The Blues of Exile of a Moroccan Musician

Last year’s musical revelation, the singer from Asilah performs at the Estudi General Lul·lià to unveil "El Ghorba". This opus, whose title evokes distance, is entirely performed in darija. In an interview with Diario de Mallorca, this linguistic choice constitutes a true "exercise in claiming" to express the nostalgia and visceral desire to return to his homeland.

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His story with the Iberian peninsula began by chance. Initially coming with an artistic visa to join a romantic relationship, he settled in Madrid. The beginnings proved harsh in this metropolis he describes as an immense "cement jungle". The huge gap between the two countries then left him deeply stunned by his new environment.

More than a quarter of a century later, the question of his assimilation remains complex. The musician rejects the term integration, which gives the impression of being a simple puzzle piece, preferring the notion of adaptation. He confesses to suffering from the classic syndrome of the emigrant, forced to pay the price of a permanent double uprooting: "here they don’t recognize you, and there neither".

Faced with the fears raised by immigration in Spain, the artist denounces political hypocrisy and recalls the vital role of foreign workers in agriculture, construction or urban cleaning. In this context of constant rejection, music represents for him a total outlet, a refuge that he now considers his true "personal homeland".

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This project, born without expectation or marketing plan, has touched the public with its raw sincerity. Published at the age of fifty with the help of a few friends from the Madrid neighborhood of Hortaleza, the album has risen among the ten best of 2025 according to the critics. Faced with this unexpected resonance, the musician admits to feeling a certain dizziness, while savoring this highlighting of his heritage.