Ahmed Al Ameri: This honour is a testament to the Ruler of Sharjah’s vision, which positioned culture as a cornerstone for ...

But despite aita's position in Moroccan culture, the genre’s popularity does not always translate into acceptance for those ...

Meir, president of the Moroccan NGO, High Atlas Foundation, published an essay in Johns Hopkins University 39;s The SAIS ...

SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco (AP) — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the ...

A tea master explains the backstory of each immersion, with Benabdallah regularly chiming in. "The tea from the Laayoune ...

But despite aita's position in Moroccan culture, the genre’s popularity does not always translate into acceptance for those who perform it. Cheikha are often stigmatized, eroticized, and pushed ...

Women like her are the stewards of one of Morocco’s most cherished oral traditions: a form of folk singing known as aita, which means a “cry” or “lament” in Arabic. From smoky bars and ...