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Week 1: Required Readings and Videos
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Not published to studentsCurrentMusic Workshops: Texts of the songs & Videos
Not published to studentsCurrentSong 1: "El Helwa Di," by Sayyid Derouich (Egypt)
Version 1 (traditional)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYj8fsewRto
Version 2 (modern)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQbjy4k7ch8
Song 2: "Bent al Shalabiyyah" (The Levant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Briw30_4PRM
Song 3: Sidi Mansour (Maghreb)
Version 1 (original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCksRHDlxuo
Version 2 (1970s disco version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IeggoS6Qs
Version 3 (Saber Rebai's version, late 1990s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoGZFDi6t4
Optional Readings
Not published to studentsCurrentLinks to Famous Arabic Songs by Region
Not published to studentsCurrentAsmahan (Syria)
The Merry Nights of Vienna
Rabi’ al Atrach (Syria)
He is the brother of Asmahan above. He composed almost all of her songs.
Operette East and west
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x23r1en
Lebanon:
Majda Roumi (Lebanon)
In concert here. Part 2 of the song above. It also has subtitles.
Fairuz (Lebanon)
Bent al Shalabiya (the beautiful girl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Briw30_4PRM
Nassam Alayna al hawa
Allamouni
Sabah and Wadee’ Essafi
Nancy Ajram
(The Britney Spears of Lebanon)
In both videos, she is masquerading as a lower class Egyptian rural woman. Look at her change in body language. It is both a racial and social class cross-dressing.
Egypt:
Umm Kulthum (Egypt)
Al Atlal/The Ruins (English subtitles)
Ghannili Shway (Sing me a Little)
Sayyid Darwish (Egypt)
Abdulhalim (Egypt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRcwpN_IVvs
Hussain al Jismi (The United Arab Emirates) “Bochra Kheir”
Morocco
Nabila Maan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtOzOUzUYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrUpavVKEZw
Nass al Ghiwan (with English subtitles)
Fadoul, “Zmanena Saeb » (“Our Times are Difficult)Algerian Music:
Rai Music, Ya Rayah by Cheb Taha
Aicha by Cheb Khaled (he came to Atlanta about 5 years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9AWRdSQeOE
Aicha by an English group called Outlandish (in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nFTdKlKLw
Tunisian Music:
Hedi Jouini, Lamouni Elli Gharou Minni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvr3FpjBELQ
SalihaD
Ali Riahi
The Gulf Countries:
Abdel Majid Abdallah (Saudi Arabia) (Ya Tayyeb al Galb)
Sudan:
Sayyid Khalifa, “Al Bambo Essoudani”
Ahmed Abdulmalek (Arabic Jazz)
Quizzes
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Not published to studentsCurrentArabic Jewish Music
Not published to studentsCurrentEmile Zrihan, Marriage at Mogador
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J09nM6gUbBY
Dalila Meksoub and Tom Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yls4iuJspl0
Minni Shibon Simoni (Lamouni [Hedi Jouini] and Mhanni Ezzine [Slim Helali])
Maurice Medioni (Ahlan wa sahlan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4CQLFbWpS4
Original song by Hassine Sallawi (a Black Muslim Moroccan artist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klmJhcfYpZ4