricaturists, graffiti artists, muralists and people making crafts. Street artists can also refer to street performers such as musicians, acrob ...

, and musician from Casablanca,

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

. He came out of Casablanca's underground art scene and gained notoriety with the release of his comic book entitled the ''Casablanca Guide'' (, )''.'' He is considered a prominent member of the contemporary art and culture scene in Casablanca and in Morocco.

Life

He was born in Casablanca on March 24, 1989. He studied comic book writing at Casablanca's Upper School of Fine Arts. He supports the

Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...

soccer club.

Career

''Casablanca Guide''

''Casablanca Guide,'' a comic book containing stories about life in Casablanca, was published January 2015. The comic is written in Casablanca's version of

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, Moroccan vernacular

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, and translated into French as well. This work was exhibited at the

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of Casablanca January 2015. A sequel entitled '' From Casa, With Love'' was published November 3, 2017.

Other projects

Rebel Spirit participates in many other artistic projects. For example, he designed the cover of

Hoba Hoba Spirit Hoba Hoba Spirit is a musical fusion band based in Casablanca, Morocco that was formed in 1998. It is composed of Adil Hanine (drummer), Anouar Zehouani (guitarist), Saâd Bouidi (Bass guitar), Reda Allali - (vocalist and guitarist) and Othmane H ...

's album ''As It Should'' ()''.'' He also worked on a comic book with the city government of Casablanca to spread civic principles. His band, Moustach Orchestra, was founded in 2018. It draws inspiration from and pays tribute to Moroccan

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 ...

music of the 70's, 80's, and 90's.

References

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