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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, author, actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane. The leader was since the beginning the singer and bendir player, Omar Sayed.[1]
Education and personal life
Laarbi Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the Moussems (festivals) of his native region Abda oulad El masnaoui, he used to go to as a child.[2]
Cinema
Larbi Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie "Al Naoura" (in French : "Le Jour du Forain"), directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui. It was released in 1984.[3][1]
See also
- Nass El Ghiwane
- Hay Mohammadi
References
- ^ a b "About Laarbi Batma - InfoHub". infohub.projecttopics.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "Moroccan Songwriters Laarbi Batma Ahmed".
- ^ CCM (1984). "Le jour du forain". CCM.
- "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 on IMDb