Musical composition in Cyprus is thriving,” says the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra in anticipation of an upcoming concert, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria’’ Moullablad gives a traditional performance known ...

Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco's most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco -- Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when ...

dress and sing in the tune of Morocco's most celebrated 20th century women folk singers. It is also the subject of Morocco’s submission for this year’s Academy Awards, “Everybody Loves Touda ...

Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria'' Moullablad gives a traditional performance known as Aita, in Sidi Yahya Zaer, south of the capital Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Jan. 27 ...

SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco (AP) — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the ...