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Rai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | They sang medh songs in praise of Mohammed and performed for female audiences at weddings, circumcision feasts and other ceremonies. |
| | These performers included Les Trois Filles de Baghdad, Soubira bent Menad and Kheira Essebsadija. |
| | Another group of female social outcasts were called cheikhas, who were known for their alluring dress, hedonistic lyrics, and a form of music that combined that of the cheikhs, meddhahates and zendani singers. |
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