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Cheb Mami
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<p>Mohamed Khelifati , better known by his <a href="/facts/Stage_name/XcxhFfYw">stage name</a> Cheb Mami (شاب مامي, <i>shābb māmī</i>), is an <a href="/facts/Algerians/FhFItJWk">Algerian</a> musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in <a href="/facts/Algerian_Arabic/ybUFGHgr">Algerian Arabic</a> and sometimes in <a href="/facts/Mashriqi_Arabic/1FyyWcf2">Eastern Arabic dialects</a> or in French. Internationally, he is known for contributing vocals to the 1999 <a href="/facts/Sting_(musician)/zSd0xAPB">Sting</a> single "<a href="/facts/Desert_Rose_(Sting_song)/fKK8P87X">Desert Rose</a>". </p>