Cheikh mwijo biography samples

          Zohra El Fassia was a renowned singer and recording artist in mid-twentieth-century Morocco.

          Cheikh Mwijo, whose proper name was Moshe Attias, was born in Meknes (Morocco) in and died in Kiryar Atta (Israel) on April 30,.

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          Cheikh Mwijo. #12. Koliphone/Zakiphone. 1970s

          When you google Koliphone, the Israeli record label started by the Azoulay brothers in Jaffa in 1953 that pioneered and produced Arabic music sung by Jews from North Africa and the Middle East, a couple of things come up.

          In the musical style Chaâbi (popular melody), the singers Raymonde El Bidaouia and Chaikh Mwijo stand out from the rest.

          One is my blog and other is the work of Uri Wertheim in Israel. Knowing I would be in Israel in December, I sent Uri a fairly benign Facebook message about record digging for North African LPs in Haifa and Jerusalem. Our conversation quickly moved beyond finding records and soon involved tracking down and interviewing the remaining Arabic singing musicians from the 1960s.

          In December, we met in person for the first time. I was greeted by Uri and his dog Fred in the Florentine section of Tel Aviv not too far from the Central bus station.

          Mwijo was born Moshe Attias in Meknes in He came from a family of musicians.

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        2. Cheikh Mwijo, whose proper name was Moshe Attias, was born in Meknes (Morocco) in and died in Kiryar Atta (Israel) on April 30,
        3. Cheikh Mwijo related to Silver that the friendship between him and Deri goes back to Deri's brit milah in Meknes in , which Mwijo attended.
        4. In the musical style Chaâbi (popular melody), the singers Raymonde El Bidaouia and Chaikh Mwijo stand out from the rest.

          5. We headed to Hummus Abu George for lunch. We ordered two bowls of hummus with ful. We spoke about Koliphone records, the Azoulay brothers, how Uri got into