| I took my place next to her with a dishrag, dutifully drying each mug and dish as Mami washed them in the suds beside me. |
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| What was it about Cheb Mami and his music that attracted your attention and got you interested in the idea of working with him? |
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| What was it like for you, a funk and r'n'b man, working with a Raï singer like Mami? |
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| What's more, the international media has eagerly picked up on the success of new Raï kings such as Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami. |
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| His success opened the way to other raïmen like Cheb Faudel, Cheb Mami ans Rachid Taha who became stars worldwide. |
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| When my friends started talking to me about Mami I tracked down his first four albums. |
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| Now famous, Mami went to work in France for three months, where he intended to buy equipment and then return to Algeria and start his own group. |
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| I'll also be playing drums with Cheb Mami who'll be in concert on the main stage on Sunday night. |
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| As his international career really began to take off, Cheb Mami planned a solo tour in the States. |
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| While Western tanks ploughed through the Kuwaïti desert, Mami went through an arid period in his career. |
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| But the crowning glory of this year's festival is set to be the concert by international Raï star Cheb Mami on Sunday night. |
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| Each song is an adventure, a fairytale, a waking dream where Mami shares the studio with some of the world's top-name stars. |
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| At the concert, Cheb Mami met Michel Levy, who became his manager and with whom he signed his first recording contract with the Blue Silver label. |
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| The results are invigorating indeed, especially on the title track where she duets with Cheb Mami. |
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| Over the past few years, for example, Cheb Mami has recorded with Aswad and French ragamuffin star Tonton David, and Cheb Aissa guested on the last-but-one U-Roy album. |
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| I am particularly indebted to Soo Hyang Choi in Paris, Mami Umayahara in Santiago and Ken Vine in Bangkok for their assistance in providing country report information. |
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| This Kabyle song with only vocals and guitar stands as one of the first big hits coming directly from the Maghreb, long before the success of a Khaled or a Mami. |
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| Later that same year Sting invited Cheb Mami to record a duet on his new album, instantly catapulting the young Rai star into the international spotlight. |
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| Mr. Mami indicated that a bill will be soon submitted to the Parliament. |
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| Maki Sekuzu, Yujin Muraishi, Rosanna Ely, Mami Hagihara, Paul Oliver, Grace Hume and Jenny Hackwell each receive PS1,000 towards travel and accommodation. |
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