Mourad Y. Bouajaja

Mourad Youssef Bouajaja  ·  Songwriter & Producer

Songs about distance,
lineage, and home.

From Megrine, Tunisia to Pennsylvania, USA — and back, in the records. I write and produce in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, sometimes inside one verse.

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Rai & Phonk راي وفونك Darb Assoumoud درب الصمود Christine Sawti Kafani صوتي كفاني Chamchoun شمشون Darb El Ghubar درب الغبار Jitek Lyom جيتك اليوم Watch Me Burn Tok Tok Tok I'm Still Here Ya Zaman Ghaddar يا زمان غدار Rani Saber راني صابر Machi راني ماشي El Ghorba الغربة Ya Qalbi يا قلبي Rani Barrani راني براني A3lech علاش Nouba نوبة Gharib غريب Talk to Me كلّمني Junto a mi amada بحذا حبيبتي Rai & Phonk راي وفونك Darb Assoumoud درب الصمود Christine Sawti Kafani صوتي كفاني Chamchoun شمشون Darb El Ghubar درب الغبار Jitek Lyom جيتك اليوم Watch Me Burn Tok Tok Tok I'm Still Here Ya Zaman Ghaddar يا زمان غدار Rani Saber راني صابر Machi راني ماشي El Ghorba الغربة Ya Qalbi يا قلبي Rani Barrani راني براني A3lech علاش Nouba نوبة Gharib غريب Talk to Me كلّمني Junto a mi amada بحذا حبيبتي

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Rai & Phonk
راي وفونك

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El Ghorba الغربة

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El Ghorba الغربة
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I grew up in Megrine,

between two seas and a tradition

called Malouf — مالوف —

music older than the country it's from.

Then I left.

The records are about that.

Mourad Bouajaja playing the oud

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Tunisian-American songwriter and producer. Born in Sfax, raised in Megrine, Tunisia — based in Pennsylvania, USA.

The records borrow from Andalusi-Malouf, French chanson, North African Raï, and American songwriting that doesn't apologize for getting personal.

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