"Ra\u00EF"@en . . "Ra\u00EF ([\u0281\u0251\u02C8i]; Arabic: \u0631\u0627\u064A\u200E) is a form of folk music that originated in Oran and A\u00EFn T\u00E9mouchent, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s.Singers of ra\u00EF are called cheb (shabab, young) as opposed to sheikh (shaykh, old), the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in cities like Oran, Relizane, Mostaganem, Chlef, A\u00EFn T\u00E9mouchent and Sidi-Bel-Abb\u00E8s, primarily among the poor."@en . . . . . . .