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Celebrating African Music : Morocco – Rajae Belmlih vs Sofia Essaïdi

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Rajae Belmlih

Rajae Belmlih is a famous Moroccan performer, she was born on April 22nd, 1962.

Belmlih began to sing very small, at home and with the encouragement of his parents. She participated in the famous 1980s talent show ‘Mawahib’ presented by Abdenbi El Jirari and won the first place.

Rajae graduated her Bachelor in Arabic Litterature and Philosophy from the University of Letters in Rabat and enrolled for a doctorate.
She immigrated to Egypt and launched her first albums ‘Sabri Alik Tal ‘ (1994),’ Ya Ghayeb ‘ (1996) ,’ Letiraf ‘ (1998) which were very successful in the Arabic world.

She worked with the famous composers such as Jamal Salams, Mohamed Diae, Hilmi Bakr and Salah Chernoubi.

In 1999, Rajae Belmlih was named a UNICEF goodwill ambassador for her contributions in the Arabic arts, humanitarian actions, and for her support for women’s education.

Suffering from a disease of Cancer, she was hospitalized in Paris and then back to his large audience by a successful album entitled ‘ Shouk El Oyoun’.

The singer of ‘Ya Jara Wadina’ died on September 2nd, 2007, in Sheikh Zayed hospital in Rabat. Rajae Belmlih was the mother of a child named Omar (5 years) and had the Emirati Citizenship.

Sofia Essaïdi

Sofia Essaïdi (born August 6, 1984) is a Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.

From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France’s third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She was very popular & one of the very loved contestants on the show for having a very good voice & nice personality, many critics and the professors in the academy considered Sofia to be not just the best this year, but one of the best students in the history of Star Academy France overall. From March 12 to August 7, 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Tunisia and Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday.

Later, she starred in the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d’Égypte choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in “le Palais des Sports” in Paris on 29 January 2009. She recently starred in the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She placed as the runners up with her partner, Maxime Dereymez.

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