Morocco lies directly opposite Spain and is separated from the European continent by the Strait of Gibraltar (which in turn is British). Approximately 37 million people live in Morocco. Depending on who you ask, Morocco also includes the territory of Western Sahara, whose independence or affiliation to Morocco has been disputed for decades.
Let’s take a look at Moroccan singers Samira Saïd, DJ Hamida and the award-winning Saad Lamjarred.
Samira Saïd was born in Rabat in 1958. She became famous with her performance for Morocco at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980. With the song “Bitakat hob” she only came second last, but this performance helped her to increase her popularity in the Arab world.
DJ Hamida is originally from Meknès in Morocco, where his love of mixing and vinyl led him to create his own productions, which he releases in his own style “Meknessi Style” in the mixtape series “À La Bien Mix Party”. Chekama is from the year 2018.
Saad Lamjarred started his career by taking part in the Arabic version of Super Star in 2007, in 2011 he became an actor in a Moroccan soap opera and is the winner of the Murex d’Or, the Big Apple Music Award and other prizes. With “Lm3allem” he reached 1 billion views on YouTube within 3 months, which earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. He was not quite as successful with “Ensay”. “Only” 100 million views in one month. It should not be concealed here that he has already been accused of rape several times. However, all charges were dropped. On 8.12.22 he will be performing in Doha on the fringes of the Football World Cup.
