Oum religion
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Oum (singer)
Moroccan singer-songwriter (born 1978)
Oum أم الغيث بن الصحراوي | |
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Oum in 2016 | |
| Born | (1978-04-18) 18 April 1978 (age 46) Casablanca, Morocco |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Musical artist
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui (Arabic: أم الغيث بن الصحراوي), better known as Oum (Arabic: أوم, born 18 April 1978[1][2] in Casablanca, Morocco), is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Performing and recording both in North Africa and in Europe, she mixes hassani, jazz, gospel, soul, afrobeat and Sufi musical influences in her songs.
Early life and education
Oum, who grew up in Marrakech, is a singer-songwriter inspired by Moroccan popular music, Hassani poetry (Moroccan desert culture) and African rhythms. She interprets her lyrics in Moroccan Arabic (Darija), Amazigh, French, English and Spanish.[3]
At the young age of fourteen, Oum joined a gospel choir in her native Casablanca, where she impressed listeners with her voice and interpretation. At seventeen, her first song, "This is your heart" t
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After “Soul of Morocco” in 2013 and “Zarabi” in 2015, Oum released a new milestone with their third album “DABA”. Together with the Palestinian poet, singer and oud player Kamily Jurban, to whom she entrusted the artistic direction, she traveled to Berlin with her musicians to record an album that is both atmospheric and danceable. The album title "Daba" means something like "now" in Moroccan. While their predecessor albums "Soul of Morocco" and "Zarabi" were limited to one space or one geographical location - North Africa, the desert or Morocco - this time the point of reference is the here and now. The arrangements on "DABA" are largely acoustic, but for the first time electronic sounds decorate their songs, which echo the lyrics, which revolve around current problems. She sings about environmental degradation, the fate of the refugees, the social status of women and the need to live fully in the opposite ward. On Daba, Oum is accompanied by Yacir Rami (Oud), Damian Nueva (bass), Camille Passeri (trumpet), Carlos Mejias (saxophone and sound design) and Amar Chaoui (percussion).
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