Moroccan Singers by Gender - Moroccan Female Singers, Moroccan Male Singers, Samira Said, Ishtar, Elam Jay, Abdessadeq Cheqara, Bigg (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Moroccan Female Singers, Moroccan Male Singers, Samira Said, Ishtar, Elam Jay, Abdessadeq Cheqara, Bigg, Laarbi Batma, Rajae Belmlih, Aziza Jalal, Jannat Mahid, Hakim, Laila Ghofran, Hatem Adar, Fatima Tabaamrant. Excerpt: Samira Said (Arabic: (native name: Samira Bensad) (born January 10, 1956) is an Arabic singer. She was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, within a Muslim family. Samira lives in Cairo, Egypt with husband Mustapha Ennaboulssi and her son Shady. Samira Said was born and raised in Rabat the capital of Morocco. She began singing at a very early age, around 9 years old and her road to stardom began when she was featured on Royal Moroccan TV when she was 12 or 13. She was quickly recognized as a young prodigy. She began singing professionally, encouraged by her family and backed up by important people in the Moroccan music scene like Al Rashdi and others. Her first appearance on television was on the Moroccan talent show "Mawaheb" alongside equally talented yet retired singer Aziza Jalal. In a short time, Samira Said became one of the leading names in her home country, recording many popular Arab songs such as "Kifash Tlakina" ("How we Met"), "Fayetli sheftek shi marra" ("I've seen you once") and "Sarkouh" ("They Stole Him"), not to mention "Al Behhara" ("Mariners"). Her best known singles at this time included "Maghlouba" ("Beaten") and "Wa'ady" ("My Love"). Throughout, Samira was very popular with her Moroccan compatriots and was one of the most enduring and most loved singers in the Kingdom (others would include Abdluhaab Doukkali, Abdelhadi Belkhayat, Naima Samih her main competitor at the time who was extremely popular in Morocco and outside Morocco- and Aziza Jalal). Samira represented the Kingdom of Morocco in the Eurov... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1180093