The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage

The spiritual religious content formed an important criterion in the selection of artists of the "Châabi" song in the city of Algiers when choosing the sung repertoire « Melḥun », that has been dubbed "Al-Djid" in contrast to a repertoire with themes of love and wine, since this...

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Main Author: Mehdi BERRACHED
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Language:Arabic
Published: Center of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC) 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.crasc.dz/index.php/turath/article/view/35
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description The spiritual religious content formed an important criterion in the selection of artists of the "Châabi" song in the city of Algiers when choosing the sung repertoire « Melḥun », that has been dubbed "Al-Djid" in contrast to a repertoire with themes of love and wine, since this musical style was once called "Al-Madh". Therefore, weddings in the city of Algiers were filled with the poems of the Sufi poet Sidi Lakhdar Ben Khlouf, Mohammed Ben Msaib, and others from Algeria, and the poems of Abdul Aziz Al-Maghrawi, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Najjar, Al-Arabi Al-Miknassi, and others from Morocco. This Sufi religious content, which examined beseeching Allah by praising the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and expressing love for the Holy Kaaba, continued to be present in the "Châabi" song in Algiers, which still proclaims its submission to the righteous friends of Allah to this day. It was the most major factor that shaped the human and artistic personality of the artist Omar Al-Zahi, bringing him closer to the world of Sufism.
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spelling doaj-art-0353d80a25a44bcab985f62b1d9b4f682025-08-20T03:30:29ZaraCenter of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology (CRASC)Turath2830-98632992-06982025-03-0122The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi MarriageMehdi BERRACHED0University of Algiers 2 Abou El-Kacem Saadallah. Algeria The spiritual religious content formed an important criterion in the selection of artists of the "Châabi" song in the city of Algiers when choosing the sung repertoire « Melḥun », that has been dubbed "Al-Djid" in contrast to a repertoire with themes of love and wine, since this musical style was once called "Al-Madh". Therefore, weddings in the city of Algiers were filled with the poems of the Sufi poet Sidi Lakhdar Ben Khlouf, Mohammed Ben Msaib, and others from Algeria, and the poems of Abdul Aziz Al-Maghrawi, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Najjar, Al-Arabi Al-Miknassi, and others from Morocco. This Sufi religious content, which examined beseeching Allah by praising the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and expressing love for the Holy Kaaba, continued to be present in the "Châabi" song in Algiers, which still proclaims its submission to the righteous friends of Allah to this day. It was the most major factor that shaped the human and artistic personality of the artist Omar Al-Zahi, bringing him closer to the world of Sufism. https://journals.crasc.dz/index.php/turath/article/view/35Châabi WeddingCity of AlgiersOmar Al-ZahiMlḥun PoetrySufism
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The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
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Châabi Wedding
City of Algiers
Omar Al-Zahi
Mlḥun Poetry
Sufism
title The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
title_full The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
title_fullStr The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
title_full_unstemmed The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
title_short The Sufi Dimension in The Experience of The Artist Omar El Zahi Between Al-Hadra and Al-Shaabi Marriage
title_sort sufi dimension in the experience of the artist omar el zahi between al hadra and al shaabi marriage
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City of Algiers
Omar Al-Zahi
Mlḥun Poetry
Sufism
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