The Casbah (French) or as transliterated from Arabic Qasba (from qasba, قصبة, 'citadel') is specifically the citadel of Algiers and the traditional quarter clustered round it. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A citadel is a fortress for protecting a Town, sometimes incorporating a Castle. Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest More generally, kasbah denotes the walled citadel of many North African cities and towns. A kasbah ( Arabic: "القصبة" or Qassabah is a unique kind of medina, Islamic city or fortress The word made its way into English from French in the late 19th century (the Oxford English Dictionary says 1895), hence its conventional English spelling. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English

In Rabat, the capital of Morocco since 1912, the Casbah of the Oudaya is the military barracks encircled by walls with gates, built in the 16th and 17th centuries on ancient foundations. Rabat ( Arabic الرباط, transliterated ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ) population 2 million ( 2007 estimate) is the Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa

Casbah of Algiers

Kasbah of Algiers*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, v
Reference	565
Region†	Arab States
Inscription history
Inscription	1992  (16th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Casbah of Algiers is founded on the ruins of old Icosium. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Icosium was the Roman city whose site is currently occupied by the Casbah area of the modern city of Algiers. It is a small city which, built on a hill, goes down towards the sea, divided in two: the High city and the Low city. One finds there masonries and mosques of the 17th century; Ketchaoua mosque (built in 1794 by the Dey Baba Hassan) flanked of two minarets, mosque el Djedid (1660, at the time of Turkish regency) with its large finished ovoid cupola points some and its four coupolettes, mosque El Kébir (oldest of the mosques, it was built by almoravide Youssef Ibn Tachfin and rebuilt later in 1794), mosque Ali Betchnin (Raïs, 1623), Dar Aziza, palate of Jénina. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The Almoravids, was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula during To outsiders, the Casbah appears to be a confusing labyrinth of lanes and dead-end alleys flanked by picturesque houses; however if one loses oneself there, it is enough to go down again towards the sea to reposition oneself.

In popular culture

The 1938 movie Algiers (a remake of the French film Pépé le Moko of the previous year) was most Americans' introduction to the picturesque alleys and souks of the Casbah. Algiers is a 1938 film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. Pépé le Moko is a 1937 film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. A souk (سوق also sook, souq, or suq, or shuq in Hebrew שוק is a highly fashioned commercial quarter in an Arab or Berber In 1948 a musical remake, Casbah, was released.

The invitation "Come with me to the Casbah," which was heard in trailers for Algiers but not in the film itself, became an exaggerated romantic overture, largely owing to its use by Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, himself a spoof of Pépé le Moko. Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award -winning Fictional character in the Warner Bros The amorous skunk used "Come with me to ze Casbah" as a pickup line. In 1954, the Looney Tunes cartoon "The Cat's Bah" specifically spoofed Algiers, with the skunk enthusiastically declaring, "You do not have to come with me to ze Casbah. . . . We are already 'ere!"

In the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers, the main characters (other than Col. The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri is a 1966 Black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on events during the 1954-1962 Algerian Mathieu) live in the Casbah.

In 1982 the British London-based punk rock group The Clash released the single "Rock the Casbah", about Iran's outlawing of music, particularly disco. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were " Rock the Casbah " is a Song by The Clash, released on their 1982 Album Combat Rock. The song reached #15 in the UK music charts. The following year the single was released in the U. S. , reaching #8 in the charts. ¹ "Rock the Casbah" was also the first song played on the Armed Forces Radio during Operation Desert Shield. American Forces Network (or AFN) is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS for its entertainment It became the unofficial anthem for the U.S. Armed Forces during the Gulf War occupations. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States Rachid Taha, an Algerian singer based in France closely connected to The Clash, recorded "Rock el Casbah" in Arabic. Rachid Taha ( Arabic: رشيد طه (born 1958 in Oran, Algeria) is an French - Algerian Musician His music is influenced

"Casbah" is the name of a song by Red Box included on their 1990 album Motive. Red Box were a British pop group active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s founded by Simon Toulson-Clarke and Julian Close

The Casbah was also the name of one of the first clubs The Beatles ever performed in. The Casbah Coffee Club was a Rock and roll music venue in West Derby, Liverpool, started by Mona Best in 1959 in the cellar of the family home The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 It was the basement of Pete Best's mother's house. Mona "Mo" Best, (3 January 1924 &ndash 9 September 1988 was born in India, and is best known as the mother of Pete Best (b

The Tenacious D song "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", from the 2006 album The Pick of Destiny, includes the line, "We rock the casbah, and blow your mind"

Sarah Brightman recorded a song called "Mysterious Days" on her 2003 album Harem, in which lyrics say: "American writers now work in the attic, up in the Casbah, there's plenty to worship. Tenacious D is a Satirical Rock band formed in Los Angeles California. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Pick of Destiny is a Soundtrack Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 is an English classical crossover Soprano, actress songwriter and dancer "

The computer game Team Fortress Classic features a map called "Casbah"; unlike ordinary maps in the game, "Casbah" is not symmetric for both teams. Team Fortress Classic, also known as Team Fortress 15, The development of Team Fortress Classic was led by John Cook and Robin Walker

The 2000 A.D. comic strip Rogue Trooper featured a story called "The Gasbah" (Progs 343-347) which is set in an alien town reminiscent of the Casbah. 2000 AD may refer to 2000 AD (comics - The British Weekly Sci-Fi comic Rogue Trooper is a Science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day

References

1. Rock the Casbah by the Clash Songfacts[1] (PHP). Songfacts. Retrieved on 9 March 2008.

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