Aymma wa ya Lalla, from the CD Poèmes d'Amour des Femmes du Sud Marocain, ALCD 126, Al Sur/Media7, 1994.

L'Harka li Jeya, from the CD Poèmes d'Amour des Femmes du Sud Marocain, ALCD 126, Al Sur/Media7, 1994.

Ammalya, from the CD Voices of Marrakech, MRF records 005/2, 1997.

Arfoud, from the CD B'Net Houariat, Womad Select/Real World, forthcoming.

Ayly Ayly, recorded in Rome, Teatro dell'Acquario, 15 October 1998.

Khelliouni Menni, recorded at "L'Usine", Vitry sur Seine, December1997.

L'Harka li Jeya, from the CD Maghreb & Friends, ACT 9261-2, 1998, recorded at "L'Usine", Vitry sur Seine, December 1997 together with Nguyên Lê (electric guitar), Karim Zyad (drums and ganbri), Michel Alibo (electric bass) , Stefano Di Battista (alto sax), Jean Jaques Avenel (kora).

Video examples

The B'net Houariyat on stage, from "B'net Houariyat à Musiques Métisses" (by Jean-Marc Birraux, Groupe Bataille, Angoulême, 29-05-1998).

Heating up the drums, from "B'net Houariyat Diwan à l'Usine" (by Melik Oughanian, Paris, December 1997).

Photographs by Antonio Baldassarre.

I would like to thank Rachida Naam for cooperating with the translation of the lyrics of the songs.