Mdou Moctar performed at the Arden Club in Wilmington, Del. Moctar, the stage name of Tuareg guitarist Mahamadou Souleymane, ...

Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, but now she is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria’’ Moullablad gives a traditional performance known ...

Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria'' Moullablad gives a traditional performance known as Aita, in Sidi Yahya Zaer, south of the capital Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Jan. 27 ...

Cheikha don heavy stage makeup, silk caftans, and golden takchita belts ... But cheikha across the North African Kingdom also perform in the indigenous Amazigh language, adapting the music and ...

Cheikha don heavy stage makeup, silk caftans, and golden takchita belts as they sing about their community's ... Moullablad sings in Moroccan Arabic, embodying traditions specific to her community.

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