Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco’s most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita ...

Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, but now she is ...

a genre of folk singing known as aita SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco -- Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love ...

SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first ... s most cherished oral traditions: a form of folk singing known as aita, which means a “cry” or “lament ...

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, 2025.

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 ...