Jennifer Grout (born May 21, 1990) is an American singer of Arabic and Amazigh (Tashelhit) music. Born in Boston, Grout studied at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, then at the McGill University in Canada. She is the daughter of a pianist and a violinist and began studying music at 5. In 2012 and after her summer trip to Morocco, Jennifer Grout got interested in Arabic and Amazigh culture and music. She competed in Arabs Got Talent and was a finalist in 2013, then in Shaklak Mish Ghareeb in 2014. Jennifer Grout has several albums and songs mostly in Amazigh (Tashelhit): Amz Lkhatm (take the ring) Nttbla (we became addicted) Merhba (welcome) How are you today Jennifer Grout converted to Islam in 2013, after she met her Moroccan husband.