Music
Cheb Mami and Desert Rose: the Algerian rai voice that reached global audiences with Sting
Cheb Mami, the Algerian rai singer known as the Prince of Rai, reached a worldwide audience in 1999…
Algeria
Music
Cheb Hasni: the prince of sentimental rai, killed in Oran in 1994
Cheb Hasni, from Oran, became one of Algeria's most beloved rai singers in the late 1980s and early…
Arts + Culture
“Didi” was sung in Algerian Arabic and still became a hit from India to Europe: Khaled, the king of raï
Khaled, from Oran in Algeria, became the most famous raï singer in the world. His 1992 song "Didi"…