sentences:  Today, the oral poetic tradition of the Jbala is known among outsiders under the generic term "ayta jabaliya".At the national level, it became famous across Morocco largely thanks to the efforts of a talented poet, musician and singer of Jebli origin (tribe ‘"Bni Zeroual’, " بنيزروال), Mohamed Laroussi, (محمد  لعروسي) (1933-2014), who received from his countrywide audiences the honorary titles of the "'fannān Jbāla’" (فنان  جبالة)"," or "‘"the artist of the Jbala’, or ‘"maḥbūb Jbāla’" (محبوبجبالة),   or ‘beloved by all Jbala people’.For decades his songs have been available for purchase not only in northern Morocco, where Laaroussi’s name is known in every household, but throughout the country, first on LPs, then tapes, and recently on CDs and in MP3 format, Laaroussi’s concerts have been regularly shown on Moroccan television since the 1960s.