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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya abstract "Zohra Al Fassiya (Arabic: زهرة الفاسية, Hebrew: זוהרה אלפסיה) was a Moroccan singer and poet. Considered as the queen of the melhoun and gharnati genres, and one of the pioneers of modern Arabic music, she was the first female recording artist in Morocco, and her songs were widely celebrated throughout Morocco and Algeria, where she collaborated with lyricists and musicians from Oran and Tlemcen. Although her songs were mostly secular in nature (being the popular music of the time in Morocco), many of the melodies have later been modified to be fit religious Jewish liturgical songs (called piyyutim) as well.Born in Sefrou, near Fez, at the feet of the mountains of Atlas in a modest Moroccan Jewish family, she started to sing at a very early age when she performed religious songs at her synagogue. During her youth, she started to sing in coffee houses and cabarets near towns and in Casablanca. Her songs were mostly secular gharanti songs (Andalusian Arabic songs originally from Granada, Spain, and very popular among the Muslims of Andalusian background and Moroccan and Algerian Jews in the 19th century), as well as Malhun, which are long Moroccan poems.In the 40's, she had her own orchestra and started to write her own songs. She was heavily aired on radio stations, both in Morocco and Algeria, and was extremely well known and loved by the public. Al Fassiya's Jewish identity was not considered to be problematic in Morocco during the height of her fame, as Jews in Morocco generally faced little discrimination until after the start of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In fact, the King of Morocco, Mohammed V, was so impressed by her voice that he invited her to sing at his court. Al Fassiya also worked with other artists such as Samy Elmaghribi, who wrote some of her songs. She released more than 17 albums between the years 1947-1957 .In 1962, following many fellow Moroccan Jews and with the promise of a better life, Al Fassiya immigrated to Israel. However, despite her superstar status in Morocco and North Africa, Al Fassiya's talent went unrecognized in Israel outside of the Moroccan immigrant community, as the state-run media and cultural institutions preferred to promote Western sounding music. As with many Mizrahi / Sephardi Jewish immigrants (Jews from Arab and Islamic countries), Al Fassiya faced discrimination in Israel, and she came to live in miserable and lonely conditions in Ashkelon. Despite this humiliating fate, Al Fassiya was often invited to sing at private celebrations (such as weddings) in the Moroccan community in Israel. Israeli-Moroccan poet Erez Biton, who visited her in Ashkelon, was so moved by her fate that he dedicated a poem to her story; this poem has now been added to the national school curriculum in Israel, and serves as a centrepiece in discussion of the state's harsh Westernization policies in the 20th Century.In her last years, Zohra Al Fassiya lived in a nursing home in Ashkelon. She died at age 89 in 1994 and was buried there.".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya background "solo_singer".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthDate "1905".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthPlace Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthPlace Sefrou.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthYear "1905".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathDate "1994".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathPlace Ashkelon.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathPlace Israel.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathYear "1994".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya genre Malhun.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya genre Music_of_Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya hometown Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya occupation Singing.
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya wikiPageWikiLink Andalusian_Arabic.
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya wikiPageWikiLink Morocco.
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya background "solo_singer".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthDate "1905".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthPlace Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya birthPlace Sefrou.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya dateOfBirth "1905".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya dateOfDeath "1994".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathDate "1994".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathPlace Ashkelon.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya deathPlace Israel.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya genre Malhun.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya genre Music_of_Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya name "(زهرة الفاسية)".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya name "Zohra Al Fassiya".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya occupation Singing.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya origin Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya placeOfBirth Morocco.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya placeOfBirth Sefrou.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya placeOfDeath "Ashkelon, Israel".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya shortDescription "Moroccan singer".
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya description "Moroccan singer".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya description "Moroccan singer".
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:1905_births.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:1994_deaths.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:20th-century_singers.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:Israeli_Jews.
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:Israeli_people_of_Moroccan-Jewish_descent.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:Israeli_people_of_Moroccan_descent.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:Moroccan_Jews.
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- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:Moroccan_musicians.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya subject Category:People_from_Sefrou.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya hypernym Singer.
- Zohra_Al_Fassiya type Agent.
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