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4 unusual facts about Moroccan Arabic


Hagit Yaso

During the show, Yaso sang in several languages, including Hebrew, English, Amharic and Moroccan Arabic.

Moroccan Arabic

In the troubled and autocratic Morocco of the 70s (known as the years of lead), the legendary Nass El Ghiwane band wrote beautiful and allusive lyrics in Moroccan Arabic which were very appealing to the youth even in other Maghreb countries.

Shatha Hassoun

Hassoun is working on her album that is going to include songs in the Iraqi, Lebanese, Gulf, Moroccan, and Egyptian dialects.

Walter Burton Harris

Harris was a fluent speaker of French, Spanish and Moroccan Arabic, and his physical features were such that he could pass for a native Moroccan.



see also

Nabyla Maan

In 2009, she released her second album "Ya Tayr El Ali", which also features songs in Moroccan Arabic, Classic Arabic and French, including her version of Edith Piaf's "Padam Padam".