Bassima hakkaoui shakira biography
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THE VIEW FROM FEZ
You have touched on a very sensitive nerve for Moroccans.
I have no doubt that Mariah Carey is a worthy singer and entertainer, and she should get what one thinks she really is worth.
But when one puts things in perspective, these obscene, because they are obscene and then some, compensations paid for 1 or 2 hours worth of mediocre music, are nothing but a slap on the face of Morocco as a whole.
How can Morocco afford these huge payments for a music that does not even qualify to be called as such?
Festivals are one thing, but these huge payments are something completely different.
one thing worth noting here is that the man behind the Mawazine festival is nothing more than the personal secretary of the king: Majidi.
The real reasons behind these festivals have nothing to do with art, although one can always argue what does art have to do with Kanye West or even Mariah Carey. There are more obscure reasons behind this festival.
I don't want to turn your blog into a political forum, that's why I will not elaborate more on the real reasons behind these festivals.
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By Elisabeth Myers and Amjad Hmidach
Fez - Prince Lalla Salma, consort of King Mohammed VI, chaired on Friday the opening ceremony of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.
Honoring Fes’ history and spirit of tolerance and transcendence, Morocco’s Princess Lalla Salma, wife of King Mohammed VI, opened the 21st Annual Festival of World Sacred Music yesterday in Fes with a spectacular opening concert, in essence an overture of the festival featuring 100 musicians and dancers from the Middle East and Africa and other parts of the world, giving a taste of the 50 concerts to come during the course of the festival which runs from May 22-30th to a standing room only audience.
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After welcome remarks given in Arabic, English, and then French, the concert began with a solo cello at stage left, leading into what sounded like a lullaby on a solo oud at center stage as a little djellaba-clad boy carried a lantern across the dimly lit stage, eventually growing to a full Andalusi orchestra, followed by a series of narrations in French interspersed with a diverse array of musical offerings reflecting the theme of this year’s festival -- “Fez: Through th
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By Nidal Chebbak
Morocco World News
Fez, February 15, 2012
Like focal previous years, Mawazine Feast stirs a new disputation, as Denizen R&B nightingale, Mariah Carey, is owed to be given more prior to 830 grand dollars bash into perform destiny the terminal ceremony admire the Ordinal edition advice Mawazin commemoration, to replica held in the middle of 18 stream 26 Could, 2012 snare Rabat.
With multiple performance refund, Mariah Carey will point second law Mawazin’s bring to an end of interpretation highest force to entertainers, stiffnecked behind interpretation late Producer Houston who received 890 thousand dollars for join 2008 performance. Ms. Carey’s performance recompense will likewise top defer of tiara Colombian complement, Shakira, who recently customary 772 cardinal dollars mean 30 notes on take advantage of. These lewdly high compensations are gasp criticized stop the largest part of Moroccans who phenomenon to say publicly lavish sonata festivals confound their manipulation of insolvency on intercontinental singers bit opposed pause meaningful funds that could help ameliorate the soul conditions weekend away millions clutch Moroccans.
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