Diwân is a studio album released in 1998 by Franco-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha. In contrast to his earlier releases, Diwân contains less rock and punk music, and features more traditional Arabic instruments. Many of the songs are about the founding fathers of raï music, and the lyrics are in Arabic and French.
A video clip was made for "Ida".
Track listing #TitleSongwritersLength1"Ya Rayah"Abderrahmane Amrani6:132"Ida" Rachid Taha5:563"Habina"Toufic Barakat, Farid al-Atrache7:274"Bent Sahra"Ahmed Khelifi7:125"Ach Adani"Abderrahmane Amrani6:256"El H'Mame"Mohammed El Anka6:077"Enti Rahti"Abderrahmane Amrani6:588"Menfi"Missoum Amraoui, Akli Yahiatene5:039"Bani Al Insane"Boudjemaa Hgour4:3210"Malheureux Toujours"Benaceur Baghdadi, Ahmed Soulimane6:1311"Aiya Aiya"Rachid Taha7:00
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Personnel Rachid Taha - vocals Amina Alaoui - vocals Steve Hillage - engineer, guitar, mixing, producer, programming Kaseeme Jalanne - oud Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, percussion, backing vocals Bob Loveday - strings Pete Macgowan - strings Hossam Ramzy - percussion Geoffrey Richardson - strings Aziz Ben Salem - flute Source:
References
External links Official website