Suggested repertoire
Contents
Popular Arab
(1930s to present)
- Ilham al-Madfa`i (Iraq)
- Mohamed Mounir (Egypt)
- Khaled (Algeria)
- Marcel Khalife (Lebanon) http://www.marcelkhalife.com/
- Fairuz
- Umm Kulthum
- Nazem al-Ghazali
- Abdel Halim Hafez
- Dalida Salma ya Salama
- Ziad Rahbani, Shu hal Eyyam
- Farid al-Atrash, Hibbina
- Emil Zrihan song
- Fayza Ahmed, Yamma al-amar `albab
- M. Kandeel, Samah
- Kina Nitlaa
- Nancy Ajram, Ah We Noss
- Cheb Khaled, Cheb Faudel and Rachid Taha, Abdel Kader
Traditional Arab
(turath, pre-1930s)
(see: http://www.alsiadi.com )
- Aleppan qudud
- Sayyid Darwish
- Muwashshahat
- Yama al-amar al-bab
- Moroccan Ala
- Tunisian Ma'luf
- Gulf Arab
- Zuruni
- Chamce Alachia
- Ya Mal el-Sham
Inshad Dini
- Shaykh el-Helbawy repertoire
- Mohamed Mounir's Sufi album
- Emil Zrihan (Moroccan Arab Jewish)
Iranian music
Turkish music
Berber music
- Idir Zwit Rwit
Kurdish music
Jewish music
Specifics
- Agir Ketye Dilê Min (Kurdish)
- Turkish song (Vahapcan)
- Armenian? (see Scott's book)
- Amin amin (Tuareg)
- Qadukka al-Mayyas
- Ya Dha al-Qawam
- Tajik songs
- Mahani zein
- Hibbina
- Dance suite
- Bilafrah
- Persian song (Elaheh)
- Ala instrumental (bughya) or Ottoman instrumental (samai) (Hadi)
Nermeen suggestions
Maybe we can do : 1-"El ba7r byed7ak leih" by Sheikh Imam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2twwxMzgk&feature=related Eskenderella's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFYnjkXk5Ik&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLFBCE4CE2E8A67F8B
2-"Eltohfageyya" by Sayed Darwish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29L93--xJaE Sung here by Mohamed Mohsen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsCCJcO4AE&feature=related
3-Sheikh Qoffa3a a.k.a. Si Qofa3a by Sayed Darwish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI_Pz22bRmY&feature=related Iman El Bahr Darwish's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79NFDGWGbE&feature=related Sung here by Palestinian group Yalalan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQBZ9f__H2c and here an arrangement by a local group: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTKHrK_jZbo
4-The Sheikh Imam song that was used a lot during the revolution was may be this one? Ya Masr oomy we sheddy el 7eil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQYI7WmMrxA&feature=related
5-"Hatgann ya reit ya khwanna" by Zakareyya Ahmed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9An2JyBEUyY&feature=related
6-"Ya halawet el donia ya halawa" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFUD3KfZ4M Sung here by Sayed Mekkawy and preceded by a mawal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMibd1GfSrU&feature=related
7-For fun, I thought this song would be GREAT, saidi folk at its best :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFixvAVT0Sg&feature=related
8-The Turkish song I was talking to you about: "Gunduz gece" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivOorioNN-I Its original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnv79vuL_GY&feature=related
9-"Shashkin" by Omar Faruk Tekbilek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFX0degAqs&feature=bf_next&list=AVKvJQ4UFhOsOwTCNe3jmLpyBey_KU43DdOdAzvSFdCN4R7FZCQKDcG8T7sMn2KgJL&lf=list_related (I know it's cliche :) )
10-"Tal3a men beit abouha" by Nazem Elghazaly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJoreCehNPU&feature=related