Asma El Hamzaoui (in Arabic: أسماء الحمزاوي, Casablanca, 1998) is a Moroccan gnawa singer and musician. She is known to be Morocco's first female gnawa musician,Meet Asmaa Hamzaoui, Morocco’s first female gnawa musician (The National) a genre that is traditionally reserved for male artists.Asmâa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktu Make Gnawa Festival Debut – Morocco World News (2017)Au festival gnaoua d’Essaouira, les femmes s’en mêlent – Les inrocks (2017) – in French
In 2012, she launched her career by founding her musical group Bnat Timbouktou, where she plays sintir as well as sings.Asmaa Hamzaoui – The female Gnawa -Elaph Post (2018) – in Arabic. Since then, she has participated in many international events across the world,Participation in a song celebrating Soudan's independence (2019)Concert of Asma Hamzaoui in Stockholm, Sweden (2020) and collaborated with other artists, including Fatoumata Diawara.Maroc – Gnaoua : Asmâa Hamzaoui… tel père, telle fille (in French)
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