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Iraqi maqam
Iraqi maqam (المقام العراقي) is Iraq's predominant classical music tradition, a vocal repertoire performed by a qari with the chalgi ensemble, recognized by UNESCO in 2003.
Mawwal
Mawwal (موال) is an improvised, non-metric solo vocal genre of Arab music, sung in colloquial Arabic, that traditionally opens a song and is especially prominent in Gulf ṣawt music.