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Khaliji (music)

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This article is about a form of music popular in Eastern Arabia. For the geographic and regional identity known as Khaleeji, see Eastern Arabia.

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

United Arab Emirates

Other Arab Countries

Algeria

  • Fulla
  • Warda Al-Jazairia

Jordan

Iraq

  • Majid al-Muhandis

Egypt

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

Syria

Tunisia

Yemen

Palestine

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

References

  1. ^ Eyre, Banning. "Feature: Africans in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf (interview with Joseph Braude)". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved 16 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Mustafa Said. "The History of Recording in the Gulf Area". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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