Kaddour El Alamy
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Sidi Kaddour El Alami also transliterated as Qaddur al-Alami (born 1742 in Meknes, died 1850) is one of Morocco's best known poets, especially well known for his songs. His full name was Abd al-Qadir ibn Mohammed ibn Ahmad ibn Abi-l-Qasim al-Idrisi al-Alami al-Hamdani and he was known under the name Sayyidi Qaddur al-Alami at-Talibi al-Abd as-Salami. He was a songwriter in the genre of the malhun and founded the sufi zawiyya Alamin in Meknes.[1] This zawiyya became one of the centres from which the malhun would spread. He grew up in Meknes, and is considered a saint and one of the greatest poets of North Africa in the neo-classical and popular style.[2]
References[]
- J. Jouin, "Un poème de Si Kaddour el 'Alami", in Hesp. 46 (1959), p. 87-103.
- Eugène Aubin, Morocco of To-day, 1906 p. 274
- Abdelmajid Fennich, Dari ya dari (My House, O My House) Play about the life of Sidi El Alami, 2003
- Audio "Tawassolat" [1] (retrieved August 25, 2008)
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- Moroccan songwriters
- People from Meknes
- 1742 births
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