Arabic pop music

Arab pop music refers to the pop music of the peoples of the Arab world: the Maghreb, the Mashreq (Egypt, Arab Middle East) and the Arabian Peninsula.

The Arab pop music currently includes in particular the following regional styles:

  • Algerian Raï
  • Kuwait Sawt ( Sout Sowt )
  • Egyptian Al-Jil/Shaabi
  • Arab Hip- Hop

Musical Instruments

In addition to Western, largely exacerbating played instruments ( guitars, keyboards, turntables, bass guitar, accordion, violin, cello and drums ) are partly also the following instruments of Arab music are commonly used: Bendix, darbuka, nay ( or Ney ), oud (or ud ), qanun (or kanun ), riqq and Tar

Stars

As early as the 1920s came with singers such as Umm Kulthum an entertainment serving style of Arabic music. The following singers are considered protagonists of Arab pop music: Kazem al - Saher, Fairuz, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Samira Said, Amr Diab, Elissa, Farid el Atrache, Tamer Hosny Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami

Mashriq Arabic hip hop Electronic keyboard Bendir Qanun (instrument) Tar (drum) Khaled (musician) Gnawa Diffusion Radio Tarifa
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