Rai

Question 1

Where does rai originate from?

Answer 1

Oran alrgeria

Question 2

What is oran often described as?

Answer 2

The little Paris of north africa

Question 3

Why is the city of Oran different to other cities in Algeria?

Answer 3

Has many influencers for example Spain France

Question 4

When was Oran founded?

Answer 4

937

Question 5

Why were the 4 quarters of the city?

Answer 5

French, posh
Jewish
Spanish
Arab

Question 6

What is Hawaii?

Answer 6

A Jewish folk style popular in Oran

Question 7

What is a cheikh?

Answer 7

Honourable sir, studier of music

Question 8

When was Rai banned in Algeria?

Answer 8

After 1962

Question 9

What power does the cheikh have?

Answer 9

Serves as the guardian class in the society

Question 10

What was complex about the poems that the cheikh learnt?

Answer 10

Very long

Question 11

How did upstarts become cheikhs?

Answer 11

At to be an apprentice for a long time

Question 12

What happened during French rule?

Answer 12

Century old land plough was overthrown by the French government

Question 13

What is a Zendanis?

Answer 13

Street poet, borrowed from Melhun poems

Question 14

What is a Cheikhas?

Answer 14

Daughters and wives of manual labourers or peasants, severs all ties with past family, adopted new name and new hometown

Question 15

What style of music did cheickhas mix to create their music?

Answer 15

Meddhahates and cheikh

Question 16

What is the grandmother of Algerian rai?

Answer 16

Cheikha Remitti

Question 17

What happened to rai post coup

Answer 17

Rai now as a broad range or category

Question 18

When was the popularisation of Rai?

Answer 18

Began 1960s popular in he USA and France

Question 19

When was pop rai invented?

Answer 19

1970s Algeria, in a time of heavy governmental control

Question 20

Who is the king of modern rai?

Answer 20

Cheb Khaled

Question 21

Who banned Rai in 1991?

Answer 21

The Islamic salvation front

Question 22

What has rai been replaced by?

Answer 22

Rap and hip hop