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April 13, 2016

Berber Influences in Moroccan Jewish Music

The two cultures of Moroccan Jewry.

In modern times, Moroccan Jewry was divided between the more urban Jews of the Arabic-speaking coastal area, many of whom were descended from exiles from Spain, and those of the Berber (or Amazigh) areas in the mountainous hinterlands. Samuel Torjman Thomas explains how the combined influences of these two Jewish cultures created the distinctive elements of Moroccan Jewish music:

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