Mohamed Boumerdassi

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| native_name = الشيخ محمد بومرداسي

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| birth_name = Mohamed ben Mustapha al-Boumerdassi

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| birth_place = Ouled Boumerdès, Algeria

| origin = Berber people

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| death_place = Thénia, Algeria

| genre = Bedouin music, Malhun

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Mohamed Boumerdassi ({{langx|ar|{{script|Arab|محمد بومرداسي|}}}}), (March 18, 1936, in Ouled Boumerdès – December 7, 2010, in Thénia) was considered a Grand Master of Bedouin music, Malhun and Algerian music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/infosoir/121204|title=Cheikh Mohamed Ben Mustapha El-Boumerdassi|website=Djazairess}}

Life

He was born on March 18, 1936, under the name Mohamed ben Mustapha al-Boumerdassi in the Ouled Boumerdès village within the actual Boumerdès Province.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/apsfr/97475|title=Inhumation à Boumerdès de Cheikh Mohamed Ben Mustapha El Boumerdassi|website=Djazairess}}

He received his basic education at the Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi in his native village of Ouled Boumerdès, where he learned the Quran.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elwatan.com/archives/derniere-info/festival-de-la-poesie-populaire-17-08-2004|title=Festival de la poésie populaire | El Watan|date=August 16, 2004|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134625/https://www.elwatan.com/archives/derniere-info/festival-de-la-poesie-populaire-17-08-2004|url-status=dead}}

He was a keen admirer of Sheikh Ben Ahmed al-Boumerdassi, then known for his qasida of madih nabawi and poetry praising Muhammad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elwatan.com/archives/temps-present/du-theatre-de-la-musique-et-de-la-poesie-17-10-2005|title=Du théâtre, de la musique et de la poésie | El Watan|website=www.elwatan.com|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134627/https://www.elwatan.com/archives/temps-present/du-theatre-de-la-musique-et-de-la-poesie-17-10-2005|url-status=dead}}

He was also a follower of Sheikh al-Miliani, who appointed him Commander of Bedouin Song (machiakha) after discovering his voice which he greatly admired.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/cloture-du-1er-festival-de-la-chanson-bedouine-et-de-la-poesie-populaire-14658|title=Clôture du 1er festival de la chanson bédouine et de la poésie populaire: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com|website=www.liberte-algerie.com|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205202405/https://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/cloture-du-1er-festival-de-la-chanson-bedouine-et-de-la-poesie-populaire-14658|url-status=dead}}

He was notably renowned for his song Hammam Alouane and a tribute was paid to him in 2004 by the Algerian Minister of Culture for the "National festival of Bedouin song and popular poetry".{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/letemps/49374|title=Inhumation à Boumerdèsde Cheikh El Boumerdassi|website=Djazairess}}

He died on Tuesday evening, December 7, 2010, at the age of 74 years at his home located on the Yahia Boushaki Boulevard in Thénia and was buried the next day in the Bourouiche cemetery north of the same city.{{Cite web|url=http://thenia.net/piwigo/picture.php?/573|title=Si-Mohamed Boumerdassi | Thenia.net|website=thenia.net}}

A large audience represented by the friends of the deceased, his family and representatives of the Ministry of Culture and the authorities of the Boumerdès Province, accompanied Sheikh al-Boumerdassi to his last home.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/voixoranie/61453|title=Ils lancent un SOS pour venir en aide à Mohamed Boumerdassi|website=Djazairess}}

Songs

Hammam Alouane{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicjinni.net/4-UhcHldVz0/Cheikh-Mohamed-el-Boumerdassi-1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A.html|title=Cheikh Mohamed el Boumerdassi 1 الشيخ محمد بومرداسي | Music Jinni|website=musicjinni|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111134636/https://www.musicjinni.net/4-UhcHldVz0/Cheikh-Mohamed-el-Boumerdassi-1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A.html|url-status=dead}}