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Melhoune
Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: ''al-malḥūn''), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco.Mounira SolimanPopular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook p.58 (Routledge 2013) – It is a kind of urban, sung poetry that comes from the exclusively masculine working-class milieu of craftsmen's guilds. Origins The ''mǝlḥun'' first emerged as a pure literary creation, as a poetic genre today known in Morocco under the name of "qasida" (meaning "poem") (Arabic: القصيدة) or "zajal" (Arabic: الزجل). It developed in the Tafilalet oases of southern Morocco in the fifteenth century before it spread to other parts of the Maghreb. The Mal’aba of Al-Kafif az-Zarhuni (ملعبة الكفيف الزرهوني) is considered to be the oldest known form of the Malhun, dating back to the Marinid dynasty era (14th century). The Mal’aba describes the union's attempt of the Maghreb by the sultan Abu al-Hasan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Morocco
Moroccan music varies greatly between geographic regions and social groups. It is influenced by musical styles including Arab, Berber, Andalusi, Mediterranean, Saharan, West African, and others. Musical styles vary by geography. Andalusi music and ''malhun'' are associated with urban centers in the north, ''chaabi'' and ''aita'' are associated with the Atlantic coastal plains, ''reggada'' is associated with the Beni-Znassen region ( Oujda, Berkane..), gnawa with Essaouira and Marrakesh, ''ahidus'' with the Middle Atlas, ''ahwash'' with the Sous region, and '' guedra'' in the Sahara. Particularly since the 20th century, musicians have been synthesizing Moroccan musical traditions with influences from around the world, such as blues, rock, metal, reggae, rap, etc. Each genre and musical style is made up of regional subgroups, and is further divided between 'modern' and 'traditional' music. Traditional music styles ''Aita'' Aita ( "call, cry or lament") is a popular Bedouin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abderrahman El Majdoub
Sidi Abderrahman el Majdoub ( ar, عبد الرحمان المجذوب , March 150626May 1568), also transcribed as Mejdub, full name al-Shaykh Abu Zayd Abderrahman al-Majdoub ibn Ayyad ibn Yaacub ibn Salama ibn Khashan al-Sanhaji al-Dukkali, was a Moroccan poet, Sufi and mystic. Many lines of his poems are known throughout the Maghreb, and his work is the source of many proverbs (e.g. "doubt is the beginning of wisdom"). Biography Abderrahman was born in March 1506 in the Tit village near Azemmour, Morocco. He was of Sanhaja Berber origin. In 1508, he moved with his father to Irgan near the town of Meknes. He was brought up in a Sufi environment, his father studied under Ibrahim Afham al-Zarhuni, a student of Ahmad Zarruq. Abderrahman studied first in Meknes, then he went to Fez to continue his studies. He studied in Meknes under teachers such as Abu Ruwayin, Ahmad al-Shabih, Said ibn Abi Bakr al-Mishnaza'i, Abd al-Haqq al-Zalliji, Ja'ran as-Sfyani and the ''qutb'' Umar al-Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Music
Arabic music or Arab music ( ar, الموسيقى العربية, al-mūsīqā al-ʿArabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects, with each country and region having their own traditional music. Arabic music has a long history of interaction with many other regional musical styles and genres. It represents the music of all the peoples that make up the Arab world today, all the 22 states. History Pre-Islamic period (Arabian Peninsula) Pre-Islamic Arabia was the cradle of many intellectual achievements, including music, musical theory and the development of musical instruments. In Yemen, the main center of pre-Islamic Arab sciences, literature and arts, musicians benefited from the patronage of the Kings of Sabaʾ who encouraged the development of music. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohra Al Fassiya
Zohra Al Fassiya ( ar, زهرة الفاسية, he, זוהרה אלפסיה) was a Moroccan singer and poet. Considered as the queen of the melhoun and gharnati genres, and one of the pioneers of modern Arabic music, she was the first female recording artist in Morocco, and her songs were widely celebrated throughout Morocco and Algeria, where she collaborated with lyricists and musicians from Oran and Tlemcen. Although her songs were mostly secular in nature (being the popular music of the time in Morocco), many of the melodies have later been modified to be fit religious Jewish liturgical songs (called piyyutim) as well. Born in Sefrou, near Fez, at the feet of the mountains of Atlas in a modest Moroccan Jewish family, she started to sing at a very early age when she performed religious songs at her synagogue. During her youth, she started to sing in coffee houses and cabarets near towns and in Casablanca. Her songs were mostly secular gharnati songs (Andalusian Arabic song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haj Houcine Toulali
Houcine Toulali (1924–1998) was a Moroccan writer and singer of Malhun compositions. He wrote hundreds of qasidas. He was born in Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ... in the Toulal neighbourhood. In the seventies of the 20th century Toulali abandoned his job as flower vendor at the central market of the new city of Meknes to devote himself completely to music at the national music school of Dar Jamai where he followed lessons of Andalus music and graduated as player of the luth. He then played with the orchestra of Moulay Ahmed Mdaghri and later established his own "Orchestre de Meknès de la musique du Malhoun" (Orchestra of Meknes of Malhun music). Still later Haj Houcine Toulali created a school where his music would be taught. Some of his best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Hadad
