Khaliji (music)
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Khaliji (also spelled Khaleeji; Arabic: الموسيقى الخليجية meaning Gulf music) is a type of modern contemporary music characteristic of Arab states of the Persian Gulf and popular across the Arab world. It is characterized by heavy use of the oud and other string instruments such as the violin, the occasional use of bagpipes, and the inclusion of percussion instruments such as the mirwas, tabl, and duff drums. Khaliji incorporates elements of African, Indian, and Iranian music overlaying indigenous Arabian genres such as Samri, Liwa, and Sawt.[1] Kuwait pioneered the Khaliji genre into its modern form in the second half of the 20th century and soon became the focal point of the industry in a fashion similar to Cairo and Beirut in the case of Arabic pop music.[2][3][4] Kuwaitis were the first commercial recording artists and composers in the Persian Gulf region and the Khaliji scene continues to be dominated primarily by Kuwaiti, Saudi, and Bahraini artists and composers today.[2][3][4]
Khaliji singers
Eastern Arabia
Bahrain
Kuwait
- Abdallah Al Rowaished
- Nawal El Kuwaitia
- Shams
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
- Abass Ibrahim
- Abdul Majeed Abdullah
- Aseel Omran
- Etab
- Ibtisam Lutfi
- Khalid Abdulrahman
- Mohammed Abdu
- Qusai (musician)
- Rabeh Sager
- Rashed Al-Majed
- Talal Maddah
United Arab Emirates
- Ahlam
- Hussain Al Jasmi
- Mehad Hamad
- Shamma Hamdan
Other Arab Countries
Algeria
- Fulla
- Warda Al-Jazairia
Jordan
- Diana Karazon
- Omar Al-Abdallat
Iraq
- Majid al-Muhandis
Egypt
- Angham
- Umm Kulthum
- Carmen Suleiman
- Hakim (Egyptian singer)
- Shaaban Abdel Rahim
- ZeeZee Adel
- Anoushka (Egyptian singer)
- Laila Ghofran
- May Kassab
- Sherine Wagdy
- Mohammed Hamaki
Lebanon
- Assi El Hallani
- Diana Haddad
- Dina Hayek
- Julia Boutros
- Nawal Al Zoghbi
- Bassima (singer)
- Wael Kfoury
- Fares Karam
- Fairuz
- Ramy Ayach
- Grace Deeb
- Wael Jassar
- Joseph Attieh
- Melhem Zain
- Alaa Zalzali
- Suzanne Tamim
- Nasri Shamseddine
- Ziad Rahbani
- Wadih El Safi
- Georges Al Rassi
- Marcel Khalife
- Melhem Barakat
- Ahmad Kaabour
- Karter Zaher
- Yasmine Hamdan
Libya
- Ayman Alatar
Morocco
- Asma Lamnawar
- Dounia Batma
- Rajae Belmlih
- Salma Rachid
- Shatha Hassoun
- Larbi Batma
- Hamid Bouchnak
- Saida Fikri
- Abdessadeq Cheqara
- Ahmed Soultan
- Houcine Slaoui
- Ammouri Mbarek
- Said Senhaji
- Mohamed Rouicha
Syria
- Assala Nasri
- George Wassouf
- Rouwaida Attieh
Tunisia
- Latifa
- Shayma Helali
- Thekra
Yemen
- Abu Bakr Salem Belfkih
- Arwa (singer)
- Balqees Ahmed Fathi
- Fouad Abdulwahed
Palestine
- Fadee Andrawos
- Mohammed Assaf
- Toni Qattan
- Nabil Salameh
- Mohammad Al Saleh
Other Countries
France
- Faudel
- Rachid Taha
- Najim
- Natacha Atlas
Greece
- Grigoris Asikis
- Konstantinos Argyros
- Yiorgos Batis
- George Dalaras
- Anestis Delias
- Stratos Pagioumtzis
- Giorgos Xylouris
- Babis Tsertos
- Mariza Koch
United Kingdom
- Yusuf Islam
- Sami Yusuf
Iran
- Evin Agassi
- Nematollah Aghasi
- Hooshmand Aghili
- Salar Aghili
- Morteza Ahmadi
- Alireza Assar
- Davood Azad
- Mohsen Chavoshi
- Farman Fathalian
- Farzad Fattahi
- Babak Jahanbakhsh
- Shahrum Kashani
- Ehsan Khajeh Amiri
- Ali Lohrasbi
- Morteza Pashaei
- Rahim Shahriari
- Reza Yazdani
- Mohsen Yeganeh
- Sima Bina
- Leila Forouhar
- Googoosh
- Mahasti
- Marjan (singer)
- Giti Pashaei
Israel
- Etti Ankri
- Zohra Al Fassiya
- Yael Naim
Cyprus
- Hovig Demirjian
See also
- Fijiri
- Liwa (music)
- Samri
- Sawt (music)
- Rotana Khalijiah
- Arabic music
- Music of Saudi Arabia
- Middle Eastern music
- Culture of Eastern Arabia
- Culture of Saudi Arabia
References
- ^ Eyre, Banning. "Feature: Africans in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf (interview with Joseph Braude)". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved 16 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Mustafa Said. "The History of Recording in the Gulf Area". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ a b Laith Ulaby. "Performing the Past: Sea Music in the Arab Gulf States". p. 99. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ a b Mustafa Said. "The History of Recording in the Gulf Area (2)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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