Oum · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Also known as Oum El Ghaït Ben Essahraoui
Moroccan singer-songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Morocco
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
- Lik2009
- Whowa2010
- Sweerty2012
- Soul of Morocco2013
- Zarabi2015
- Live2016
- 2018-05-16: Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden2018
- Daba2019
- HALS2022
- Dakchi: Live in Marrakech2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 27,198
- Total plays
- 250,427
Tags
moroccojazzsoulmoroccanjuzz-funk
Oum el Ghaït Benessahraoui was born in Casablanca on April 18, 1978. Child, then teenager, she spends her youth in Marrakech where very young, she learns a repertory from soul, pop and jazz music and interprets the songs of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston. In 1999 and in Casablanca, Oum is discovered by Philippe Delmas, french artists manager like Assia, Leslie, Nadiya... and of which she accepts the invitation to be recorded in France. Two years afterwards <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Official name
- أم الغيث بن الصحراوي
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Morocco
- Place of birth
- Casablanca
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- National School of Architecture
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- soul
- Official website
- www.oum.ma
- Image
- Oum 01 (fcm).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1978-04-18
- Commons category
- Oum
- social media followers
- 120158
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