The aïta Jeblya is a musical genre from northwestern Morocco, which the “Jbala” (mountain people) love deeply. According to historians, the reference city Ouezzane located south of Tangier already existed in Roman times. It is famous in particular for its craftsmanship in wood, wool called “El mharabla”, woolen woolen loops made by hand. The work …
wa ana ltal alzman aylagy wly bla daba y’efw hda haly wna mwlah awlydy twl alzman arasy wya gwla gwla, shhal tbky alytymh yhsn ‘ewanha mskynh knt bhbaby wbqyt frydh wknt bwlady wbqyt ghrybh wmaly maly twl alzman aylagy wal’eyshh bla hbab arasy wmymty ‘el mktwby alzyn ayhbw mwlana a sydy dyny m’eak dyny nshwf …
ya wlydy bsm allh bsm allh wqasdyn byban allh wrah klha f’elw ylqah wta ana f’ely ylqany wrby wna ‘ebdk ntzh fy mlkk wmwl lmlk al’ealy mabhalw ta waly wallh mankhmm wla fy brd l’eshyh wsydy rby lkrym mzynw fal’etyh yawlydy mal yarby maly mymty maly mn dwn alnas wahd m’e wladw hany wana shran …
safrty shy yam bra wrj’ety mtwrh a wallhyla zyanty, ’emarty wsmanty bant ‘elyk alhrkh mdwrh aw گalw jyty mdwrh yak b’eda jyty mdwrh wyna wyna tkasht hady wyna rwayh wyna wyna sbabt hady fy dwk alkrafh wyna wyna tkasht hady wyna rwayh wyna wyna sbabt hady fy dwk alkrafh wyna wyna shhawy hady wyna swayh …
Few do know how many Moroccans really respect this singer and his music. He’s the best aita musician in the popular style called ‘El-Za’ari’, or Aita Za’ariyah which started from the town called A-Rummani in Morocco. The name Za’ari (زعري) came from an old tribe Aza’aeir; a Hilali creed who travelled to Morocco about …
wā tʿālī lū īā sīdī wā rā bṣḥ īā dāmī wāhwāk īā dāmī ā bābā rḍīnā bālzīn mā rḍi bīnā a ūlīdī rḍīnā bālzīn ū mā rḍi bīnā wā tʿālī lū īā sīdī wā ʿṭīnāh al-lwyz ah wā mā bġi līnā wā ūlīdī tʿālī lū īā sīdī wā ẖlī klhā wā īdūz aīāmū wāā bābā …
The Aita Abdia is a witness to the political history of the Abda region. It lends itself as a kind of discourse that reflects the way of thinking and living of a society, its ideology as well as its values. It groups together implicit statements which aim to camouflage meaning. To do this, it must …
Kant maah galbet alih daret ghiro ghi tmaa osanhat fih tomobilat olaflous mchat rah tahet bsoumha bghat tarjea lih kanet maah galbet alih daret ghirou ṭmʿ ūsmḥt fīh al-ṭūnūbīlāt ūlflūs mšāt rāh ṭāḥt bsūmhā bġāt trǧʿ līh īā mʿāhā dūz ʿmr qṣā mʿhā ūṣbr ʿṭāhā rbī īʿṭīh aīdīrhā fāldār līhā klmẗ ūšwār ḥāsbhā ktbġīh kānt …
Fatima Zahafa was a great Moroccan singer originally from Settat. Her fame is to be attributed, in addition to the numerous songs engraved during her career, to the great success obtained by the song “Zaoiua” made in 1965. The Zouia (a Muslim religious building) to which the song refers is that of the town Of …
