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🎙️ ASMÂA HAMZAOUI x PALÉO FESTIVAL 🔊
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☁️ Asmâa Hamzaoui is one of the artists challenging the rules of patriarchal traditions.
She is the first female maâlma (master) Gnawa in Morocco.

☁️ And the meaning is powerful, as Gnawa is deeply rooted in the country’s tradition. It’s much more than music — it carries a mystical dimension, blending Sufi rituals, trance, and percussion to cast its spell on listeners. The tradition was strictly reserved for men, until Asmâa Hamzaoui stepped into the spotlight with her group, Bnat Timbouktou, which she founded in 2012 when she was only 14 years old…

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My latest poem is waiting for you in the 🧵 below ⤵️

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