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 Oum is an acclaimed Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer who fuses soul and jazz with a multitude of Moroccan flavors such as Sahrawi and Gnawa. Her most recent album Zarabi, released in 2015, was recorded live in seven days, in a small trading community on the border of the Saharan desert of southern Morocco. The word “zarabi” itself means “rug” in the local dialect, and the album reveres local women who make rugs from old clothing and textiles, a metaphor for how Oum and her band merge different styles in their music. Along with jazz and soul, the album has flavors of Berber, Sahrawi, Andalusian classical, Cuban and even Ethiopian music.
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