Algerian pop star Cheb Mami’s “Dellali” glows as a pastiche of hip-hop, flamenco, funk and Parisian bistro balladeering. Mami’s bazaar of things Islamic and Western — and downright decadent Western ...

The 42-year-old singer, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, returned to France this week to face trial for the 2005 assault against his former lover after spending two years on the run in Algeria.

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