in the song rock the casbah?

Question

in the song rock the casbah, what is a casbah, what does it mean

Answer 1

"casbah" is french for the arabic "qasbah" which is a citadel in Algiers

Answer 2

A casbah is a type of thick-walled fortress found in Northern Africa and other parts of the Arab world. The original Casbah is the citadel of Algiers. In the song there is a line 'Drop the bombs between the minarets' which can cause confusion because minarets are associated with mosques. For more information see the Wikipedia article.

Answer 3

The Casbah (French) or as transliterated from Arabic Qasbah (from qasbah, قصبة, 'citadel') is specifically the citadel of Algiers and the traditional quarter clustered round it. More generally, kasbah denotes the walled citadel of many North African cities and towns. The word made its way into English from French in the late 19th century (the Oxford English Dictionary says 1895), hence its conventional English spelling. Etymologically rooted to Khaybar, an ancient city in present-day Saudi Arabia where the local Jewish population was famous for holding out against the spread of Islam. Khaybar was famous for its fortress and in ancient Hebrew means "fortress". Khaybar then became the generator for the name Khyber Pass connoting toughness and a fortress-like environment.

Answer 4

A castle or palace in northern Africa

or The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East

Answer 5

I think it's a palace like a sheik has.

Answer 6

this has all the info

Answer 7

No, no, no... it is "stop the catbox"...