Khaliji (music)
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Khaliji (also spelled Khaleeji; Template:Lang-ar meaning Gulf music) is a type of modern contemporary music characteristic of Central and Eastern Arabia (see 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 Khaliji (music).[2][3][4] Kuwaitis, in addition to Saudis, were also among the first commercial recording artists and composers in the Persian Gulf region and the Khaliji scene continues to be dominated primarily by Saudi, Kuwaiti, and Bahraini artists and composers today.[2][3][4]
Prominent Khaliji singers
- Khalid Abdulrahman
- Talal Maddah
- Waed
- Ayed (Khaliji Musician)
- Ibtisam Lutfi
- Abass Ibrahim
- Etab
- Abadi Al-Johar
- Mohammed Abdu
- Rashed Al-Majed
- Rabeh Sager
- Abdul Majeed Abdullah
- Majid Al-Mohandis
- Talal Salama
- Aseel Abu Bakr
- Saad Al-Fahad
- Dalia Mubarak
- Ayed Youssef
- Ramy Abdullah
- Ismail Mubarak
- Amima Talib
Kuwait
- Aisha Al-Murta
- Abdulkareem Abdulkader
- Nawal El Kuwaitia
- Abdallah Al Rowaished
- Nabil Shuail
- Shams
- Youssef Al Omani
- Mosica Al Omani
- Hussain Al Jasmi, Shamma Hamdan, Mehad Hamad, Ruwaida al-Mahrouqi, Eida Al Menhali, Samar, Balqees Ahmed Fathi
- Fahad Al Kubaisi
- Saad Al Fahad
- Arwa (singer)
- Suha Al Masri
- Namir (singer)
- Hatem Al Iraqi
- Majid al-Muhandis
- Osama Al Hamdani
- Hussam Kamel
- Waleed Al Shami
- Angham
- Carmen Suleiman
- Hakim
- Saad Al Sagheer
- Umm Kulthum
- May Kassab
- Anoushka (Egyptian singer)
- Rajae Belmlih
- Dounia Batma
- Saida Fikri
- Laila Ghofran
- Najat Aatabou
- Mona Amarsha
- Younis Al Rabat
- Asma Al Munawar
- Tarik Bardad
- Salma Rachid
- Diana Haddad
- Dina Hayek
- Moeen Charif
- Fares Karam
- Assi El Hallani
- Wael Jassar
- Julia Boutros
- Nasri Shamseddine
- Melhem Zein
- Nawal Al Zoghbi
- Madeleine Matar
See also
- Fijiri
- Liwa (music)
- Samri
- Sawt (music)
- Khubaiti
- Arabic music
- Music of Saudi Arabia
- 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.
- ^ 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. 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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