Morocco’s 2025 festival season is kicking off, offering a vibrant mix of genres from pop and rap to sacred and traditional music across cities like Casablanca, Rabat, Fès, and Essaouira. Yabiladi ...
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Breaking barriers in Aita music in Morocco

Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, ...
The trial of popular Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred on charges of aggravated rape and assault got underway in Paris on Monday, in a case that sparked a backlash among feminist activists in North ...
Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...
RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco's Gnawa, heirs to a musical and spiritual tradition brought north across the Sahara centuries ago by black slaves, are enjoying new fame as their hypnotic rhythms ...