| Larbi Batma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (1948) Chaouia |
| Died | February 7, 1997(1997-02-07) (aged 48–49) |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Citizenship | Morocco |
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Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) (Arabic: العربي باطما; born in Chaouia; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer, actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane.
Early life
Batma grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca.
Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child.
Nass El Ghiwane
Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group.
Cinema
Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie Le jour du forain, directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui. He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's Trances, a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane.
See also
- Nass El Ghiwane – Moroccan band
- Hay Mohammadi – arrondissement of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, MoroccoPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
References
- MATIN, Nadia Ouiddar, LE (19 February 2021). "Nass El Ghiwane". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Vidéo. Il y a 20 ans, Larbi Batma nous quittait". Le360.ma. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- Moroccan Songwriters Laarbi Batma Ahmed. ASIN 1157172229.
- CCM (1984). "Le jour du forain". CCM.
- Canby, Vincent (1981-10-03). "'TRANSES,' MOROCCAN MUSICAL". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- "Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in Jeune Afrique, 1997 Mar-May
- Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, Aspects du roman marocain, 1950-2003: approche historique, thématique et esthétique,ed. Éditions zaouia, 2006, p. 65
External links
- Larbi Batma at IMDb
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