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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.
Myriam Fares
Myriam Fares (ميريام فارس) is a Lebanese singer, dancer, and songwriter born in 1983, known for dance-driven Arabic pop and the 2019 viral hit "Goumi".
Najwa Karam
Najwa Karam (نجوى كرم) is a Lebanese singer and television personality known as Shams El-Ghinnieh, born in Zahle in 1966, with more than twenty albums since 1989.
Nassif Zaytoun
Nassif Zaytoun (نصيف زيتون) is a Syrian pop singer who won season 7 of Star Academy and became known for the 2014 single "Mich Aam Tezbat Maii".
Nour Mhanna
Nour Mhanna, also written Nour Mahanna (نور مهنا), is a Syrian tarab vocalist from Aleppo, born in 1966, best known for reviving Souad Mohammed's "Wahashitni" in the early 1990s.
Oka & Ortega
Oka & Ortega (أوكي وأورتيجا) are an Egyptian mahraganat and electro-shaabi duo from Cairo, formed of Mohamed Salah (Oka) and Ahmed Metwali (Ortega), pioneers of the genre.
Postcards
Postcards are a dream-pop and shoegaze trio from Beirut, Lebanon, formed in 2012, described as Lebanon's longest-running alternative band, blending dream pop, shoegaze, post-punk, and noise.
Rabih Al Assmar
Rabih Al Assmar, also written Rabih Al Asmar, is the stage name of Abdullah Nasr Al-Din, a Lebanese shaabi singer who broke through with the 2004 hit Ghalak.
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".
Riad Al Sunbati
Riad Al Sunbati, also Riad Sonbati (رياض السنباطي), was an Egyptian composer who wrote about 95 songs for Umm Kulthum, including the celebrated "Al Atlal" of 1966.
Rim'K
Rim'K (Abdelkrim Brahmi, born 1978 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French-Algerian rapper, a founding member of 113 and Mafia K'1 Fry, and a solo artist since 2004.
Riq
The riq (رق), also spelled riqq or rik, is a small tambourine-family frame drum with paired metal jingles, a mainstay of Arab art music ensembles in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.
Saber El Robaee
Saber El Robaee (صابر الرباعي), also known as Saber Rebaï, is a Tunisian singer born in 1967 in Sfax, best known for his modernized reprise "Sidi Mansour".
Sabri Moudallal
Sabri Moudallal (صبري مدلل, 1918–2006) was a Syrian singer, muezzin, and composer from Aleppo, a master of the muwashshah and of the classical wasla suite.
Sawt El Ghad
Sawt El Ghad (صوت الغد, "Voice of Tomorrow") is a Beirut-based Lebanese FM radio station founded in 1997, mixing hit music with political news and broadcasting in Lebanon on 96.7 and 97.1 MHz.
Shababeek
Shababeek (شبابيك, "Windows") is a 1981 studio album by Egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir, his third, arranged with jazz drummer Yehya Khalil and his best selling.
Somaya Darweesh
Somaya Darweesh (Sumaya Darwish) is an Egyptian singer and actress born in Cairo in 1989, best known for "Al-Ayam" from the 2007 film Kashf Hesab.
Sonia M'Barek
Sonia M'Barek (سنية مبارك), born 1969 in Sfax, Tunisia, is a singer of classical Arabic music credited as the first female malouf performer and minister of culture in 2016.
Star Academy Arab World (music)
Star Academy (ستار أكاديمي) was a pan-Arab reality music show on Lebanon's LBC from 2003, where viewers voted weekly; Egypt's Mohammed Attia won the first season.
Suzanne Tamim
Suzanne Tamim (سوزان تميم) was a Lebanese pop singer who rose to fame across the Arab world after winning the Studio El Fan talent show in 1996 and was murdered in Dubai in 2008.
TootArd
TootArd, Arabic for "strawberry," is a band from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, founded in 2010 by the Nakhleh brothers and now a genre-fluid duo.
Trio Joubran
Trio Joubran, or Le Trio Joubran, is a Palestinian oud trio of brothers Samir, Wissam, and Adnan Joubran from Nazareth, the world's first professional three-oud ensemble, performing internationally since the mid-2000s.
Universal Arabic Music (record label)
Universal Arabic Music is a record label dedicated to Arabic music, founded in 2021 by Universal Music Group and Republic Records with Wassim "SAL" Slaiby as CEO.
Visa for Music
Visa for Music is an annual four-day music showcase festival and professional market held each November in Rabat, Morocco, founded in 2014 by Brahim El Mazned.
Walid Toufic
Walid Toufic (وليد توفيق), born Walid Toutounji in 1954 in Tripoli, Lebanon, is a Lebanese singer and oud player known for the party staple 'Enzel Ya Gameel'.
Wust El Balad
Wust El Balad (وسط البلد) is an Egyptian soft-rock and independent band founded in Cairo in 1999, named after Downtown Cairo and blending Arabic music with rock and jazz.
Yosra Saouf
Yosra Saouf, also spelled Yousra Saouf (يسرا سعوف), is a Moroccan singer who rose to fame on Arab Idol in 2013, finishing ninth at age 20.
Youm Wara Youm
Youm Wara Youm (يوم ورا يوم) is a 2002 duet by Samira Said and Cheb Mami, the title track of Said's album of the same name.
Zakaria Ghafouli
Zakaria Ghafouli (Zakaria El Ghafouli) is a Moroccan pop singer who modernizes Moroccan heritage styles, from Amazigh melodies to chaabi and rai, and became nationally known with his 2018 hit "Hobino".
Zap Tharwat
Zap Tharwat (زاب ثروت), born Ahmed Tharwat Zaki in 1987, is an Egyptian rapper and songwriter in Cairo who rose with his 2011 revolution songs.