Mohamad Abaamran

Moroccan actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroMoroccan actor
PlacesMorocco
wasSinger Actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Music
Gender
Male
Birth1932, Ait Erkha, Morocco
Death20 February 2020Casablanca, Morocco (aged 88 years)
The details

Biography

Mohammed Abaamran (in Arabic: محمد أباعمران – in Berber: ⵎⵓⵃⴰⵎⵎⴻⴷ ⴰⴱⴰⵄⵎⵔⴰⵏ) (1932, Ait Erkha – 20 February 2020, Casablanca ) also known as Da Hmad Butfunast, in reference to the character of Butfunast (cow owner) he played in a film, was a Moroccan actor and singer, performing in Tachelhit.

Abaamran started his career in the Jemaa el-Fnaa square in Marrakesh, where he started singing before being noticed and becoming a professional actor. Abaamran became widely famous in Morocco for his role of Butfunast in the film with the same name, which was shot in the 1990s.

Mohammed Abaamran died in Casablanca on February 20, 2020, after a long struggle with an illness.

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