Sidi Hemmou Talb was a Moroccan poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 from the 18th century writing in Berber

Berber languages

The Berber languages are a family of languages indigenous to North Africa, spoken from Siwa Oasis in Egypt to Morocco , and south to the countries of the Sahara Desert...

 (Tashelhit). Hemmou Talb was born in Awluz, and died in les Iskrouzen where his tomb has become the centre of pilgrimage. His nickname was bab n umargh, master of poetry. Tradition attributes a great number of poems to him that are still recited today. We know little about his life which is clouded in legends and miraculous events. Like an imdyazen  (troubadour) he went from village to village reciting his poems. The subject of these poems are often auto-biographical stories. One of his most famous poems is the story about his competition with a poet of the Draa River

Draa River

The Draa is Morocco's longest river . It is formed by the confluence of the Dadès River and Imini River. It flows from the High Atlas mountains south-ward to Tagounit and from Tagounit mostly westwards to the Atlantic Ocean somewhat north of Tan-Tan...

valley for the hand of a girl called Fadma.