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Hayki
Hayki (Aytuğ Tunal) is a Turkish rapper, songwriter, producer, and director from Istanbul whose 2017 single "B1R" drew tens of millions of views, followed by the album OL in 2018.
Hedi Habbouba
Hedi Habbouba (الهادي حبوبة), born 1949, is a Tunisian mezwed singer and composer nicknamed "le roi du mezoued", with more than 300 songs recorded since the 1960s.
Hiba Tawji
Hiba Tawaji (هبة طوجي) is a Lebanese coloratura soprano and pop singer born in Beirut in 1987, known for her four-octave range, her work with Oussama Rahbani, and her 2015 run on The Voice France.
Hichkas
Hichkas (هیچکس), the stage name of Soroush Lashkari, is an Iranian rapper born in Tehran in 1985, widely regarded as the pioneer of Persian rap.
Hoda Ammar
Hoda Ammar (هدى عمار) is an Egyptian singer, born in 1971, known for the 1990 song 'Ma Kadbish Alayk' and her 2020 comeback single 'Ezay Habeit'.
Hoda Saad
Hoda Saad (هدى سعد, also Houda Saad) is a Moroccan singer-songwriter born in Casablanca in 1981, nicknamed the "ambassador of Moroccan song" for carrying Darija into pan-Arab pop.
Hollanda Kraliyet Concertgebouw Oda Orkestrası
Hollanda Kraliyet Concertgebouw Oda Orkestrası, also known as Camerata RCO, is a chamber ensemble of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members giving about 50 concerts per season worldwide.
Homeyra
Homeyra (حمیرا) is the stage name of Iranian singer Parvaneh Amir-Afshari, born 1945, a leading voice of classic Persian pop now based in exile in California.
Horon
Horon is the characteristic linked circle dance of Türkiye's eastern Black Sea coast, especially Trabzon and Rize, danced hand in hand to the rapid kemençe or tulum bagpipe.
Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh (حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian master of the tar and setar and a composer, considered one of the most important figures in contemporary Persian music.
Houari Benchenet
Houari Benchenet (هواري بن شنات) is an Algerian raï singer from Oran, born in 1961, who records since 1977 and helped lead Oran's electric raï generation with about 400 songs.
Humood Alkhudher
Humood Alkhudher (حمود الخضر) is a Kuwaiti singer and songwriter born in 1989, best known for the hit "Kun Anta" from his 2015 album Aseer Ahsan.
Hussein Al Jassmi
Hussein Al Jassmi (حسين الجسمي), also transliterated Hussain Al Jassmi, is an Emirati Khaleeji singer born in 1979 in Khor Fakkan, known for "Boshret Kheir".
Ibrahim Alhakmi
Ibrahim Al Hakami (ابراهيم الحكمي) is a Saudi khaleeji and Arabic folk-pop singer who won the pan-Arab talent show Super Star in 2006, the first Saudi to do so.
Ida Panahandeh
Ida Panahandeh (آیدا پناهنده) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter, born in Tehran in 1979, best known for her debut feature Nahid, which shared a prize at Cannes in 2015.
İmer Demirer
İmer Demirer is a Turkish jazz trumpeter, born in Ankara in 1964, who spent about three decades in the TRT Istanbul Radio Jazz Orchestra and led three albums.
Inkonnu
Inkonnu is a Moroccan rapper and singer, formerly of the A6 Gang collective, known for blending rap with pop, R&B, and trap; his second album, Split, arrived in 2026.
Iraj Bastami
Iraj Bastami (ایرج بسطامی) was an Iranian classical vocalist from Bam who fused avaz singing with folk-inflected Persian song, dying in the 2003 Bam earthquake.
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.
Irmak Arıcı
Irmak Arıcı is a Turkish pop singer and veterinary-faculty graduate who broke through in 2019 with "Gece Gibi Gönlün" and the duet "Mühür" with Mustafa Ceceli.
Issa Al-Marzouq
Issa Al-Marzouq (عيسى المرزوق) is a Kuwaiti Khaleeji pop singer who rose to prominence on Star Academy season 9 and built his career on standalone singles.
İzel-Çelik-Ercan
İzel-Çelik-Ercan was a Turkish pop trio formed by İzel Çeliköz, Çelik Erişçi, and Ercan Saatçi, whose 1991 album Özledim made them stars before they split; they reunited in 2022.
Jamie Alimorad
Jamie Alimorad is an American pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, son of Iranian pop vocalist Jamshid Alimorad, with three albums since 2010.
Jazzablanca
Jazzablanca, also known as the Jazzablanca Festival, is an annual music festival in Casablanca, Morocco, first staged in 2006 as a jazz festival and now spanning pop, rock, and electronic music.
Jeddah Superdome
Jeddah Superdome is an indoor multi-purpose arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, opened in 2021, holding Guinness records as the world's largest geodesic dome and hosting concerts, boxing, and WWE events.
Jerash Festival
The Jerash Festival (مهرجان جرش) is an annual summer festival of music, poetry, theater, and heritage held since 1981 in the Roman ruins of Jerash, north of Amman, Jordan.
Jonibek
Jonibek, also known as Jonibek Murodov (Ҷонибек Муродов), is a Tajik pop singer born in 1986, son of folk singer Jurabek Murodov, famous for 'Ay dil' and touring since 2007.
Joseph Attieh
Joseph Attieh (جوزيف عطية) is a Lebanese Arabic-pop singer, born in 1987, who rose to fame as the first Lebanese winner of Star Academy Arab World in 2005.
Kaan Tangöze
Kaan Tangöze, born 1973 in Istanbul, is a Turkish singer and guitarist who founded the rock band Duman in 1999, blending grunge with Anatolian vocals.
Kadim Al Sahir
Kadim Al Sahir (كاظم الساهر) is an Iraqi singer and composer, called the Caesar of Arabic song, whose maqam-rooted songs and settings of Nizar Qabbani's poetry made him famous.