Algeria
Chaabi
Dialna
Guide to popular Algerian music (in French)
Wikipedia
Music of Algeria
Music of Algeria: selected
recordings
by Prof. Dwight Reynolds of the University of California, Santa Barbara
(Middle East Studies Association
Bulletin)
Musics
of Algeria: selected recordings
by Dwight Reynolds.
Bahrain
Wikipedia
Music of Bahrain
Comoros
Music
of the Comoros
Comoro Islands website
Wikipedia
Music of Comoros
Djibouti
Wikipedia
Music of Djibouti
Egypt
Wikipedia
Music of Egypt
Egyptian
music over seven millennia
A historical portrait, from ancient times to the present day
(touregypt.net)
Ancient
Egyptian music
Plus some modern mp3 files (aldokkan.com)
Music
in ancient Egypt
(Web Chronology Project)
Farid
el-Atrache
Site devoted to the famous Egyptian musician
Cairo practice
The early days of Arab music recording in Egypt, by Paul Vernon
The music
of Mohamad el-QuSabji
by Saleh Baset
Iraq
Wikipedia
Music of Iraq
Jordan
Wikipedia
Music of Jordan
Kuwait
Wikipedia
Music of Kuwait
Medallah's
folk troupe
Sound file from Lisa Urkevich's website
Lebanon
Wikipedia
Music of Lebanon
Fairouz
Her website
A
tribute to Fairouz
by Khaled Salem
Fairouz
picture gallery
Fairouz:
songs and music
Links to audio and video files
Fairouz:
lyriucs, reviews, articles and interviews
A large collection of Fairouz-related links
Marcel
Khalife
Website of the Lebanese composer
Khalife's "Magic
Carpet", a
revolution in Arabic music
by Abdel'ilah Balqaziz (Aljadid magazine)
National Higher Conservatory of Music
National Symphony Orchestra
National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music
Lebanese Bands
A guide to the latest sounds in Lebanon
Lebanese
Music Links
Top
20
(Radio One)
'Beirut
underground' gets a breath of air at B018
Ramsay Short on an event at Beirut's most famous music club,
Daily Star, 16 April, 2005.
Libya
Wikipedia
Music of Libya
Libyan
music
A collection of downloadable files
Libyan music
A selection showing various influences (libyana.org)
More
Libyan music
(Liyba Online)
Mauritania
Wikipedia
Music of Mauritania
Dimi
Mint Abba
Popular Mauritanian singer
Daby
Toure
Singer-songwriter (BBC World Review)
Morocco (and Western Sahara)
Wikipedia
Music of Morocco and Western
Sahara
Moroccan music
al-Bab's special page
Marock Magazine
Moroccan rock music (in French)
Oman
Oman Centre for Traditional
Music
Government website describing the country's musical
traditions, instruments, system of notation, etc.
Wikipedia
Music of Oman
Omani
music
A selection of downloadable files
The Omani
Dance of Death
Lament and the expression of sorrow. By Nasser Al-Taee
Palestine/Israel
Wikipedia
Music of Palestine
Traditional
Palestinian music
Sources
of information on Palestinian music
by
Jennifer Ladkani
Issa
Boulos
Website of the Palestinian composer and 'ud
player
Hip-hop
on the frontline
Globalised rap music may have lost its bite, but in the Middle
East it's giving voice to both sides in the conflict. By Mark
Espiner, The Guardian, 26 October, 2004
Palestinian
rap music
Article, with the lyrics of Iron Sheik's song,
Olive Trees Iron
Sheik (Palestinian)
SlingShot Hip Hop
Trailer for a documentary film about the daily life of
Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside
Israel.
Neo Con
Luv Music - The 3 Mohammads
The
Palestinian rap revolution
By Hanya Amro The
Philistines
Born
Here
Featuring DAM, an rap crew from Lod
Qatar
Wikipedia
Music of Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Wikipedia
Music of Saudi Arabia
Lisa
Urkevich
Website of a specialist in music of the Arabian peninsula
Recent recordings of traditional
music from the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
by Kay Hardy Campbell (Middle
East Studies Association Bulletin, July 1996)
Somalia
Wikipedia
Music of Somalia
Somali
music
Commentary with sound clips. By Awale Kullane (BBC)
Sudan
Wikipedia
Music of Sudan
Sudanese
music
A collection of songs
Sudanese
music clips
(Sudanese Online)
Syria
Wikipedia
Music of Syria
Syrian
music
Artists, sound clips, and a selection of patriotic songs (Damascus
Online)
Ughniyah li al-Atfal
Syrian lullaby
from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA
Collections; performed by Nicholas Debs on March 10, 1940
Tunisia
Wikipedia
Music of Tunisia
Tunisian music
Songs from the best known Tunisian musicians, including Khemais
Tarnane, Raoul Journou, Saliha, Saleh Mehdi, Ali Riahi, Hedi
Jouini and Fethia Khairi. (Radio Tunis)
The
musical pulse of Tunisia
Article about the maluf genre, by Thorne Anderson (Saudi
Aramco World)
United Arab Emirates
Wikipedia
Music of the United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Wikipedia
Music of Yemen
Traditional music in the Yemen
by A. D. Bakewell (British-Yemeni Society journal)
The
music of the Yemenite Jews
Yemen
Network Sounds
Dozens of downloadable recordings
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