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

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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

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's 2018 film

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, an award winning film at the

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Graphic art

On October 26, 2019, Khafif's work was exhibited alongside a screening of Manel Mahdouani's work on

Amazigh tattooing Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also known as Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Maghreb. Their main connections are identified by their u ...

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