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born 1993

Manal Benchlikha ( born September 18, 1993), better known by her first and professional name Manal, is a Moroccan pop singer-songwriter.

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I was inspired by a lot of artists. I grew up listening to Rihanna, Beyoncé, Drake, and Lil Wayne. These artists really impacted me and impacted my way of seeing music.

When I started singing, it was mostly pop and love songs. Once I started doing rap, a lot of people were shocked. For those in Morocco, rap is for men, not women. I think all the criticism just made me be a stronger person.

I really grew up listening to international music more than Moroccan music. When I started my career, I used to write my own songs in English and French. I would never have thought that someday I would write my own songs in Arabic, because Arabic, especially the Moroccan dialect, has a lot of harsh sounds.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Manal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.