Takfarinas
Takfarinas on the cover of his 2004 album Honneur aux Dames.
Background information
Origin	Tixeraïne, Algeria
Genre(s)	Raï
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1976–present

Takfarinas (born Hassen Zermani in Tixeraïne, Algeria) is a French-Algerian raï musician. Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Raï (Arabic: راي) is a form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African-American and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Raï (Arabic: راي) is a form of folk music, originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African-American and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s and has been primarily evolved by women in the culture. ... Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ...