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Imzad , an ancestral string instrument !

The sound of the Imzad is spiritual, only targui ( from Touareg ) women can play it because according to an ancient belief , men  risk a curse if they play the instrument.

Only a very few women can play Imzad nowadays, that's  why "Save the  Imzad"  Association was created  in Tamanrasset 

Khoulene Alamine, an imzad teacher, sits with a poet in a blue robe. In her eighties, she teaches her art to younger generations in the desert town of Tamanrasset.“I’m happy to be able to pass on this art I’ve been playing since I was 10,”she says. “I hope all girls pick it up... The imzad should be played by young and beautiful girls.”

Photograph: Farouk Batiche/AFP/Getty Image

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Who is Mohamed BENCHENEB ?

Mohamed Bencheneb : (26 October 1869 – 5 February 1929) was an Algerian professor, writer and historian. Born to parents of Turkish origin, Bencheneb became a teacher from 1889, mastering several languages : Latin,English, Italian, Spanish, German, Persian and Turkish, in addition to Arabic and French, 

 Bencheneb taught at the Graduate School of Arts of Algiers before being sent in 1898 to a professorship at the Madrasas of Constantine where he remained for three years. He returned to Algiers in 1901 as a professor and in 1908 was responsible for higher education conferences. He published several articles: one of his first articles was in the Revue Algerienne de Droit ("Journal of Algerian Law") in 1895, then in the Revue Africaine ("African Journal") where most of his articles were hosted.

The following are among his major  works and releases :