Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

Paul Bowles over a five-month period from July to December 1959. It is a snapshot, or perhaps a time capsule, of a culture then relatively pure and unmolested by the world outside. Paul Bowles lived ...

Arabs, Jews, Berbers, Andalusians, Sufis, sub-Saharan Africans and miscellaneous remnants of colonialism all inform “native” Moroccan culture. Therefore, it’s not surprising that the country’s music ...

Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Singer and movie star Jennifer Lopez expressed excitement Thursday about kicking off Morocco’s Mawazine music festival, while insisting she’s still just the girl from the Bronx.

RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco's Gnawa, heirs to a musical and spiritual tradition brought north across the Sahara centuries ago by black slaves, are enjoying new fame as their hypnotic rhythms ...

A hypnotic drum beat blends with ancient Sufi-inspired tunes in a tent in a Moroccan mountain village where local musicians regroup once a year when they don't play the world's top stages. The ...

Atlas Studios, located in Ouarzazate, Morocco, has served as a shooting location for Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun. But at about 3 AM on a Sunday in October, it was home to ...

On the weekend of September 27, 2025, Moroccan young people took to the streets demanding health and education. Police responded with disproportionate force, leading to a week of nightly escalations ...