Fatima Hadad (born 5 November 1969) is a Moroccan singer and artistic director. She is an exponent of the Moroccan sung poetry known as Malhun. In 2004 she founded a society for others interested in this Moroccan cultural heritage. Life Hadad was born in the port of Kenitra in North West Morocco in 1969. Her father, Hadad al-Ragragui, was an imam and her mother was Baqdim Aicha. She studied law at the University of Rabat but she was already interested in singing. She had become very interested in poetry when at school and she would sing songs by popular contemporary Lebanese singers. She was a particular fan of the Moroccan sung poetry known as Malhun and one of its leading modern exponents Houcine Toulali Houcine Toulali (1924–1998) was a Moroccan writer and singer of Malhun compositions. He wrote hundreds of qasidas. He was born in Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the f ... (1924-1998). Haddad le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hajj Al-Husayn Al-Tulali
Al-Ḥajj ( ar, الحج, ; "The Pilgrimage", "The Hajj") is the 22nd chapter (''sūrah'') of the Quran with 78 verses ('' āyāt''). This surah takes its name from the 27th verse. Summary *1-2 The dreadful character of the judgment-day *3-4 Nadr ibn al-Harith rebuked for his infidelity *5-7 Proofs of the doctrine of the resurrection *8-10 Abu Jahl’s obstinate infidelity and its punishment *11-13 Hypocrites exposed and rebuked *14 God will reward the righteous *15-16 God will cause Muhammad and the Quran to triumph *17 God will judge between the followers of conflicting faiths * ۩ 18 All creatures praise God *19-24 The awful fate of unbelievers contrasted with the joy of believers *25-26 Profaners of the Kaabah will be punished *27 God appointed the site of the Kaabah an abode for Abraham *28-32 The pilgrimage to Makkah instituted for Muslims *32-35 Rites to be observed by the pilgrims *36 Sacrifices appointed for the professors of every religion *37 The humble bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thami Midaghri
Thami Lamdaghri or Mdaghri (died 1856) is a well known Moroccan writer and composer of malhun Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: ''al-malḥūn''), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco.Mounira SolimanPopular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook p.58 (Routledge 2013) � ... songs. He is known for songs like ''Al-Gnawi'' and ''Aliq Al-Masrūh''. References *Farid Ababou, "Thami Mdaghri", in ''Horizons Maghrébins'', n° 43 (2000), pp 50–55 Year of birth missing 1856 deaths Moroccan songwriters 19th-century Moroccan poets 19th-century Moroccan people 19th-century Moroccan writers {{Morocco-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaddour El Alamy
Sidi Kaddour El Alami () also transliterated as Qaddur al-Alami (born 1742 in Meknes, died 1850) is one of Morocco's best known poets, especially well known for his songs. His full name was Abd al-Qadir ibn Mohammed ibn Ahmad ibn Abi-l-Qasim al-Idrisi al-Alami al-Hamdani and he was known under the name Sayyidi Qaddur al-Alami at-Talibi al-Abd as-Salami. He was a songwriter in the genre of the malhun and founded the sufi zawiyya Alamin in Meknes. This zawiyya became one of the centres from which the malhun would spread. He grew up in Meknes, and is considered a saint and one of the greatest poets of North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ... in the neo-classical and popular style.M.T. Buret, "Sidi Qaddur El Alami", in: Hesperis, 1938 1e tri., pp. 85-90 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city is situated west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Marrakesh is southwest of Tangier, southwest of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, south of Casablanca, and northeast of Agadir. The region has been inhabited by Berber farmers since Neolithic times. The city was founded in 1070 by Emir Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the imperial capital of the Almoravid dynasty, Almoravid Empire. The Almoravids established the first major structures in the city and shaped its layout for centuries to come. The red Walls of Marrakesh, walls of the city, built by Ali ibn Yusuf in 1122–1123, and various buildings constructed in red sandstone afterwards, have given the city the nickname of the "Red City" ( ''Almadinat alhamra) or "Ochr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meknes
Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became the capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Moulay Ismaïl created a massive imperial palace complex and endowed the city with extensive fortifications and monumental gates. The city recorded a population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic pole in the region of Fès-Meknès. Etymology Meknes is named after a Berber tribe which, was known as ''Miknasa'' (native Berber name: Imeknasen) in the medieval North African documents. History Early history (8th–16th centuries) Volubilis, a major Roman-era settlement in Morocco and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fez, Morocco
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 million according to the 2014 census. Located to the north west of the Atlas Mountains, Fez is linked to several important cities of different regions; it is from Tangier to the northwest, from Casablanca, from Rabat to the west, and from Marrakesh to the southwest. It is surrounded by hills and the old city is centered around the Fez River (''Oued Fes'') flowing from west to east. Fez was founded under Idrisid rule during the 8th-9th centuries CE. It initially consisted of two autonomous and competing settlements. Successive waves of mainly Arab immigrants from Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and al-Andalus (Spain/Portugal) in the early 9th century gave the nascent city its Arab character. After the downfall of the Idrisid dynasty, other emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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