Khelifi Ahmed
Khelifi Ahmed (in Arabic خليفي أحمد) (Biskra, Algeria, 1921 – 18 March 2012) was an Algerian singer and master of Algerian Bedouin songs.
Khelifi Ahmed
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- Name
- Khelifi Ahmed
- Died
- 18 March 2018
- Born
- 1921
- Birthplace
- Sidi Khaled
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Nationality
- Algeria · France
- Languages
- Arabic
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Khelifi Ahmed (in Arabic خليفي أحمد) (Biskra, Algeria, 1921 – 18 March 2012) was an Algerian singer and master of Algerian Bedouin songs.
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• Name — Khelifi Ahmed • Died — 18 March 2018 • Born — 1921 • Birthplace — Sidi Khaled • Occupation — * Singer • Translator • Poet • Writer • Journalist
Early life
Early life
He was born as Ahmed Al-Abbas Benaissa (in Arabic أحمد العباس بن عيسى) at Sidi Khaled, a small town near Biskra (Algeria) and his parents were farmers. He studied at the Koranic school and sang in the Rahmania brotherhood religious choir. His maternal uncle El Hadj Benkhelifa encouraged him to sing of traditional Sahara songs and poetry and he took the pseudonym of his uncle, emanating from the tribe Ouled Benkhelifa. He later on changed his name to Khelifi and had his first recording as an adolescent.
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By the 1950s, he had acquired great fame in Algeria, was also popular as a pan-Arab known name as well as internationally, particularly in France and is winner of a great number of awards.
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