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…
North African music
Music
Nass El Ghiwane: the Moroccan band once called the Rolling Stones of Africa
Nass El Ghiwane formed in Casablanca in the early 1970s and transformed Moroccan popular music with songs drawing…
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…
Music
Warda al-Jazairia: the Algerian rose who became a star of Arab music in Cairo
Warda al-Jazairia, "the Algerian Rose," was born in France in 1939 to an Algerian father and Lebanese mother.…
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"…