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Algerian music is virtually synonymous with raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved great popularity in France Spain and other parts of Europe. For several centuries Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Al-Andalus eventually forming a unique North African twist on these poetic forms. Algerian music came to include suites called nuubaat (singular nuuba). Later derivatives include rabaab and hawzii.
