Nass El Ghiwane

Nass El Ghiwane (Arabic: ناس الغيوان) are a musical group established in 1970 in Casablanca, Morocco.

[5] The group was called “The Rolling Stones of Africa” by Martin Scorsese[6] and was one of few Moroccan bands to receive international media attention.

[7] In an interview with Al Bayan, Omar Sayed [ar] explained that, in Morocco, the term Nass El Ghiwane (ناس الغيوان "people of song") refers to practitioners of the malhun musical -.

[9] Originally released in 1981, it was restored in 2007 by the World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna /L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory.

[10] The band's song "Ya Sah" appears in the film The Last Temptation of Christ and on the associated album Passion – Sources.