Arabic music

music of the Arab world

Raï (, ; , , ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called () or (), i.e. 'young', as opposed to (, 'shaykh'), i.e. 'old', the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers became common. The lyrics have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations.

mode in Arabic music

"Misirlou" is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The song's original author is unknown, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Albanian, Armenian, Serbian, Persian, Indian and Turkish versions of the song. This song was popular from the 1920s onwards in the Arab American, Armenian American and Greek American communities who settled in the United States.

musical culture of Egypt

subgenre of pop music and Arabic music

Taqsim ( / ALA-LC: taqsīm, , , ) is a melodic musical improvisation that usually precedes the performance of a traditional Arabic, Kurdish, Greek, Middle Eastern, Iranian, Azerbaijani or Turkish musical composition.

musical culture of Morocco

music and musical traditions of Lebanon

musical culture of Syria

thumb|Part of the Malhun song "Lalla Ghita Moulati" performed by the artist Adnane Sefiani in a wedding in Salé, Morocco - November 2025 Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: al-malḥūn), meaning 'the melodic poem', is a form of music that originated in Morocco. It is a kind of urban, sung poetry that comes from the exclusively masculine working-class milieu of craftsmen's guilds. On 6 December 2023, malhun was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists of Morocco.

thumb|alt=Omm Kalthum|Umm Kulthum Al-Atlal (Arabic: الأطلال, "The Ruins") is a poem written by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Nagi, which later became a famous song sung by Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum in 1966. The song's lyrics were adapted by Umm Kulthum and the melody was composed by the Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati. Two years earlier, the singer had performed her first song composed by Mohamed Abdel Wahab, titled Inta Omri (إنت عمري, "You are My Life"). Both of these songs became very successful.

music and musical traditions of Palestine

musical genre of the Arab-Andalusian type (or Andalusian music) that in the 9th century was from Baghdad to Cordoba and Granada. It is traditionally found in the countries of Maghreb Africa

Anglo-French painter and musicologist (1872-1932)

German ethnomusicologist and orientalist persecuted by Nazis because of Jewish heritage (1892-1939)

British musicologist and Arabist (1882–1965)

genre of Arabic maqam music

In Arabic Music, the mawwāl (; plural: mawāwīl, ) is a traditional and popular Arabic genre of vocal music that is very slow in beat and sentimental in nature, and is characterised by prolonging vowel syllables, emotional vocals, and is usually presented before the actual song begins. The singer performing a mawwal would usually lament and long for something, such as a past lover, a departed family member or a place, in a wailing manner.

type of drum

Fijiri (Arabic: الفجيري; sometimes spelled fijri, fidjeri, or fjiri) is the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of Eastern Arabia's coastal Gulf states, especially Bahrain and Kuwait. A lead singer is backed up by a chorus of accompanying singers and clapping. The accompanying instruments to a fidjeri ensemble are a small double-sided hand-drum, known as the mirwās () and the jāhlah (), a clay pot played with both hands.

French singer

music and musical traditions of Mauritania

Peşrev or Peshrev (Turkish, "prelude"; pronounced ) is an instrumental form in Ottoman music. It is the name of the first piece of music played during a group performance called a fasıl (). It also serves as the penultimate piece of the Mevlevi ayini, a ritual music of the Mevlevi Order, under the name son peşrev (final peşrev), preceding son semai. It usually uses long rhythm cycles, stretching over many measures as opposed to the simpler usul the other major form of instrumental music uses, saz semai.

1932 international symposium and festival on music in the Arabic world

thumb | right '''''Ma'luf''' ( Ma'lūf'') is a genre of art music in the Andalusian classical music tradition of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. It is of Iberian origin and was introduced to the Maghreb by Andalusi refugees.

French musicologist

overview of music traditions in Tunisia

music of nomadic Bedouin Arab tribes

2010 compilation album; various artists

Mazzika Group () is a vertically integrated entertainment company founded in Egypt, focused on repackaging and distribution of Arabic content to Arabic-speaking communities and audiences interested in Arab-related content. It was formed in 8 April 2003 by Mohsen Gaber.

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music and musical traditions of Jordan

music and musical traditions of Saudi Arabia