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Cheikh Mwijo, whose proper name was Moshe Attias, was born in Meknes (Morocco) in 1937 and died in Kiryar Atta (Israel) on April 30, 2020. He was one of the greatest musicians of Jewish Moroccan folk in Israel.

He came, as do many Moroccan Jewish performing artists and composers, from a family of musicians going back at least to his grandfather.

His father Yaakov Attias, a percussionist, performed in the ensemble of Mâalem (Master) Ben Haroush, together with Mordecai Elmaghribi, the father of Sliman Elmaghribi.

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Ben Haroush settled in Israel, where Mwijo supported him during his final days. As a token of gratitude, Ben Haroush left him his songbooks, which had also been handed down to him.
The songbooks would prove to be the source from which Mwijo drew his rich repertoire.

Following the long-standing tradition of Moroccan Jewish musicians keeping their cards close to their chests, he refused to share them with interested academics or anyone else, for that matter. But on behalf