• Shaabi (Egyptian Arabic: شعبى, romanized: shaʻbī, pronounced [ˈʃæʕbi]; lit. 'of the people' or 'locally popular') is an Egyptian musical genre. It is a...
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    Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi (Arabic: فيصل عبد الطيف الشعبي; 1935 – 2 April 1970) was briefly the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen...
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    Muhammad al-Shaabi (Arabic: قحطان محمد الشعبي; 1920 – 7 July 1981) was the first President of the People's Republic of South Yemen. Al-Shaabi's National...
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    been observed that the Sunni Arab tribes that took part in al-Hashd al-Shaabi 2015 recruitment are those which also had good relations with Nouri al-Maliki...
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    been based in Cairo since 1995. She is also known for mixing Nubian and Shaabi music with sub-Saharan tunes. She has dual Sudanese-Egyptian nationality...
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    October 7, 1962), known by the mononym Hakim (Arabic: حكيم), is an Egyptian shaabi singer. Hakim was born in Maghagha, a small town in el-Minya, Egypt. He...
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    the People's Army or People's Militia (Arabic: الجيش الشعبي Al Jaysh ash Shaabi), was a paramilitary and gendarmerie organization composed of civilian volunteers...
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  • The National Defence Forces (NDF; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الوطني Quwāt ad-Difāʿ al-Watanī) is a Syrian pro-government paramilitary volunteer militia, that...
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  • Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi (1953 in Sha'ab, Lahj, Yemen – 24 May 2021 in Aden, Yemen) was a Yemeni politician who was a candidate in the 1999 presidential...
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    Ismail and Salim Rubai Ali, overthrew the Nasserist President Qahtan al-Shaabi in an internal bloodless coup that was later called the Corrective Move...
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    popularly known as Wegz, is an Egyptian rapper. Wegz's rap mixes EDM trap, shaabi and mahraganat styles. Wegz was named Spotify’s most-streamed Arab artist...
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    music of Egypt, where it is considered the national symbol of Egyptian Shaabi Music. The instrument is also featured in traditional music from West Asia...
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  • Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الحشد الشعبي الرياضي), is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in the Iraqi First Division League...
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    category of "Best Arabic Male Singer." His most popular song is an Egyptian Shaabi song, called "Boshret Kheir", written and composed by Amr Mostafa as a pro-elections...
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    political theater, has played an influential role in Moroccan chaabi (or shaabi). Nass El Ghiwane were the first band to introduce Western instruments like...
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  • the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1969. He replaced Faysal al-Shaabi in the post. Salim Rubai Ali and the left wing of National Liberation Front...
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    Loaa (2016-07-03). "Bomb explosion in western Baghdad, one al-Hashd al-Shaabi member killed". Iraqi News. Retrieved 2016-07-22. Sarhan, Amre (2016-07-03)...
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  • the fatwa by the Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani calling for jihad or Hashd al-Shaabi ("Popular Mobilization") against ISIL, militias have become even more prominent...
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  • bloodless coup on 22 June 1969 that overthrew the Nasserist President Qahtan al-Shaabi. The Marxist takeover later led to the creation of the Yemeni Socialist...
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    part of an Egyptian-style belly dancer's repertoire, as well as the modern shaabi street dance which shares some elements with raqs baladi. Egypt has one...
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  • instruments. Their style is seen as part of a new wave of Shaabi music, referred to as electro-shaabi or Mahraganat (Arabic: مهرجانات) (although Chipsy dissociates...
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    Egyptian Jingle Bells (also known as Oh la la song), which was the first shaabi work in his repertoire, later followed by Esta3izo in his fourth studio...
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    Protectorate of Hadramaut and Al-Mahra were annexed to the new state. Al-Shaabi took over a new country with a collapsed economy. Civilian workers and businessmen...
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  • music or shaabi-electro, is a popular genre of Egyptian folk music. Mahraganat is a combination of working class popular Egyptian music (shaabi) played...
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    Marxist faction gained dominance over the more moderate President Qahtan al-Shaabi's elements, allowing Ali to seize power; he retained the title of Chairman...
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    dance. As a social dance, belly dance (also called Raqs Baladi or Raqs Shaabi in this context) is performed at celebrations and social gatherings by ordinary...
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    Fann at-Tanbura Fijiri Gnawa (North Africa) Liwa Mawwal Mezwed Samri Sawt Shaabi Zajal Dance Ardah Belly dance Dabke Deheyeh Guedra Hagallah Khaleegy Liwa...
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    May 2021 Cabo Almi 58 Politician Brazil (Campo Grande) Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi 67–68 Politician Yemen (Aden) John Davis 66 Singer Germany (Nuremberg) Banira...
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    in the aftermath of a final royalist siege of San'a'. Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi held the presidency until 22 June 1969, when a hard-line Marxist group from...
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    1969 – 21 December 1978 President Salim Rubai Ali Preceded by Qahtan al-Shaabi Succeeded by Position abolished (himself as General Secretary of the Yemeni...
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