Research · Publications · Fieldwork

Practice in dialogue
with research.

Khalil Mounji’s work enters research through interviews, translation, field collaboration, artistic practice and projects documented by scholars. Every entry below links to its original source and states the contribution precisely.

7 verified references2020—2025 publication rangeGnawa music · heritage · city

Selected references

Research, testimony
and transmission.

This is a documented bibliography, not an authorship claim. “Contribution” identifies Khalil Mounji’s role in each source.

012025

Peer-reviewed article

Spirits of displacement: Gnawa rituals and gentrification in Casablanca

Author: Stefano Portelli
Khalil’s contribution: Acknowledged contributor

Khalil Mounji is explicitly thanked in this study of Gnawa ritual life, displacement and urban transformation in Casablanca.

022025

Ethnographic article

Neither African, nor Arab, or Half-African, Half-Arab?: On the Fluid Identity of the Gnawa

Author: Zineb Faidi
Khalil’s contribution: Project documented in fieldwork

The article identifies Kalimba Project — Khalil Mounji and Bemba Diabaté — as an observed dialogue between guembri and kora under the banner “African Unity.”

032023

Cultural journalism

Moroccan Musician’s Mission: Revive Overlooked Folk Traditions

Author: Kay Hardy Campbell
Khalil’s contribution: Quoted artist and featured remixer

Khalil Mounji discusses Remix Culture’s archive and is presented as the Gnawa performer behind the 2021 fair-trade remix “Asunfu.”

042022

Master’s thesis · Journalism

Les Gnaoua, du Maroc à Bruxelles : évolution et maintien dans le temps d’une confrérie ancestrale

Author: Camille Bigo
Khalil’s contribution: Primary source and interviewee

The ULB thesis records a personal interview with Khalil Mounji, president of Gnaoua Culture, conducted in Casablanca on 29 August 2021.

052022

Ethnomusicology review

Jola. Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels

Author: Miriam Rovsing Olsen
Khalil’s contribution: Translation credit in the reviewed publication

The bibliographic record credits Peter Van Rompaey and Khalil Mounji for translation in the album publication reviewed by Miriam Rovsing Olsen.

062020

Research interview · Conference presentation

Protect culture and destroy the city: an interview on RADIO GNAWA

Author: Stefano Portelli and Khalil Mounji
Khalil’s contribution: Co-author, host and interview participant

A Radio Gnawa discussion on UNESCO heritage recognition, working-class ritual culture, gentrification and the loss of urban spaces where Gnawa practices flourish.

07Ongoing

Research profile

Khalil Mounji — Research Profile

Author: Khalil Mounji
Khalil’s contribution: Author profile and research archive

The official Academia.edu profile connects Khalil Mounji to the Radio Gnawa research interview and its downloadable record.

Editorial method

Traceable sources.
No invented citations.

References are included only when the title, author, year and connection to Khalil Mounji can be checked in the original publication, institutional repository or publisher record.

Research enquiries

Field knowledge, interviews and cultural collaboration

For research enquiries concerning Gnawa music, guembri practice, cultural transmission, Gnaoua Culture or contemporary creation, contact Khalil Mounji directly.

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