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Egyptian Pop
Egyptian Pop, or Masri pop, is the Cairo-centered mainstream of Arab popular music, sung in Egyptian colloquial Arabic, with stars such as Amr Diab, Sherine, and Mohamed Hamaki.
Levantine Pop
Levantine pop is the Arabic pop industry and sound centered on Beirut and Damascus from the 1990s onward, built on satellite television and backed by Gulf capital through Rotana.
Muwashshah
The muwashshah (موشح) is a strophic Arabic song and poetry genre from al-Andalus, its literary form dating to the 9th century and its sung tradition blossoming in Aleppo in the 17th.
Rai (music genre)
Rai (Raï, راي) is a popular folk song genre from Algeria, born in the cities of western Algeria in the 1920s and made internationally famous by Khaled's 1992 hit "Didi".