Oum
أم الغيث بنيصحراوي
Musician
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Morocco
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Casablanca,
Morocco
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✓ Verified
A Moroccan singer-songwriter blending Hassani desert music with jazz, gospel, soul, and Sufi influence into something genuinely her own.
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui performs and records across both North Africa and Europe, building a sound rooted in the Hassani musical tradition of Morocco's southern desert regions while folding in jazz harmony, gospel phrasing, soul, and Sufi devotional influence.
The resulting catalog resists easy genre labeling, treating regional tradition as a foundation for experimentation rather than a fixed style to preserve.
Languages
Arabic, French, English
Representation
Independent