El Hadj Mohamed El Anka

El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (Arabic: الـحــاج مــحــمــد الـعــنـقــة‎; born May 20, 1907, in Algiers – died November 23, 1978, in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered The Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and Algerian chaabi music. He was born on May 20, 1907, under the name Aît Ouarab Mohamed Idir Halo, on 4 Rue Tombouctou in the Casbah of Algiers.