abdelilah hamdouchi

hopefully appearing, inch'Allah, may 15, 2008 the book by moroccan novelist abdelilah hamdouchi called "the last wager" in the u.s.a. and "the final bet" in the u.k.

chaabi downloads at amazon

another company is providing north african cds for download at amazon.com.......type in "amd" and you'll get a choice of 82 cds (as well as 3 cds by a rock group called amd).......unfortunately a lot of them are compilations with brief excerpts less than two minutes long of many songs.....there are however some normal cds: try listening to the "hay delli" cd by bnat acharque or the cd by khalid el awni..........some great numbers.....

farid imazighen

listen to farid imazighen (listed as "fegrouche") sing "ch'hanech dfarghchen" on the "raja rajayi" cd

zoulikha and wassim

give a listen to zoulikha and wassim singing "mchghakgh iwoura" and "alhaytino thghdou"

thameur.....gasba.....qasba....and fadila el djazairiya

there are two cds by thameur available for mp3 download at amazon if anyone wants to hear some algerian qasba music.............also check out lamia maadini, mohamed khznadji and fadila el djazairiya if you are looking for traditional algerian sounds

rai....and more...tresors de la chanson judeo-arabe

on the amazon.com download mp3s box.........type in SOLI-CADIC..........and you will be shown 277 cds and be able to buy them or indidual songs from them.....................most are rai but there are some old singers and the cd "tresors de la chanson judeo-arabe"............

aissaoua issawa hnayshiyya

there are two short (26 minute) documentaries about snake finders/charmers in morocco which are very similar ( both french, both follow the man about the countryside looking for snakes, show him at home and have brief excerpts from a "lila" or "hadra"). one "moulay hassan aissaoui" is available on dvd from gedeon, while the other "the cobra brotherhood" has been shown on tv but is not available on dvd.